Stoinis leaps up ODI rankings
There was plenty of movement in the ICC ODI Player Rankings, which were updated on Monday morning with Australia’s Marcus Stoinis the biggest jumper.
Stoinis vaulted 25 places to 28th position after scoring 221 runs in the series against England.
Aaron Finch, who was the leading run-getter in the series with 275 runs, has gained two places and is now in 15th position.
The opener has now become his side’s second highest-ranked batsman with David Warner sitting in third spot and captain Steve Smith slipping four places to 17th.
England opener Jason Roy, who played a lead role in guiding his side to a 4-1 series win by contributing 250 runs, has jumped 12 places to 20th spot.
Roy is now England’s third highest-ranked batsman after Joe Root, who has moved up one place to sixth, and Jos Buttler, who has returned to the top 20 in 18th position by rising three places.
Travis Head and Jonny Bairstow are the other batsmen from the series to move in the upward direction.
Head has climbed seven spots and is now 22nd following his series aggregate of 130 runs, while Bairstow has gained eight places and is now 40th after scoring 157 runs in the series.
Amongst the bowlers, Josh Hazlewood of Australia and England’s Chris Woakes have moved up one place each to fourth and 13th, respectively, while Pat Cummins has lifted five places to 14th.
However, Mitchell Starc has slipped one place to eighth, while Liam Plunkett has plummeted eight places to 17th.
Adil Rashid, who was the leading wicket-taker in the series with 10 wickets, is now just four points behind the Windies’ 11th-ranked Sunil Narine.
Outside the top-30, Mark Wood has jumped 12 places to join Mirwais Ashraf of Afghanistan and India’s Amit Mishra in 35th position, while Moeen Ali is now in 38th spot after claiming three places.
The biggest news in the latest player rankings has come from this series where ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2017 Hasan Ali has failed to defend his number-one position.
The fast bowler has slipped four places to fifth after claiming six wickets in four matches.
This means South Africa’s Imran Tahir will start the series against India as the number-one bowler, while Virat Kohli will defend his number-one batting ranking from AB de Villiers, who is just four points behind.
Hasan Ali is not the only Pakistan bowler to lose ground. Mohammad Amir has also dropped five places to 31st to join Mohammad Hafeez in 31st position. Imad Wasim, who was unavailable for the series due to an injury, has slipped three places to 33rd.
New Zealand bowlers were on fire in this series and Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner and Tim Southee have all made impressive gains.
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Boult has moved up two places to second after finishing the series as the leading wicket-taker with nine wickets, Santner is now in seventh position after moving up three places following his six wickets, while Southee has lifted 14 places to 23rd after bagging eight wickets.
Amongst the batsmen, Martin Guptill has been rewarded for finishing as the most successful batsman in the series (310 runs) with a rise of four places that has put him just outside the top-10 in 11th position.
In doing so, Guptill has leapfrogged Ross Taylor (12th) to become his side’s second highest-ranked batsman after Kane Williamson, who has moved up two places to 8th following his 261 runs in the series.
Shakib Al Hasan has returned to the top of the all-rounders’ list after scoring 163 runs with the bat and taking nine wickets with the ball. He has replaced Mohammad Hafeez, who was unable to bowl in the series against New Zealand.
Among the batsmen, Tamim Iqbal has retained his 16th position, Shakib has moved up three places to 30th and Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe has jumped nine places to 43rd.
In the bowlers’ table, Mustafizur Rahman has gained 12 places and is now 19th after his seven wickets, Tendai Chatara of Zimbabwe has vaulted 13 places to 40th, Sri Lanka’s Akila Dananjaya has leaped 13 places to 45th, while Rubel Hossain has moved to 58th after rising eight places.
ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 29 January, after Aus v Eng, NZ v Pak and tri-series in Bangladesh):
BATSMEN (top 30)
Rank ( /-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 ( – ) Virat Kohli Ind 876 55.74 889 v NZ at Kanpur 2017
2 ( – ) AB de Villiers SA 872 54.06 902 v NZ at Auckland 2015
3 ( – ) David Warner Aus 823 43.43 880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017
4 ( 1) Rohit Sharma Ind 816 45.23 825 v SL at Mohali 2017
5 (-1) Babar Azam Pak 813 51.11 846 v NZ at Wellington 2018
