Dilshan tops all-rounders' chart, Sangakkara moves to second in batting table

Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan has now become the number-one ranked all-rounder in the world following his 229 runs with the bat and three
wickets with the ball to date. His form has helped him gain three places in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings for All-rounders and he now leads Bangladesh’s second-ranked Shakib Al Hasan by 10 ratings points.

Dilshan’s team-mate Kumar Sangakkara is the leading run-getter to date in cricket’s biggest spectacle with 268 runs and this is reflected in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen. The left-hander has moved up two places to join South Africa’s Hashim Amla in second place.

The batting table is headed by South Africa captain AB de Villiers who leads second-ranked Sangakkara and Amla by 49 ratings points. De
Villiers with 217 runs is sixth in the list of leading run-getters in the tournament to date and is just two ratings points short of becoming only the 11th batsman to break the 900-point barrier since the introduction of the current ODI player rankings system.

West Indies’ Chris Gayle with 258 runs is second on the list of top run-scorers for which he has been rewarded with a leap of five places that, in turn, has put him in 52nd place along with Afghanistan’s Samiullah Shenwari (up by 12 places).

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum and South Africa’s David Miller are the biggest movers in the latest rankings, which were released on
Monday.

McCullum has jumped 10 places to 18th following his 207 runs in four matches to date, while Miller has moved up 14 places to 23rd as his three innings have yielded 180 runs to date.

Other batsmen to head in the right direction are Aaron Finch eighth (up by four places), Misbah-ul-Haq 13th (up by two places), Suresh Raina 20th (up by four places), Mahela Jayawardene 21st (up by four places) and Brendan Taylor 29th (up by three places).

Ireland’s Paul Stirling remains the highest-ranked batsman from the Associate Member sides and is sharing 34th position with Bangladesh duo Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim. Stirling’s team-mate Ed Joyce has gained 12 places and is now in 58th spot, while the UAE’s Shaiman
Anwar, who is the seventh leading run-getter to date with 208 runs, is in 99th spot after rocketing 93 places.

In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Bowlers, New Zealand’s fast bowling pair of Tim Southee and Trent Boult have made significant
gains in the latest rankings. Southee is the leading bowler of the tournament to date with 13

wickets, which has helped him jump 10 places to 12th, while Boult’s 10 wickets to date has put him in a career-high 24th place after a rise of 23 places. Spin wizard Daniel Vettori has summed up an excellent first couple of weeks for New Zealand by grabbing eight wickets, which has earned him five places and ninth spot in the latest rankings.

South Africa’s wrist spinner Imran Tahir, Australia paceman Mitchell Starc and Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Irfan have all achieved career-best rankings.

Imran has jumped seven places to fourth following his nine wickets in three matches, Starc has gained two places to fifth following his eight wickets in two matches and Irfan’s five wickets have given him a place inside the top 10 in 10th place following a rise of six places.

India’s Mohammad Shami and Ravichandaran Ashwin have also made upward movements. Shami has gained 14 places and is now in 11th position while Ashwin’s eight wickets to date have helped him climb six places to 16th.

Ireland’s left-arm spinner George Dockrell is the highest-ranked bowler amongst the Associate Member countries. The 22-year-old’s four wickets in two matches have given him a rise of eight places that has put him in 28th position.

Scotland’s Josh Davey, who has taken nine wickets in three matches to date, shares 91st spot with Australia’s Glenn Maxwell after gaining15
places in the latest rankings.

RELIANCE ICC ODI TEAM RANKINGS

Following New Zealand’s four wins in as many matches and England’s
three defeats in four matches, the two sides have swapped places on
the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings. New Zealand is now fifth, just one
ratings point behind Sri Lanka, while England is now sixth, eight
rating points ahead of Pakistan.

Ireland, thanks to its victory over the West Indies, has leapfrogged
Afghanistan and now leads the Asian side by two ratings points.

Australia continues to lead the field with 120 ratings points, while
world champion India is second, four ratings points behind. South
Africa, on 113 ratings points, is third.

