Big gains for Australia stars on latest ODI rankings update
Eye-catching improvements for Australia's quartet on the ODI batters list, while there is a tie at the top of the rankings for ODI bowlers.
A group of Australian players have been the big winners on the newest release of the ICC Men's ODI Player rankings.
While Australia fell to a 2-1 series defeat at home against South Africa, the reigning ICC Men's Cricket World Cup winners were rewarded on the latest rankings release following their emphatic victory in the series finale in Mackay.
The Aussies amassed a whopping total of 431/2 in the 50-over contest, with a trio of their batters in Travis Head (142), Mitch Marsh (100) and Cameron Green (118*) cashing in with a century.
All three made good ground on the rankings for ODI batters as a result, with Head gaining one place to move to equal 11th, Marsh jumping four rungs to move to 44th and Green rising a whopping 40 slots to be 78th.
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Travis Head's aggressive ton took the game away from India.
Australian teammate Josh Inglis also makes ground on the list for ODI batters, with the right-hander improving 23 spots to move to 64th as a result of his innings of 87 during the second match of the series against the Proteas.
India duo Shubman Gill (784 rating points) and Rohit Sharma (756) remain at the top of the rankings for ODI batters, with Pakistan right-hander Babar Azam (739) rounding out the top three.
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Things are even tighter at the top of the rankings for ODI bowlers, with Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana joining fellow tweaker Keshav Maharaj at the top on 671 rating points following the completion of the series between South Africa and Australia.
Maharaj lost ground after picking up figures of 1/57 in the series finale, with his rating dropping equal with Theekshana even as the Sri Lankan spinner didn't feature across the week.
The biggest mover on the ODI rankings for bowlers came via Lungi Ngidi, with the South Africa speedster gaining six places to move to 28th following his series-high seven scalps across the three games against Australia.
Australia duo Sean Abbott (up nine places to equal 48th) and Nathan Ellis (up 21 spots to 65th) also made ground on the list for ODI bowlers following some decent showings during the series with the Proteas.