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Reliance ICC ODI Rankings (As on 21 August, Before England-South Africa and Pakistan-Australia Series) Reliance ICC ODI Championship (as of 21 August, before England-South Africa and Pakistan-Australia series) Rank Team Rating 1 England 121 2 South Africa 121 3 India 120 4 Australia 112 5 Sri Lanka 108 6 Pakistan 105 7 West Indies 94 8 New Zealand 74 9 Bangladesh 71 10 Zimbabwe 50 11 Ireland 35 12 Netherlands 16 13 Kenya 11 (Developed by David Kendix) Reliance ICC ODI Rankings (as on 21 August, before England-South Africa and Pakistan-Australia series) Batsmen Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Ranking 1 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 871 56.49 886 v Ind at Centurion 2011 2 (+1) Virat Kohli Ind 858 51.81 866 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2012 3 (-1) AB de Villiers SA 851! 49.00 851 v NZ at Auckland 2012 4 ( - ) K Sangakkara SL 773 38.72 781 v Ind at Colombo (RPS) 2012 5 ( - ) MS Dhoni Ind 745 51.17 836 v Aus at Delhi 2009 6 ( - ) Alastair Cook Eng 742 41.59 752 v Aus at Lord's 2012 7 ( - ) Jonathan Trott Eng 738 49.19 781 v Ind at Mumbai 2011 8 ( - ) Michael Clarke Aus 700 45.30 750 v SL at Melbourne 2008 9 (+1) Shane Watson Aus 694 41.48 773 v SL at Hambantota 2011 10 (+7) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 683! 35.63 683 v Pak at Mirpur 2012 12 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 681 45.26 817 v WI at Johannesburg 2004 13 ( - ) Umar Akmal Pak 677 38.48 702 v Afg at Sharjah 2012 14 ( - ) Mike Hussey Aus 671 48.27 857 v NZ at Perth 2007 15 (-6) T Dilshan SL 667 35.15 765 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2011 16 ( - ) Brendan Taylor Zim 667! 34.84 667 v NZ at Napier 2012 17 ( - ) Ross Taylor NZ 667 38.19 693 v Aus at Adelaide 2009 18 ( - ) Eoin Morgan Ire/Eng 655 40.47 690 v Aus at The Oval 2010 19 (+1) JP Duminy SA 648 40.90 668 v Net at Mohali 2011 20 (+1) R ten Doeschate Net 645* 67.00 665 v Ire at Kolkata 2011 Bowlers Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Ranking 1 ( - ) L Tsotsobe SA 743*! 20.05 4.56 743 v NZ at Auckland 2012 2 ( - ) M Hafeez Pak 727 ! 32.77 4.06 727 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2012 3 ( - ) Saeed Ajma Pak 696 24.61 4.18 746 v Eng at Abu Dhabi 2012 4 ( - ) Morne Morkel SA 695 23.18 4.87 717 v SL at East London 2012 5 ( - ) Steven Finn Eng 691* 23.73 4.65 711 v Aus at Durham 2012 6 ( - ) R Ashwin Ind 681 30.50 4.78 691 v SL at Hambantota 2012 7 ( - ) Graeme Swann Eng 668 26.34 4.46 735 v Ind at Hyderabad 2011 8 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 655 28.85 4.29 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009 9 ( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ 653 31.48 4.12 788 v Eng at Durham 2008 10 ( - ) Kyle Mills NZ 647 25.99 4.69 722 v Aus at Melbourne 2009 11 ( - ) Clint McKay Aus 639*! 22.40 4.68 639 v Eng at Old Trafford 2012 12 ( - ) Abdur Razzak Ban 637 28.12 4.48 675 v Zim at Chittagong 2010 13 ( - ) Sunil Narine WI 634*! 18.82 3.66 768 v Aus at The Oval 2004 15 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 627 28.62 5.08 666 v Ind at Nagpur 2011 16 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 621 30.60 5.01 687 v Ban at Dhaka 2003 17 ( - ) Shahid Afridi Pak 619 33.51 4.60 617 v WI at St Kitts 2012 19 ( - ) Ray Price Zim 614 35.75 3.94 722 v WI at Guyana 2010 20 ( - ) Mitchell Johnson Aus 611 25.47 4.86 724 v Ban at Darwin 2008 All-rounders Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Ranking 1 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 447 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009 2 ( - ) Shane Watson Aus 412 433 v WI at St Lucia 2012 3 ( - ) M Hafeez Pak 398 410 v SL at Pallekele 2012 4 ( - ) Shahid Afridi Pak 343 383 v Ban at Mirpur 2011 5 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 330 506 v WI at Barbados 2001 .
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