New Zealand, South Africa and England aim to improve their ODI rankings
New Zealand has gained a place in the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings following its 2-0 series win over Pakistan, and will be aiming for further improvement when it goes head to head with Australia in a three-match series beginning in Auckland on 3 February.
Third-ranked New Zealand is on 112 points and trails world champion and number-one ranked Australia by 16 points. This means it will gain points if it wins the series.
A 3-0 series win will lift New Zealand to 115 points while a 2-1 series win will take it to 114 points. In contrast, if it loses 3-0, then it will slip to 110 points whereas a 2-1 series loss will mean both sides will retain their pre-series points.
Australia, in contrast, will retain its number-one position irrespective of how the series pans out. It will rise to as high as 130 points if it wins the series 3-0 but will drop to 124 points if New Zealand wins all the three matches.
Fourth-ranked South Africa and sixth-ranked England will be keeping an eye on the series in New Zealand as they too have an opportunity to move up the ladder when their series also starts on 3 February in Bloemfontein.
A 5-0 win for the home side will mean it will rise to 115 points, while England will drop to 98 points. However, if the series result is reversed, then England will move to 106 points with South Africa finishing just a point ahead on 107.
If England wins the series 3-2, then it will earn one point while South Africa will concede two points. A 3-2 series win for South Africa will mean both the sides will retain their pre-series points.
To find out exactly how the forthcoming series will affect the ICC ODI Championship, please click here. The ODI rankings table is updated after each match.
Meanwhile, South Africa captain AB de Villiers will start the forthcoming series as the number-one ranked batsman on the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen. His team-mate Hashim Amla is third, 124 points behind.
Other players inside the top 20 to feature in the series in New Zealand and South Africa, and aiming for an upward movement, include Kane Williamson (fourth), Glenn Maxwell (eighth), Martin Guptill (ninth), Faf du Plessis and Quinton de Kock (joint-10th), Ross Taylor (12th), George Bailey (14th), Steve Smith (15th), Aaron Finch (16th), Joe Root (17th), David Warner (18th) and Jos Buttler (19th).
New Zealand’s Trent Boult will start off as the number-one ranked bowler, with South Africa’s Imran Tahir, Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel in fourth, fifth and sixth positions, respectively.
In the absence of Mitchell Starc, James Faulkner is the highest-ranked Australia bowler in 28th spot, while John Hastings is 49th, Josh Hazlewood (61st) and Maxwell (62nd).
England’s highest-ranked bowler is Moeen Ali in 14th place, while Chris Woakes is sitting in 40th position.
Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh is the number-one ranked all-rounder, while Maxwell is in fourth position – 13 points behind Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan.
The player rankings will now be updated following the conclusion of South Africa-England series.
Forthcoming matches:
New Zealand v Australia
3 Feb – 1st ODI, Auckland
6 Feb – 2nd ODI, Wellington
8 Feb – 3rd ODI, Hamilton
South Africa v England
3 Feb – 1st ODI, Bloemfontein
6 Feb – 2nd ODI, Port Elizabeth
9 Feb – 3rd ODI, Centurion
12 Feb – 4th ODI, Johannesburg
14 Feb – 5th ODI, Cape Town
MRF TYRES ICC ODI Championship (as of 1 February, following New Zealand and Pakistan series and before the start of New Zealand-Australia and South Africa-England series)
Rank Team Ratings
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Australia 128 -
India 113 -
New Zealand 112 -
South Africa 112 -
Sri Lanka 104 -
England 101 -
Bangladesh 97 -
Pakistan 87 -
West Indies 86 -
Afghanistan 47
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Ireland 46
