Players aim for upward movements in England-Australia ODI series
Australia’s Glenn Maxwell, one of the stars of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, will begin as the highest-ranked batsman in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen in ninth position but there are as many as six batsmen occupying positions from 11th to 33rd who will be aiming to finish higher by the time the series concludes at Old Trafford on 13 September.
Australia’s George Bailey is 11th, followed by his captain Steven Smith (14th), Jos Buttler (17th), David Warner (22nd), Shane Watson (23rd) and England captain Eoin Morgan (33rd). With 80 points separating Bailey from Morgan, strong performances in what is expected to be another keenly-contested series will help these batsmen finish in higher positions.
Maxwell himself will be aiming to make gains and can potentially finish ahead of New Zealand’s seventh-ranked Ross Taylor whom he trails by 25 points.
South Africa holds the top two batting positions with captain AB de Villiers leading Test captain Hashim Amla by 73 points.
World’s number-one ranked Mitchell Starc will lead the Australia bowling attack and will be looking to widen the gap with second-ranked Imran Tahir of South Africa. The left-arm fast bowler leads the wrist spinner by 42 points but is 18 points shy of his career-high 783 points, which he had achieved against New Zealand in Auckland during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 fixture.
Steven Finn is England’s highest-ranked bowler in 14th position and will have his eyes on 10th-ranked Ravichandran Ashwin of India who is 27 points ahead. Finn’s team-mate Moeen Ali is the other bowler who features inside the top 50 in 46th position and will be looking to improve his ranking.
Bowlers outside the top 50 and aiming to improve their rankings include Shane Watson (80th), Nathan Coulter-Nile (93rd) and Ben Stokes (94th).
In the ICC Player Rankings for ODI All-rounders, Maxwell is the highest-ranked player from either side in sixth position. The list is headed by Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh.
In the ICC ODI Team Rankings, number-one ranked Australia leads sixth-ranked England by 31 points. Irrespective of how the series ends, Australia will finish in the top spot but England can move ahead of Sri Lanka in fifth position if it wins all the five matches of the series.
The following are the series permutations:
· If Eng wins 5-0 – Aus 120 (1st), Eng (105 5th)
· If Aus wins 5-0 – Aus 131 (1st), Eng 96 (6th)
· If Eng wins 4-1 – Aus 122 (1st), Eng 103 (6th)
· If Aus wins 4-1 – Aus 129 (1st), Eng 98 (6th)
· If Eng wins 3-2 – Aus 124 (1st), Eng 101 (6th)
· If Aus wins 3-2 – Aus 127 (1st), Eng 100 (6th)
Series schedule:
3 Sep – 1st ODI, Rose Bowl (d/n)
5 Sep – 2nd ODI, Lord’s
8 Sep – 3rd ODI, Old Trafford (d/n)
11 Sep – 4rd ODI, Headingley
13 Sep – 5th ODI, Old Trafford
ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 1 Sep, before the start of England-Australia ODI series)
Rank Team Points
1. Australia 129
2. India 115
3. South Africa 110
4. New Zealand 109
5. Sri Lanka 103
6. England 98
7. Bangladesh 96
8. Pakistan 90
9. West Indies 88
10. Ireland 49
11. Zimbabwe 45
12. Afghanistan 41
(Developed by David Kendix)
ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 1 Sep, before the start of England-Australia ODI series)
Batsmen
Rank Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 AB de Villiers SA 884 53.27 902 v NZ at Auckland 2015
2 Hashim Amla SA 811 54.30 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
3 Virat Kohli Ind 790 50.66 886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014
4 K. Williamson NZ 788 48.02 798 v SA at Centurion 2015
5 T. Dilshan SL 781 39.71 802 v Sco at Hobart 2015
6 S. Dhawan Ind 765 44.41 794 v SA at Melbourne 2015
7 Ross Taylor NZ 728 43.91 743 v Zim at Harare 2015
8 MS Dhoni Ind 723 52.24 836 v Aus at Delhi 2009
9 Glenn Maxwell Aus 703 34.22 724 v Pak at Adelaide 2015
10 Joe Root Eng 697 42.36 712 v NZ at Trent Bridge 2015
Selected (top 50)
Rank Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
11 George Bailey Aus 682 41.18 867 v SA at Harare 2014
14 Steven Smith Aus 676 40.25 685 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
17 Jos Buttler Eng 665 34.02 680 v NZ at Edgbaston 2015
22 David Warner Aus 640! 35.51 640 v Ire at Belfast 2015
23 Shane Watson Aus 637 40.80 773 v SL at Hambantota 2011
33 Eoin Morgan Ire/Eng 602 36.72 690 v Aus at The Oval 2010
Bowlers
Rank Player Team Points Avge Eco. Highest Ranking
1 Mitchell Starc Aus 765 18.30 4.73 783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
2 Imran Tahir SA 723 21.67 4.36 735 v SL at Sydney 2015
3 Sunil Narine WI 709 26.49 4.10 791 v SL at Jamaica 2013
4 Trent Boult NZ 705* 24.08 4.64 738 v Eng at The Oval 2015
5 Dale Steyn SA 694 25.89 4.81 746 v Ind at Durban 2013
6= S. Al Hasan Ban 690 28.35 4.30 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
M. Johnson Aus 690 25.26 4.83 724 v Ban at Darwin 2008
8 Saeed Ajmal Pak 665 22.73 4.18 810 v SA at Centurion 2013
9 J. Anderson Eng 650 29.22 4.92 719 v SA at The Oval 2013
10 R. Ashwin Ind 644 31.40 4.82 691 v SL at Hambantota 2012
Selected (top 50)
Rank Player Team Points Avge Eco. Highest Ranking
14 Steven Finn Eng 617 28.72 5.05 755 v NZ at Auckland 2013
46 Moeen Ali Eng 492* 39.76 4.82 510 v Ban at Adelaide 2015
All-rounders
Rank Player Team Points HS Rating
1 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 418 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
2 T. Dilshan SL 379 415 v Sco at Hobart 2015
3 Angelo Mathews SL 375 427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 201
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