ICC Rankings: Bairstow and Woakes surge after ODI series against Australia

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Cricket365
September 18, 2020

Opener Jonny Bairstow and allrounder Chris Woakes were the big gainers for England on the ICC ODI rankings after the series defeat to Australia.

The World Champions went down to Australia 2-1 but Bairstow led the scoring in the three-match series with 196 runs after his 126-ball 112 in the final match. He makes a return to the top 10.

Woakes the major gainer among bowlers

Chris Woakes Eoin Morgan England PA — England’s Chris Woakes (left) and Eoin Morgan at Edgbaston

Woakes was the major gainer in the bowler’s rankings, advancing three places to a career-best fourth position after finishing with six wickets in the series. His contribution of 89 runs also sees him move into second place on the allrounder rankings just behind Afghanistan’s Mohammed Nabi.

Jofra Archer gained 18 slots to reach a career-best 10th place after finishing with seven wickets in the series including his match-winning effort of 3/34 in the second ODI.

Maxwell and Carey take a giant leap after heroics

Australia batsmen Glenn Maxwell and Alex Carey were involved in a 212-run fifth-wicket stand that helped Australia complete a thrilling three-wicket victory in the final match to take the series 2-1.

Maxwell gained five places to take a share of 26th position along with Paul Stirling of Ireland after scoring 186 runs in the series. Carey is right behind the pair after his total of 152 runs elevated him 11 places to a career-best 28th position on the batting rankings.

Billings on the up

Others to move up in the list include Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne (up 20 places to a career-best 63rd) and Sam Billings of England, who makes it into the top 100 for the first time after scoring 118 in the first match and finishing with 183 runs in the series, behind only Bairstow and Maxwell.

Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has returned to the top 10 for the first time in nearly two years, his player of the match performance of 3/34 in the first match the highlight of a four-wicket tally. He has moved up from 15th to eighth position. Adam Zampa’s series-topping 10 wickets have lifted him to 21st position.

ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings (as of 17 Sep 2020):

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avg	Highest rating
1	( – )	Virat Kohli	India	871	59.33	909 v Eng at Headingley 2018
2	( – )	Rohit Sharma	India	855	49.27	882 v SL at Headingley 2019
3	( – )	Babar Azam	Pak	829	54.17	844 v NZ at Wellington 2018
4	( – )	Ross Taylor	NZ	818	48.44	836 v India at Auckland 2020
5	( – )	Faf du Plessis	SA	790	47.47	814 v Aus at Old Trafford 2019
6	(+2)	K Williamson	NZ	765	47.48	792 v SA at Centurion 2015
7	( – )	Aaron Finch	Aus	762	40.84	791 v Eng at Lord’s 2019
8	(-2)	David Warner	Aus	759	44.94	868 v Pak at Adelaide 2017
9	(+1)	Q de Kock	SA	755	44.65	809 v SL at Durban 2019
10	(+3)	Jonny Bairstow	Eng	754	47.16	769 v Aus at Durham 2018

Other selected rankings

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avg	Highest rating
26=	(+5)	Glenn Maxwell	Aus	647	33.29	727 v India at Canberra 2016
28	(+11)	Alex Carey	Aus	628*!	35.72	628 v Eng at Old Trafford 2020
46	(+3)	Marcus Stoinis	Aus	541	32.52	612 v Eng at Perth Stadium 2018
63	(+20)	M Labuschagne	Aus	509*!	43.77	509 v Eng at Old Trafford 2020
93=	(+44)	Sam Billings	Eng	415*!	36.62	415 v Aus at Old Trafford 2020
99	(+8)	Adil Rashid	Eng	388!	18.94	388 v Aus at Old Trafford 2020

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avg	Eco	Highest Rating
1	( – )	Trent Boult	NZ	722	25.29	5.03	768 v WI at Old Trafford 2019
2	( – )	Jasprit Bumrah	India	719	24.43	4.55	838 v WI at Thiruvananthapur 2018
3	( – )	M Ur Rahman	Afg	701*!	22.44	3.94	701 v WI at Lucknow 2019
4	(+3)	Chris Woakes	Eng	675!	30.34	5.54	675 v Aus at Old Trafford 2020
5	( – )	Kagiso Rabada	SA	665	27.34	4.99	718 v Eng at Lord’s 2017
6	(-2)	Pat Cummins	Aus	659	28.48	5.20	725 v SL at The Oval 2019
7	(-1)	M Amir	Pak	657!	29.62	4.85	657 v SL at Karachi 2019
8	(+7)	J Hazlewood	Aus	654	25.90	4.70	726 v Eng at Adelaide 2018
9	(-1)	Matt Henry	NZ	641	26.48	5.40	664 v Aus at Hamilton 2016
10=	( – )	Mitchell Starc	Aus	637	22.48	5.11	781 v NZ at Melbourne 2015

Other selected rankings

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avg	Eco	Highest Rating
21	(+10)	Adam Zampa	Aus	601!	33.44	5.56	601 v Eng at Old Trafford 2020
86	(+5)	Tom Curran	Eng	387*	38.07	5.98	402 v Pak at Trent Bridge 2019

All-rounders (top five)

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Highest Rating
1	( – )	M Nabi	Afg	301	346 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017
2	(+3)	Chris Woakes	Eng	281	307 v NZ at Christchurch 2018
3	( – )	Imad Wasim	Pak	278*/	281 v SL at Karachi 2019
4	(-2)	Ben Stokes	Eng	276	303 v NZ at Lord’s 2019
5	(-1)	C de Grandhomme	NZ	265/	266 v India at Bay Oval 2020