Lankan bowlers improve on rankings
Chris Dhambarage
CRICKET: Sri Lankan bowlers have made a significant impact
while their batsmen have dropped in the latest International Cricket
Council one day international player rankings after the team's three nil
series win against the touring Bangladesh team.
However the clean sweep of the three match one day international
series have also helped Sri Lanka to draw level with Pakistan on 111
rating points in the ICC one day international championship table.
Speed star Lasith Malinga have moved up four places in the bowling
rankings after taking four wickets in two one day matches and he now
occupies the ninth position overall. Malinga replaced Bangladesh's Abdur
Razzak, who dropped three places to the 12th place but still remains his
country's highest ranked bowler.
Two other Sri Lankan seamers Farveez Maharoof and Dilhara Fernando
have also made profound improvements in the latest table. The fast
bowlers have climbed 10 places each with Maharoof sharing the 22nd
position with India's Zaheer Khan and Fernando now occupies the 34th
place.
However as the Sri Lanka bowlers have made the best of the series
against Bangladesh the same cannot be said for the team's batsmen as the
experienced trio of Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar
Sangakkara have all dropped down the ICC Player Rankings for batsmen.
Jayasuriya, who scored 53 runs in the series slipped one place and is
now ranked 15th while Jayawardene has fallen four places to 16th after
managing only 29 runs. Sangakarra's 40 runs in the series has cost him
three places and he now stands at 20th in the overall list.
Although Jayasuriya failed in his batting the veteran all rounder has
now bounced up two places in the ICC Player Ranking for one day
international all rounders.
Jayasuriya who became the first player to score 12,000 runs and take
300 one day international wickets during the second match has pushed
Chris Gayle of West Indies and England's Andrew Flintoff into fourth and
fifth places respectively in the table.
The ICC one day international championship table:
Rank Team Rating
1 Australia 130
2 South Africa 122
3 New Zealand 113
4 Pakistan 111
5 Sri Lanka 111
6 India 109
7 England 102
8 West Indies 101
9 Bangladesh 45
10 Ireland 27
11 Zimbabwe 22
12 Kenya 0
The ICC one day international all-rounders table:
1 Shaun Pollock 477
2 Jacques Kallis 382
3 S.T.Jayasuriya 368
4 Chris Gayle 366
5 Andrew Flintoff 362 |
