Pakistan takes on England with one eye on ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
· England plus seven other top-ranked sides, as on 30 September 2017, to qualify directly for the ICC’s pinnacle 50-over tournament · Pakistan can gain as many as five points while England can earn two points if it wins 4-0 · Root enters series as the highest-ranked batsman while Irfan is the highest-ranked bowler
Pakistan will be aiming to carry the recent Test momentum into the four-match One-Day International (ODI) series against England as it bids to gain crucial points on the ICC ODI Team Rankings.
Eighth-ranked Pakistan is currently sitting on 88 points as compared to sixth-ranked England’s 100 points. With England, plus seven other top-ranked sides as on 30 September 2017, set to qualify directly for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, the only way Pakistan can move up the order is by winning matches against the higher-ranked sides.
As such, a 4-0 series win against England will earn Pakistan five points, while a 3-1 victory will mean a gain of three rankings points. It will earn only one point if the series ends in a two-all draw.
An England series win will mean Pakistan will lose points. If England sweeps the series, like it did in 2012, then Pakistan will drop to 86 points, while it will concede one point if England wins 3-1.
As far as England is concerned, it can rise to as high as102 points, but will slip behind Bangladesh in seventh place by a fraction of a point, if it loses 4-0 and Bangladesh wins the third ODI against Zimbabwe on Monday.
Pakistan’s last series win against England was on home turf in December 2005 when it won 3-2.
The series permutations are:
Pakistan 4 England 0 – Pakistan 93 points England 95 points
Pakistan 3 England 1 – Pakistan 91 points England 96 points
Pakistan 2 England 2 – Pakistan 89 points England 99 points
Pakistan 1 England 3 – Pakistan 87 points England 101 points
Pakistan 0 England 4 – Pakistan 86 points England 102 points
In the ICC ODI Player Rankings, no batsman from either side features in the top 10. Joe Root is the highest-ranked batsman in 11th position, followed by captain Eoin Morgan (21st) and wicketkeeper Jos Buttler (23rd).
Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez is 30th, while Ahmed Shehzad is 32nd.
AB de Villiers of South Africa is the number-one ranked batsman, while Virat Kohli of India is second and Kane Williamson of New Zealand third.
In the bowling chart, Pakistan’s Mohammad Irfan, in 14th place, is the highest-ranked bowler from either side, followed by Moeen Ali of England (31st) and Wahab Riaz (49th).
Sunil Narine of the West Indies is the top-ranked bowler and he is followed by Mitchell Starc of Australia and Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan.
Meanwhile, the recently-concluded series between Sri Lanka and West Indies has resulted in gains for a number of players.
In the batting table, Marlon Samuels has moved up three places to 34th and Kusal Perera has climbed seven places to 43rd, while in the bowling, Suranga Lakmal has achieved a career-best ranking of 23rd after rising six places and Lasith Malinga has vaulted four places to 24th.
The 3-0 series win as earned Sri Lanka five points and it is now on 105 points, while the West Indies has slipped to 86 after dropping two points.
