Dubai, Dec 27 (IBNS): New Zealand pace bowler Trent Boult has gained three places to reach fourth position in the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings after his team completed a 3-0 series victory over the Windies in Christchurch on Tuesday.
The left-arm pace bowler has leapfrogged the Australia pair of Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood as well as South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada after finishing with 10 wickets in the series, which included a career-best haul of seven for 34 in the second match in Christchurch.
Boult had finished last year as the top-ranked bowler in ODIs, a place held by Pakistan pace bowler Hasan Ali in what is the last ODI ranking update for the year. India captain Virat Kohli, who slipped in the T20I rankings for batsmen after missing the three-match home series against Sri Lanka, remains on top in ODIs.
Boult’s team-mate Mitchell Santner has also moved into the top 10 after finishing with three for 15 in his only appearance in the series. The left-arm spinner has gained four slots to reach 10th position after his fine performance in the final match, which was reduced to 23 overs per side and which the home side won by 66 runs.
Doug Bracewell (up 15 places to 77th) has also moved up the bowling rankings for the home side while Ross Taylor (up four places to 11th) and Henry Nicholls (up 30 places to 90th) were the other main gainers among batsmen.
For the Windies, left-handed opener Evin Lewis has moved up 11 places to take 65th position after finishing with 86 runs from two matches while Rovman Powell has advanced 11 slots to take 127th position among batsmen. Among bowlers, captain Jason Holder has moved up six places to take 21st position after finishing with five wickets in the series.
There has been no change of positions in the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings as New Zealand have gained one point to reach 112 points and remain in fifth position in a table led by South Africa while the Windies have lost one point and are still in ninth place.
The year would not have ended as desired for the Windies, who after failing to secure a direct qualifying berth for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, are due to play in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 in Zimbabwe in March.
Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Scotland and host Zimbabwe are the other teams confirmed for the 10-team Qualifier with the lineup due to be completed in Namibia in February 2018 when the finalists of the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 will book their berths.
Two teams from the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 will join Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 to be staged in the United Kingdom.
MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 27 December, after the New Zealand-Windies series):
Rank Team Points
South Africa 121
India 119
Australia 114
England 114
New Zealand 112 (+1)
Pakistan 99
Bangladesh 92
Sri Lanka 84
West Indies 76 (-1)
Afghanistan 54
Zimbabwe 52
Ireland 41
(Developed by David Kendix)
MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 27 December, after the India-Sri Lanka series and before the New Zealand-Windies series):
BATTING (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 876 55.74 889 v NZ at Kanpur 2017
2 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 872 54.06 902 v NZ at Auckland 2015
3 ( - ) David Warner Aus 865 44.94 880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017
4 ( - ) Babar Azam Pak 846*! 58.60 846 v SL at Sharjah 2017
5 ( - ) Rohit Sharma Ind 816 45.23 825 v SL at Mohali 2017
6 ( - ) Quinton de Kock SA 808! 45.85 808 v Ban at East London 2017
7 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 802 50.00 808 v Win at Bristol 2017
8 ( - ) Faf du Plessis SA 773 43.90 791 v SL at Cape Town 2017
9 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 766 51.25 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
10 ( - ) Kane Williamson NZ 750 46.23 798 v SA at Centurion 2015
OTHER SELECTED RANKINGS
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
65 (+11) Evin Lewis Win 497* 35.04 507 v NZ at Whangarei 2017
90= (+30) Henry Nicholls NZ 439*! 38.45 439 v Win at Christchurch 2017
127 (+11) Rovman Powell Win 352* 21.21 368 v NZ at Whangarei 2017
135 (+89) George Worker NZ 333* 37.50 345 v Win at Christchurch 2017
BOWLING (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Eco. Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Hasan Ali Pak 759*! 19.82 5.11 759 v SL at Sharjah 2017
2 ( - ) Imran Tahir SA 743 23.72 4.64 786 v SL at Johannesburg 2017
3 ( - ) Jasprit Bumrah Ind 729* 22.71 4.74 731 v SL at Mohali 2017
4 (+3) Trent Boult NZ 723 24.65 4.99 766 v Ind at Delhi 2016
5 (-1) Josh Hazlewood Aus 714 23.85 4.69 732 v Eng at Edgbaston 2017
6 (-1) Kagiso Rabada SA 708 26.08 5.05 724 v Eng at Lord's 2017
7 (-1) Mitchell Starc Aus 684 20.13 4.81 783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
8 ( - ) Rashid Khan Afg 649*! 14.48 3.91 649 v Ire at Sharjah 2017
9 ( - ) Liam Plunkett Eng 646! 30.22 5.77 646 v Win at Southampton 2017
10 (+4) Mitchell Santner NZ 644! 32.11 4.92 644 v Win at Christchurch 2017
OTHER SELECTED RANKINGS
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Eco. Highest Rating
21 (+6) Jason Holder Win 577 33.15 5.45 605 v SL at Bulawayo 2016
77 (+15) Doug Bracewell NZ 422* 30.31 5.04 437 v Ind at Dharamsala 2016
117= (+54) L. Ferguson NZ 325* 38.23 6.13 334 v Win at Christchurch 2017
ALL-ROUNDERS (top five)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Rating
1 ( - ) M. Hafeez Pak 352 438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
2 ( - ) S. Al Hasan Ban 346 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
3 ( - ) Angelo Mathews SL 321 427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
4 ( - ) M. Nabi Afg 316 349 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017
5 ( - ) Ben Stokes Eng 293 299 v Win at Bristol 2017
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