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Zimbabwe 45
MRF TYRES ICC ODI PLAYER RANKING (as of 1 February, following New Zealand and Pakistan series and before the start of New Zealand-Australia seriesand South Africa-England series)
Batsmen (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 900 54.21 902 v NZ at Auckland 2015
2 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 825 51.51 886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014
3 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 776 52.70 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
4 ( - ) Kane Williamson NZ 771 47.84 798 v SA at Centurion 2015
5 ( - ) Rohit Sharma Ind 761! 42.08 761 v Aus at Sydney 2016
6 ( - ) T. Dilshan SL 760 39.44 802 v Sco at Hobart 2015
7 ( - ) Shikhar Dhawan Ind 748 43.97 794 v SA at Melbourne 2015
8 ( - ) Glenn Maxwell Aus 731 36.25 735 v Ind at Canberra 2016
9 ( - ) Martin Guptill NZ 725! 42.78 725 v Pak at Auckland 2016
10= (+1) Faf du Plessis SA 715! 39.65 715 v Ind at Mumbai 2015
(+1) Quinton de Kock SA 715 39.86 749 v Aus at Sydney 2014
Other selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
12 (-2) Ross Taylor NZ 713 43.90 743 v Zim at Harare 2015
14 ( - ) George Bailey Aus 704 43.21 867 v SA at Harare 2014
15 ( - ) Steve Smith Aus 702 41.65 709 v Ind at Canberra 2016
16 ( - ) Aaron Finch Aus 694 38.48 743 v Eng at Melbourne 2015
17 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 675 41.90 712 v NZ at Trent Bridge 2015
18 ( - ) David Warner Aus 666! 37.67 666 v Ind at Sydney 2016
19 ( - ) Jos Buttler Eng 662 34.97 680 v NZ at Edgbaston 2015
23 ( - ) Eoin Morgan Ire/Eng 643 37.83 690 v Aus at The Oval 2010
29 (+1) James Faulkner Aus 598* 39.85 628 v Eng at Perth 2015
30 (-2) B. McCullum NZ 596 30.27 685 v Eng at Auckland 2013
33 ( - ) David Miller SA 592 34.98 635 v Ban at Mirpur 2015
35 (+1) James Taylor Eng 576* 42.23 586 v Pak at Sharjah 2015
36 (+1) JP Duminy SA 573 38.98 668 v Net at Mohali 2011
42 (+1) Mitchell Marsh Aus 546*! 38.00 546 v Ind at Sydney 2016
45 (+1) Corey Anderson NZ 541* 34.39 604 v Ind at Hamilton 2014
Bowlers (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Econ HS Rating
1 ( - ) Trent Boult NZ 722* 22.74 4.72 738 v Eng at The Oval 2015
2 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 699 27.89 4.30 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
3 ( - ) Mitchell Starc Aus 695 19.65 4.85 783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
4 ( - ) Imran Tahir SA 688 22.94 4.49 735 v SL at Sydney 2015
5 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 682 25.93 4.86 746 v Ind at Durban 2013
6 ( - ) Morne Morkel SA 666 23.98 4.90 717 v SL at East London 2012
7 ( - ) Matt Henry NZ 653*! 22.62 5.33 653 v Pak at Auckland 2016
8 ( - ) Saeed Ajmal Pak 636 22.73 4.18 810 v SA at Centurion 2013
9 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 621 29.22 4.92 719 v SA at The Oval 2013
10 ( - ) Mohammad Irfan Pak 616 31.14 4.91 641 v UAE at Napier 2015
Other selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Econ HS Rating
14 ( - ) Moeen Ali Eng 585*! 36.42 4.81 585 v Pak at Dubai 2015
28 ( - ) James Faulkner Aus 545 32.36 5.60 585 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
33 (+7) Adam Milne NZ 536*! 38.37 5.05 536 v Pak at Auckland 2016
37 (-2) Tim Southee NZ 526 31.98 5.34 638 v Eng at Wellington 2015
40 (-1) Chris Woakes Eng 516 34.27 5.79 524 v Pak at Sharjah 2015
47 (-5) Wahab Riaz Pak 491 31.42 5.55 522 v Eng at Abu Dhabi 2015
49 ( - ) John Hastings Aus 485*! 33.42 4.83 485 v Ind at Sydney 2016
All-rounders (top five)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating
1 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 416 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
2 ( - ) M. Hafeez Pak 363 438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
3 ( - ) T. Dilshan SL 349 415 v Sco at Hobart 2015
4 ( - ) Glenn Maxwell Aus 336 351 v Eng at Headingley 2015
5 ( - ) Angelo Mathews SL 335 427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014