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Rankings Table, please click here. The ODI table is updated after
every match.

Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 2 March, 2015, after match 23 in
the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015)

Rank   Team                          Ratings points

1          Australia                      120

2          India                            116

3          South Africa               113

4          Sri Lanka                     108

5          New Zealand              107

6          England                       102

7          Pakistan                       94

8          West Indies                 93

9          Bangladesh                 75

10        Zimbabwe                   52

11        Ireland                         42

12        Afghanistan                40

(Developed by David Kendix)

Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 2 March, 2015, after match 23
in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015)

Batsmen

Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Points    Ave
        HS Rating

   1           ( - )          AB de Villiers        SA           898
      52.93     899 v WI at East London 2015

   2=        (+2)         K. Sangakkara     SL           849
41.55     853 v Afg at Mirpur 2014

                ( - )          Hashim Amla       SA           849
   55.68     901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012

   4           (-1)          Virat Kohli            Ind          847
      52.17     886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014

   5           (+1)         T. Dilshan              SL           798
      39.46     800 v Ban at Melbourne 2015

   6           (-1)          Kane Williamson NZ          789!
47.29     789 v Aus at Auckland 2015

   7           ( - )          Shikhar Dhawan  Ind          784
44.59     794 v SA at Melbourne 2015

   8           (+4)         Aaron Finch          Aus         734
  38.92     743 v Eng at Melbourne 2015

   9           (+1)         George Bailey       Aus         718
42.02     867 v SA at Harare 2014

  10         (-2)          MS Dhoni              Ind          712
   51.86     836 v Aus at Delhi 2009

  11         ( - )          Ross Taylor          NZ          692
  41.18     722 v Pak at Napier 2015

  12         (-3)          Quinton de Kock SA           687*
39.78     749 v Aus at Sydney 2014

  13         (+2)         Misbah-ul-Haq    Pak         675
43.22     744 v SL at Fatullah 2014

  14         (+1)         Joe Root                Eng         671
   40.29     688 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2014

  15         (-1)          Angelo Mathews  SL           664
40.41     707 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014

  16         (-3)          Rohit Sharma       Ind          661
38.84     684 v Aus at Melbourne 2015

  17         ( - )          Glenn Maxwell     Aus         660
30.83     677 v Eng at Melbourne 2015

  18         (+10)      B. McCullum        NZ          651
30.74     685 v Eng at Auckland 2013

  19         (+1)         Faf du Plessis        SA           638
  34.49     703 v NZ at Bay Oval 2014

20         (+4)         Suresh Raina        Ind          631
35.50     669 v Eng at Dharamsala 2013

  21         (+4)         M. Jayawardene  SL           627
33.57     738 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2001

  22         (-3)          Shane Watson      Aus         624
40.15     773 v SL at Hambantota 2011

  23         (+14)      David Miller          SA           623
37.32     634 v Zim at Hamilton 2015

  24         (-2)          James Faulkner    Aus         622*
48.12     628 v Eng at Perth 2015

  25         (-4)          M. Hafeez             Pak         620
  31.10     665 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

  26         (-8)          Ahmed Shehzad  Pak         619
33.88     670 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

  27         (-1)          Ian Bell                  Eng         615
      37.33     702 v Ind at Edgbaston 2007

  28         (-5)          Jos Buttler             Eng         610
    31.15     633 v Ind at Perth 2015

  29         (+3)         Brendan Taylor   Zim         609
33.55     667 v NZ at Napier 2012

  30         ( - )          David Warner       Aus         608
32.55     622 v Eng at Sydney 2015

Bowlers

Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Points    Ave
        HS Rating

   1           ( - )          Saeed Ajmal         Pak         733
   22.18     4.13       810 v SA at Centurion 2013

   2           ( - )          Sunil Narine          WI          719
     26.49     4.10       791 v SL at Jamaica 2013

   3           ( - )          Dale Steyn            SA           708
      25.58     4.82       746 v Ind at Durban 2013

