Warner seizes top spot in ODI rankings for the first time

The attacking left-hander has attained the top ranking for the first time, leapfrogging South Africa’s AB de Villiers and India captain Virat Kohli after amassing 367 runs in the five-match home series against Pakistan which his side won 4-1.

Warner, who struck a belligerent 179 off 128 balls to help win the final ODI in Adelaide by 57 runs on Thursday, is aiming to continue with the superb form that has seen him score six centuries in the last 11 ODIs.

“It is a huge year for one-day cricket with the ICC Champions Trophy later this year and I am hoping I can take my good form into that tournament and help Australia lift the trophy for the third time,” said Warner, who is now 19 points ahead of second-placed de Villiers in the ODI rankings list with a tally of 880 points.

“It is always a great honour and very nice to receive these accolades but from my perspective my job is to put our team into winning positions and I have been fortunate that I have been able to do that lately,” he said.

Warner’s opening partner Travis Head, with whom he added 284 runs in the final ODI, has gained 42 places to reach 38th slot after aggregating 270 runs including his maiden ton (128) in Adelaide.

For Pakistan, Babar Azam, who smashed 100 runs in Adelaide for a total of 282 runs in the series, has broken into the top-10 for the first time as he has gained five positions to reach 10th rank.

His team-mate Sharjeel Khan’s 250 runs in the series, which included three half-centuries, have lifted him 35 slots to a career-best 53rd rank.

There were other batsmen to gain too after India’s 2-1 win over England in a series that ended on Sunday.

England batsman Jason Roy’s three half-centuries have taken him into the top 20 for the first time as he has gained 23 slots to reach 17th place.

For India, Kedar Jadhav’s 232 runs have helped him gain 57 slots to reach 47th ranking.

In the ICC Players Rankings for ODI Bowlers, Australia pace bowler Mitchell Starc has gained two slots to reach second position after finishing with nine wickets in the series against Pakistan, which included a haul of four for 42 in Adelaide.

The former top-ranked bowler is now only five points behind New Zealand’s Trent Boult.

Josh Hazlewood has also reached a career-best fifth place after gaining five positions with seven wickets in the series while England’s Chris Woakes has moved into the top 20 with six wickets against India.

Pakistan could not improve its points’ position in a bid to qualify directly for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, even as there was little movement in the team rankings.

Pakistan is in danger of failing to qualify directly for the ICC’s pinnacle 50-over tournament in the United Kingdom as it is sitting in eighth position on 89 points – two behind Bangladesh and two ahead of the West Indies. 

Host England and the seven highest-ranked sides on the ICC ODI Team Rankings as on Sept 30, 2017 will qualify directly for the event proper to be held from May 30 to July 15, 2019.

New Zealand takes on Australia in a three-match home series starting Jan 30, with a chance to overtake India to third place in the ICC ODI Team Rankings.

A 2-1 series win for New Zealand could take it to 112 points, the same as India but it will be ahead on decimal points.

A 3-0 win could take New Zealand to 114 points.

South Africa and Sri Lanka play a five-match series starting in Port Elizabeth on Jan 28, with a series win by any margin enough to keep South Africa in second position irrespective of any result in the Australia-New Zealand series.

Forthcoming matches:

New Zealand v Australia

30 January – 1st ODI, Auckland
2 February – 2nd ODI, Napier
5 February – 3rd ODI, Hamilton

South Africa v Sri Lanka

28 January – 1st ODI, Port Elizabeth
1 February – 2nd ODI, Durban
4 February – 3rd ODI, Johannesburg
7 February – 4th ODI, Cape Town
10 February – 5th ODI, Centurion

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as of 27 January 2017)

Rank   Team               Points

Australia           120 (-)
South Africa     116
India                 112 (+1)
New Zealand    111
England            107 (-)
Sri Lanka          101
Bangladesh        91
Pakistan             89 (-)
West Indies        87
Afghanistan       52
Zimbabwe         47
Ireland               42

(Developed by David Kendix)

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings (as of 27 January 2017 including India v England and Australia v Pakistan series)

Batsmen (top 20)

Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts        Avge      Highest Rating
   1         (+2)       David Warner      Aus        880!      44.84    880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017
   2         (-1)        AB de Villiers     SA         861       53.63    902 v NZ at Auckland 2015
   3         (-1)        Virat Kohli          Ind         852       53.11    886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014
   4         ( - )        Q. de Kock           SA         779       43.84    799 v Aus at Centurion 2016
   5         ( - )        K. Williamson     NZ         770       46.81    798 v SA at Centurion 2015
   6         (+1)       Joe Root                Eng       753       46.30    776 v Pak at Trent Bridge 2016
   7         (-1)        Hashim Amla      SA         748       51.33    901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
   8         (+2)       Steve Smith         Aus        740       43.67    752 v Pak at Sydney 2017
   9         (-1)        Martin Guptill     NZ         735       42.36    756 v Aus at Melbourne 2016
  10        (+5)       Babar Azam         Pak        733*!    53.09    733 v Aus at Adelaide 2017
  11        ( - )        Faf du Plessis      SA         721       40.90    732 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2016
  12        (-3)        Rohit Sharma      Ind         717       41.37    761 v Aus at Sydney 2016
  13        (+1)       MS Dhoni            Ind         712       50.96    836 v Aus at Delhi 2009
  14=      (-1)        Jos Buttler           Eng        690       37.81     723 v Ban at Mirpur 2016
              (-2)        S. Dhawan           Ind         690       42.91     794 v SA at Melbourne 2015
  16        ( - )        Ross Taylor         NZ         662       43.15     743 v Zim at Harare 2015
  17        (+23)     Jason Roy            Eng        648*!    41.53     648 v Ind at Kolkata 2017
  18        (+6)       Glenn Maxwell    Aus        643       33.98     735 v Ind at Canberra 2016
  19        ( - )        M. Rahim            Ban        642       31.70     671 v Zim at Mirpur 2015
  20        (-3)        George Bailey     Aus        636       40.58     867 v SA at Harare 2014

