ICC Media Release
Sri Lanka vice-captain Angelo Mathews has broken into the top five of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders in the latest rankings released on Tuesday, after his team’s series against New Zealand.
Mathews moved up a place to fifth and also achieved his career-best rating of 331 in the fourth ODI in Hambantota. The all-rounders’ table is still headed by Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan, with Mohammad Hafeez in second position, followed by Shane Watson in third place.
The five-match series itself, marred by rain, ended in favour of Sri Lanka 3-0.
Mathews made 63 runs in four innings to move up a place to 37th in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen. A right-arm medium-pacer, Mathews also picked up two wickets during the series to jump five places to 31st in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers.
The highest run-getter in the series, BJ Watling, earned a jump of 31 places in the batting table, to 76th, for his 166 runs from three innings.
The lone centurion in the series, Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan, who logged 139 runs in only two appearances in the series due to an injury, moved up three places to 12th.
There was not much cheer for the other batsmen, as Kumar Sangakkara dropped one place to fifth, Ross Taylor dropped by three to 18th, Mahela Jayawardene moved to 22nd (down by two), Brendon McCullum dropped to 25th (down by four), Dinesh Chandimal moved to 32nd (down by one) Rob Nicol dropped to 81st (down by five) and Jacob Oram dropped to 83rd (down by six).
South Africa’s Hashim Amla is the top-ranked batsman, followed by Virat Kohli in second and AB de Villiers in third spot.
Jeevan Mendis was the most impressive mover in the bowlers’ table, as he was rewarded a jump of 23 places to 84th for his five wickets. The other Sri Lanka bowlers to make upward movements were Lasith Malinga in 19th (up by one), Nuwan Kulasekara in 22nd (up by one) and Rangana Herath in 40th (up by three).
New Zealand’s Tim Southee, who also picked five wickets, moved up a place to 15th.
But the series did not bring good news for the other New Zealand bowlers, as Kyle Mills now sits in 12th place (down by three) and Jacob Oram is 17th (down by four).
The bowlers’ table is still headed by Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal, with his team-mate Mohammad Hafeez in second position and Lonwabo Tsotsobe in third place.
The 3-0 series win also fetched Sri Lanka two ratings points, and the team is now in fifth place in the Reliance ICC ODI Championship, on 109 points, while New Zealand is still in eighth place with 72 ratings points.
Reliance ICC ODI Championship (as on 13 November, after Sri Lanka-New Zealand series)
Rank Team Rating
1 England 121
2 South Africa 121
3 India 120
4 Australia 113
5 Sri Lanka 109
6 Pakistan 104
7 West Indies 94
8 New Zealand 72
9 Bangladesh 71
10 Zimbabwe 50
11 Ireland 35
12 Netherlands 16
13 Kenya 11
(Developed by David Kendix)
Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 13 November after Sri Lanka-New Zealand series)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player
1 ( – ) Hashim Amla SA 901! 59.55 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
2 ( – ) Virat Kohli Ind 858 51.81 866 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2012
3 ( – ) AB de Villiers SA 852! 49.21 852 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
4 (+1) Jonathan Trott Eng 749 49.06 781 v Ind at Mumbai 2011
5 (-1) K Sangakkara SL 746 38.56 781 v Ind at Colombo (RPS) 2012
6 ( – ) MS Dhoni Ind 745 51.17 836 v Aus at Delhi 2009
7 ( – ) Michael Clarke Aus 718 45.48 750 v SL at Melbourne 2008
8 ( – ) Alastair Cook Eng 707 40.01 752 v Aus at Lord’s 2012
9 ( – ) Gautam Gambhir Ind 689 40.94 722 v NZ at Vadodara 2010
10 ( – ) Mike Hussey Aus 688 48.15 857 v NZ at Perth 2007