6= ( – ) Quinton de Kock SA 808! 45.85 808 v Ban at East London 2017
( 1) Joe Root Eng 808 50.91 818 v Aus at Brisbane 2018
8 ( 2) Kane Williamson NZ 777 46.51 798 v SA at Centurion 2015
9 (-1) Faf du Plessis SA 773 43.90 791 v SL at Cape Town 2017
10 (-1) Hashim Amla SA 766 51.25 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
11 ( 4) Martin Guptill NZ 764 43.75 789 v SA at Hamilton 2017
12 (-1) Ross Taylor NZ 736 44.92 743 v Pak at Dunedin 2018
13 (-1) MS Dhoni Ind 729 51.55 836 v Aus at Delhi 2009
14 ( – ) S. Dhawan Ind 726 44.86 794 v SA at Melbourne 2015
15 ( 2) Aaron Finch Aus 724 38.55 743 v Eng at Melbourne 2015
16 ( – ) Tamim Iqbal Ban 698 34.98 721 v Zim at Mirpur 2018
17 (-4) Steve Smith Aus 692 41.84 752 v Pak at Sydney 2017
18 ( 3) Jos Buttler Eng 656 37.63 723 v Ban at Mirpur 2016
19 ( – ) Mushfiqur Rahim Ban 652 32.99 671 v Zim at Mirpur 2015
20 ( 12) Jason Roy Eng 645 37.84 672 v Aus at Melbourne 2018
21 ( 2) Kyle Coetzer Sco 641! 43.07 641 v UAE at Dubai (GCA) 2018
22 ( 7) Travis Head Aus 631* 36.68 634 v Eng at Adelaide 2018
23 (-1) Ben Stokes Eng 630 35.10 653 v Win at Bristol 2017
24 (-6) Alex Hales Eng 629 36.24 705 v NZ at Cardiff 2017
25 (-5) Eoin Morgan Eng 626 37.57 690 v Aus at The Oval 2010
26 (-1) M. Hafeez Pak 621 32.83 665 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
27 (-3) Angelo Mathews SL 619 41.86 707 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
28 ( 25) Marcus Stoinis Aus 616*! 62.88 616 v Eng at Perth 2018
29 (-3) Ajinkya Rahane Ind 612 35.27 631 v Aus at Nagpur 2017
30 ( 3) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 608 34.95 683 v Pak at Mirpur 2012
BOWLERS (top 30)
Rank ( /-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
1 ( 1) Imran Tahir SA 743 23.72 4.64 786 v SL at Johannesburg 2017
2 ( 2) Trent Boult NZ 729 24.27 5.02 766 v Ind at Delhi 2016
3 ( – ) Jasprit Bumrah Ind 728* 22.73 4.75 730 v SL at Mohali 2017
4 ( 1) Josh Hazlewood Aus 714 24.27 4.72 733 v Eng at Adelaide 2018
5 (-4) Hasan Ali Pak 711* 21.40 5.29 766 v NZ at Wellington 2018
6 ( – ) Kagiso Rabada SA 708 26.08 5.05 724 v Eng at Lord’s 2017
7 ( 3) Mitchell Santner NZ 662! 32.03 4.87 662 v Pak at Wellington 2018
8 (-1) Mitchell Starc Aus 658 20.95 4.93 783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
9 (-1) Rashid Khan Afg 649*! 14.48 3.91 649 v Ire at Sharjah 2017
10 ( 1) Akshar Patel Ind 643* 31.31 4.43 663 v Aus at Nagpur 2017
11 ( 2) Sunil Narine Win 636 26.46 4.12 791 v SL at Jamaica 2013
12 ( – ) Adil Rashid Eng 632 31.78 5.59 655 v Ban at Chittagong 2016
13 ( 1) Chris Woakes Eng 630 31.83 5.57 651 v SA at Headingley 2017
14 ( 5) Pat Cummins Aus 623 28.45 5.38 626 v Eng at Adelaide 2018
15= ( – ) B. Kumar Ind 621 36.89 4.93 657 v Win at Dharamsala 2014
( 2) Matt Henry NZ 621 24.59 5.57 675 v Aus at Hamilton 2016
17 (-8) Liam Plunkett Eng 616 30.22 5.80 646 v Win at Southampton 2017
18 (-2) Mohammad Nabi Afg 612 32.06 4.29 653 v Zim at Harare 2017
19 ( 12) M. Rahman Ban 601* 19.19 4.63 602 v Zim at Mirpur 2018
20= ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 592 29.46 4.44 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
( 3) Suranga Lakmal SL 592 31.34 5.35 594 v Ban at Mirpur 2018
22 (-4) Morne Morkel SA 587 24.48 4.94 717 v SL at East London 2012
23 ( 14) Tim Southee NZ 582 33.05 5.37 638 v Eng at Wellington 2015
24 ( 2) M. Mortaza Ban 580 31.18 4.78 653 v Zim at Mirpur 2009
25 ( 7) Graeme Cremer Zim 579! 31.60 4.60 579 v Ban at Mirpur 2018
26 (-5) Jason Holder Win 577 33.15 5.45 605 v SL at Bulawayo 2016
27 (-5) Tim Murtagh Ire 564* 35.79 4.59 575 v Afg at Sharjah 2017
28 (-3) Dale Steyn SA 562 26.62 4.94 746 v Ind at Durban 2013
29 (-1) Y. Chahal Ind 557*! 25.07 4.66 557 v SL at Visakhapatnam 2017
30 (-1) Hamza Hotak Afg 556* 25.40 3.92 571 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017
ALL-ROUNDERS (top 10)
Rank ( /-) Player Team Points Highest Rating
1 ( 1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 360 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
2 (-1) M. Hafeez Pak 339 438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
3 ( 1) Mohammad Nabi Afg 316 349 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017
4 (-1) Angelo Mathews SL 306 427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
5 ( 6) Chris Woakes Eng 302 304 v Aus at Adelaide 2018
6 ( – ) Jason Holder Win 282! 282 v NZ at Christchurch 2017
7 (-2) Ben Stokes Eng 278 299 v Win at Bristol 2017
8 ( 2) Mitchell Marsh Aus 274 322 v NZ at Canberra 2016
9 (-1) Moeen Ali Eng 268 281 v SA at Port Elizabeth 2016
10 (-3) James Faulkner Aus 267 361 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
*Indicates a provisional rating
! Indicates career-best rating