Other selected rankings

Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts        Avge      Highest Rating
23          (+4)       Eoin Morgan       Eng        621       37.63     690 v Aus at The Oval 2010
38          (+42)     Travis Head         Aus        578*!    38.11     578 v Pak at Adelaide 2017
42          (+7)       Ben Stokes           Eng        561!      29.58     561 v Ind at Kolkata 2017
47          (+57)     Kedar Jadhav       Ind         546*!    58.50     546 v Eng at Kolkata 2017
50=        (+9)       Matthew Wade    Aus        540       26.78     553 v Pak at Perth 2017
52          (+4)       Kyle Coetzer       Sco        538*!    40.21     538 v UAE at Dubai 2017
53          (+35)     Sharjeel Khan      Pak        537*!    32.48     537 v Aus at Adelaide 2017
93          (+8)       Babar Hayat         HK         419*!    45.81     419 v Sco at Abu Dhabi 2017
132        (+111)   Hardik Pandya     Ind         310*!    53.33     310 v Eng at Kolkata 2017

Bowlers (top 20)

Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts        Avge     Eco       Highest Rating
   1         ( - )        Trent Boult          NZ         718       24.68    4.88      766 v Ind at Delhi 2016
   2         (+2)       Mitchell Starc     Aus        713       19.55    4.77      783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
   3         (-1)        Imran Tahir         SA         712       23.44    4.65      735 v SL at Sydney 2015
   4         (-1)        Sunil Narine        WI         711       26.46    4.12      791 v SL at Jamaica 2013
   5         (+5)       Josh Hazlewood  Aus        672*     24.86    4.66      674 v Pak at Sydney 2017
   6         ( - )        Shakib Al Hasan  Ban        643       28.07    4.36      717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
   7         ( - )        Matt Henry          NZ         641*     25.10    5.69      675 v Aus at Hamilton 2016
   8=       ( - )        Kagiso Rabada    SA         628*     25.11    5.24      646 v Aus at Johannesburg 2016
              (-3)        Adil Rashid         Eng        628        36.15    5.67      655 v Ban at Chittagong 2016
  10        ( - )        M. Nabi               Afg         619!      34.11    4.28      619 v Ban at Mirpur 2016
  11        (+1)       Dale Steyn           SA         618        26.62    4.94      746 v Ind at Durban 2013
  12        (-3)        Akshar Patel        Ind         615*     30.20    4.38      624 v NZ at Visakhapatnam 2016
  13        (+1)       M. Mortaza          Ban        614       30.33    4.71      653 v Zim at Mirpur 2009
  14=      (+1)       Morne Morkel     SA         609       24.60    4.95      717 v SL at East London 2012
              (-2)        Amit Mishra        Ind         609*     23.60    4.72      618 v NZ at Visakhapatnam 2016
  16        ( - )        Jason Holder        WI         599       31.26    5.51      604 v SL at Bulawayo 2016
  17        ( - )        M. Irfan                Pak        583       30.71    4.91      641 v UAE at Napier 2015
  18        (+4)       Chris Woakes      Eng        580       34.38    5.71      591 v Pak at Trent Bridge 2016
  19=      (+1)       Mirwais Ashraf   Afg        579*!    29.56    4.06      579 v Ban at Mirpur 2016
              (-1)        R. Ashwin            Ind         579        32.37    4.91      691 v SL at Hambantota 2012

Other selected rankings

Rank     (+/-)       Player                 Team     Pts        Avge     Eco       Highest Rating
21          (+2)       James Faulkner   Aus        572       30.43    5.49      594 v Pak at Melbourne 2017
23          (+6)       Ravindra Jadeja   Ind         561       34.68    4.88      738 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013
27          (+22)     Pat Cummins       Aus        546*!    24.77    5.47      546 v Pak at Adelaide 2017
45          (+28)     Imad Wasim        Pak        495*     30.00    4.79      497 v Aus at Sydney 2017
46          (+13)     Jasprit Bumrah    Ind         493*!    21.68    4.89      493 v Eng at Kolkata 2017
47=        (-1)        Adam Milne        NZ         492*     40.61    5.16      536 v Pak at Auckland 2016
              (+41)     Hasan Ali             Pak        492*!    28.30    5.93      492 v Aus at Adelaide 2017
  51        (+43)     M. Amir               Pak         490*     27.13    5.15      508 v Ind at Dambulla 2010
  56        (+4)       Adam Zampa       Aus        472*     27.94    5.44      475 v Pak at Sydney 2017
  94        (+5)       Safyaan Sharif     Sco        377*!    30.88    4.98      377 v UAE at Dubai 2017
101        (+34)     Jake Ball              Eng        360*!    28.50    6.12      360 v Ind at Kolkata 2017
118        (+15)     Ahmed Raza        UAE      329*!    30.40    3.66      329 v Sco at Dubai 2017
122        (+49)     Hardik Pandya     Ind         324*!    32.88    5.80      324 v Eng at Kolkata 2017

All-rounders (top five)

Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts        Highest Rating
1            ( - )        S. Al Hasan          Ban        377       453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
   2         ( - )        A. Mathews         SL          335       427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
   3         ( - )        M. Nabi               Afg         332       335 v Ban at Mirpur 2016
   4         (+1)       James Faulkner   Aus        315       361 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
   5         (-1)        M. Hafeez            Pak        313       438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

*indicates provisional rating;
!indicates career-highest rating

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