11 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 683! 35.63 683 v Pak at Mirpur 2012
12 (+3) T Dilshan SL 682 35.69 765 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2011
13 (-1) Shane Watson Aus 680 41.48 773 v SL at Hambantota 2011
14= (-1) Eoin Morgan Ire/Eng 674 40.70 690 v Aus at The Oval 2010
(-1) Umar Akmal Pak 674 38.00 702 v Afg at Sharjah 2012
16 (-1) Brendan Taylor Zim 667! 34.84 667 v NZ at Napier 2012
17 (+1) Jacques Kallis SA 664 45.26 817 v WI at Johannesburg 2004
18 (-3) Ross Taylor NZ 661 37.86 693 v Aus at Adelaide 2009
19 ( – ) Paul Stirling Ire 641* 39.13 650 v Sco at Edinburgh 2011
20 (+2) JP Duminy SA 636 40.01 668 v Net at Mohali 2011
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player
22= (-2) M Jayawardena SL 633 33.36 738 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2001
25 (-4) B McCullum NZ 626 30.24 664 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2009
32= (-1) D Chandimal SL 588 33.81 667 v Aus at Adelaide 2012
37 (+1) Angelo Mathews SL 569 34.79 598 v Aus at Hambantota 2011
40 ( – ) Upul Tharanga SL 559 33.18 663 v NZ at Napier 2006
76 (+31) BJ Watling NZ 456* 36.75 467 v SL at Pallekele 2012
81 (-5) Rob Nicol NZ 446* 36.25 483 v WI at St Kitts 2012
83 (-6) Jacob Oram NZ 444 24.09 583 v Ban at Mirpur 2008
94 (-1) N McCullum NZ 400* 20.86 409 v SL at Pallekele 2012
124 (+10) James Franklin NZ 351! 24.30 351 v SL at Hambantota 2012
160 (-1) Kyle Mills NZ 284 14.98 355 v Ind at Vadodara 2010
174 (+3) Tim Southee NZ 260* 10.39 265 v Ind at Christchurch 2009
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player
1 ( – ) Saeed Ajmal Pak 759! 23.27 4.14 759 v Aus at Sharjah 2012
2 ( – ) M Hafeez Pak 747 32.86 4.04 762 v Aus at Abu Dhabi 2012
3 ( – ) L Tsotsobe SA 690* 22.05 4.67 743 v NZ at Auckland 2012
4 ( – ) R Ashwin Ind 681 30.50 4.78 691 v SL at Hambantota 2012
5 ( – ) Morne Morkel SA 676 23.32 4.87 717 v SL at East London 2012
6 ( – ) Steven Finn Eng 668* 25.90 4.67 711 v Aus at Durham 2012
7 ( – ) Graeme Swann Eng 661 26.31 4.47 735 v Ind at Hyderabad 2011
8 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 655 28.85 4.29 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
9 (+1) Dale Steyn SA 644 28.20 5.03 666 v Ind at Nagpur 2011
10 (+1) Abdur Razzak Ban 637 28.12 4.48 675 v Zim at Chittagong 2010
11 (+1) Sunil Narine WI 634*! 18.82 3.66 634 v NZ at St Kitts 2012
12 (-3) Kyle Mills NZ 632 26.06 4.70 722 v Aus at Melbourne 2009
13 (+1) Clint McKay Aus 626* 22.40 4.68 639 v Eng at Old Trafford 2012
14 (+1) James Anderson Eng 624 30.54 5.01 687 v Ban at Dhaka 2003
15 (+1) Tim Southee NZ 623! 30.64 5.19 623 v SL at Hambantota 2012
16 (+1) Ray Price Zim 614 35.75 3.94 722 v WI at Guyana 2010
17 (-4) Jacob Oram NZ 612 29.17 4.38 768 v Aus at The Oval 2004
18 ( – ) Mitchell Johnson Aus 611 25.52 4.85 724 v Ban at Darwin 2008
19 (+1) Lasith Malinga SL 607 26.75 5.10 675 v Ban at Colombo (RPS) 2007
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player
22 (+1) N Kulasekara SL 600 33.57 4.65 727 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2009
24 ( – ) Thisara Perera SL 587 24.84 5.42 610 v Ind at Colombo (RPS) 2012
31 (+5) Angelo Mathews SL 572! 35.86 4.57 572 v NZ at Hambantota 2012
40 (+3) Rangana Herath SL 541* 44.00 4.43 544 v NZ at Hambantota 2012
84 (+23) Jeevan Mendis SL 396*! 31.54 4.81 396 v NZ at Hambantota 2012
105 (-6) James Franklin NZ 353 40.77 5.15 535 v SL at Jamaica 2007
138 (+30) Trent Boult NZ 262*! 38.50 4.66 262 v SL at Hambantota 2012
235 (NEW) Adam Milne NZ 90*! 38.00 4.07 90 v SL at Hambantota 2012
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Ranking
1 ( – ) S Al Hasan Ban 447 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
2 ( – ) M Hafeez Pak 413! 413 v Aus at Sharjah 2012
3 ( – ) Shane Watson Aus 395 433 v WI at St Lucia 2012
4 ( – ) Shahid Afridi Pak 326 383 v Ban at Mirpur 2011
5 (+1) Angelo Mathews SL 325 331 v NZ at Hambantota 2012