Series schedule
Pakistan v England (all day/night matches)
11 November – 1st ODI, Abu Dhabi
13 November – 2nd ODI, Abu Dhabi
17 November – 3rd ODI, Sharjah
20 November – 4th ODI, Dubai
ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 9 November, after SL-WI series, before BD-Zim third ODI and before the start of Pak-Eng series)
Rank Team Points
1 Australia 127
2 India 114
3 South Africa 112
4 New Zealand 109
5 Sri Lanka 105
6 England 100
7 Bangladesh 96
8 Pakistan 88
9 West Indies 86
10 Zimbabwe 46
11 Ireland 46
12 Afghanistan 45
(Developed by David Kendix)
ICC T20I Player Rankings (as on 9 November, after SL-WI series, before BD-Zim third ODI and before the start of Pak-Eng series)
Batsmen (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge HS Ranking
1 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 900 54.21 902 v NZ at Auckland 2015
2 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 804 50.60 886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014
3 ( - ) Kane Williamson NZ 788 48.02 798 v SA at Centurion 2015
4 ( - ) T. Dilshan SL 780 39.62 802 v Sco at Hobart 2015
5 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 776 52.70 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
6 ( - ) MS Dhoni Ind 741 52.26 836 v Aus at Delhi 2009
7 ( - ) Shikhar Dhawan Ind 730 42.93 794 v SA at Melbourne 2015
8 ( - ) Ross Taylor NZ 728 43.91 743 v Zim at Harare 2015
9 ( - ) Glenn Maxwell Aus 717 34.88 724 v Pak at Adelaide 2015
10= ( - ) Faf du Plessis SA 715! 39.65 715 v Ind at Mumbai 2015
( - ) Quinton de Kock SA 715 39.86 749 v Aus at Sydney 2014
Selected Rankings:
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge HS Ranking
15 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 680 42.36 712 v NZ at Trent Bridge 2015
20 (+1) Angelo Mathews SL 643 39.94 707 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
21 (-1) Eoin Morgan Ire/Eng 641 37.81 690 v Aus at The Oval 2010
23 ( - ) Jos Buttler Eng 627 32.60 680 v NZ at Edgbaston 2015
30 ( - ) M. Hafeez Pak 599 31.58 665 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
32 (+1) Ahmed Shehzad Pak 596 34.81 670 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
33 (-3) L. Thirimanne SL 595 34.65 599 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2015
34 (+3) Marlon Samuels WI 593 34.08 631 v SL at St. Vincent 2003
43 (+7) Kusal Perera SL 547! 27.36 547 v WI at Pallekele 2015
45 (-1) Andre Russell WI 542 28.97 571 v NZ at St Kitts 2012
50 (-6) Darren Bravo WI 536 32.15 588 v Ind at Kanpur 2013
Bowling
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Econ HS Ranking
1 ( - ) Sunil Narine WI 734 26.05 4.07 791 v SL at Jamaica 2013
2 ( - ) Mitchell Starc Aus 713 19.65 4.85 783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
3 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 706 27.89 4.30 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
4 ( - ) Trent Boult NZ 705\* 24.08 4.64 738 v Eng at The Oval 2015
5 ( - ) Imran Tahir SA 688 22.94 4.49 735 v SL at Sydney 2015
6 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 682 25.93 4.86 746 v Ind at Durban 2013
7 ( - ) M. Johnson Aus 672 25.26 4.83 724 v Ban at Darwin 2008
8 ( - ) Morne Morkel SA 666 23.98 4.90 717 v SL at East London 2012
9 ( - ) Saeed Ajmal Pak 655 22.73 4.18 810 v SA at Centurion 2013
10 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 640 31.27 4.81 691 v SL at Hambantota 2012
Selected Rankings:
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Econ Highest Ranking
14= (+1) Mohammad Irfan Pak 597 31.63 4.90 641 v UAE at Napier 2015
16 (-2) S. Senanayake SL 596 34.94 4.74 656 v NZ at Christchurch 2015
23 (+6) Suranga Lakmal SL 560 29.71 5.56 563 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2015
24 (+4) Lasith Malinga SL 557 27.77 5.26 675 v Ban at Colombo (RPS) 2007
26 (-2) Jason Holder WI 555 32.12 5.68 576 v UAE at Napier 2015
29 (-6) Angelo Mathews SL 554 34.77 4.61 649 v Ind at Trinidad 2013
31 (+1) Moeen Ali Eng 544* 38.40 4.86 554 v Aus at Headingley 2015
32 (-1) Ravi Rampaul WI 542 29.35 5.10 628 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2011
44 ( - ) Jerome Taylor WI 496* 27.33 6.29 626 v NZ at Christchurch 2009
49 ( - ) Wahab Riaz Pak 486 29.67 5.57 501 v Zim at Lahore 2015
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Ranking
1 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 424 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
2 ( - ) T. Dilshan SL 366 415 v Sco at Hobart 2015
3 ( - ) Angelo Mathews SL 356 427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