   4           (+7)         Imran Tahir          SA           703*!
19.40     4.38       703 v WI at Sydney 2015

   5           (+2)         Mitchell Starc       Aus         687*!
19.89     4.94       687 v NZ at Auckland 2015

   6           (-1)          Mitchell Johnson Aus         667
25.73     4.85       724 v Ban at Darwin 2008

   7=        (-3)          James Anderson  Eng         663
29.31     4.93       719 v SA at The Oval 2013

                (-1)          Shakib Al Hasan Ban        663
28.15     4.28       717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

   9           (+5)         Daniel Vettori       NZ          647
  31.82     4.11       788 v Eng at Durham 2008

  10         (+6)         M. Irfan               Pak         641!
29.64     4.86       641 v Zim at Brisbane 2015

  11         (+14)      M. Shami              Ind          633
25.48     5.58       636 v SA at Melbourne 2015

  12=       (-2)          Morne Morkel      SA           631
24.58     4.97       717 v SL at East London 2012

                (+10)      Tim Southee         NZ          631
29.20     5.19       638 v Eng at Wellington 2015

  14         (-6)          Rangana Herath  SL           624
31.91     4.41       703 v SA at Pallekele 2013

  15         (-6)          M. Hafeez             Pak         620
  35.01     4.06       769 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

  16         (+6)         R. Ashwin              Ind          619
   31.43     4.87       691 v SL at Hambantota 2012

  17         (-4)          B. Kumar              Ind          613
   36.76     4.61       657 v WI at Dharamsala 2014

  18         (-4)          Ravindra Jadeja  Ind          610
32.65     4.81       738 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013

  19         (-7)          Steven Finn           Eng         606
  28.09     4.99       755 v NZ at Auckland 2013

  20=       (-1)          Clint McKay         Aus         602
24.37     4.78       709 v Eng at Cardiff 2013

                (+2)         M. Mortaza          Ban        602
30.41     4.66       653 v Zim at Mirpur 2009

  22         (-5)          James Tredwell    Eng         601
27.81     4.77       646 v SL at Pallekele 2014

  23         (-3)          S. Senanayake     SL           598
34.77     4.69       656 v NZ at Christchurch 2015

  24         (+23)      Trent Boult           NZ          597*!
27.60     4.55       597 v Aus at Auckland 2015

  25=       (+2)         Angelo Mathews  SL           593
34.52     4.54       649 v Ind at Trinidad 2013

                (-4)          Kyle Mills              NZ          593
       27.02     4.72       722 v Aus at Melbourne 2009

  27         (-10)       Shahid Afridi        Pak         587
34.35     4.63       673 v Ban at Mirpur 2011

  28         (+8)         George Dockrell   Ire           585
27.38     4.28       589 v WI at Nelson 2015

  29         ( - )          Ryan McLaren    SA           570
27.28     5.24       681 v Zim at Bulawayo 2014

  30         (-2)          Ravi Rampaul     WI          569
29.22     5.08       628 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2011

All-rounders

Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Points    HS Rating

   1           (+3)         T. Dilshan              SL          409!
    409 v Eng at Wellington 2015

   2           (-1)          Shakib Al Hasan Ban        399        453
v Zim at Chittagong 2009

   3           ( - )          Angelo Mathews  SL           394
427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014

   4           (-2)          M. Hafeez             Pak         384
   438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

   5           ( - )          Shahid Afridi        Pak         328
   383 v Ban at Mirpur 2011

   6           ( - )          James Faulkner    Aus         320*/
327 v Eng at Perth 2015

   7           ( - )          Ravindra Jadeja  Ind          307
378 v Eng at Edgbaston 2013

   8           ( - )          M. Nabi                 Afg         278
      296 v Ire at Dubai (GCA) 2015

   9           ( - )          Shane Watson     Aus         270
433 v WI at St Lucia 2012

  10         ( - )          Glenn Maxwell     Aus         269 /*   280
v Eng at Melbourne 2015

*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after a minimum of 40 started innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating after he has conceded 1,500 runs.

!indicates career-highest rating