- Rana Naveed now ranked as top bowler on either sides :k:
- Inzi moves up to no. 11 … just one more to get into top 10… inshaAllah.
- Shoaib Malik is ranked better than Sehwag ??
Series victory in India provides boost to Pakistan team and players in LG ICC Rankings
Jon Long
April 18, 2005
Pakistan has reached its highest One-Day International rating since December 2003 in the LG ICC ODI table, improving by one point from 109 to 110 as a result of its 4-2 series win in India.
India’s rating fell by one point due to the defeat, its new rating of 97 is the lowest it has been since the official table was introduced in October 2002. India remains in eighth place while Pakistan stays fourth.
Pakistan bowler Naved-ul-Hasan has been the outstanding rising star in the LG ICC Player Rankings over the course of the series. Hasan, who took 15 wickets at a relatively good economy rate of 4.85 runs per over has climbed 30 places to 12th, making him the highest ranked bowler of either side.
Other Pakistani players who improved their positions in the official standings included batsmen Inzamam-ul-Haq (up one to 11th), Shoaib Malik (up two to 23rd) and Shahid Afridi (up 12 to 31st).
For India, disappointed in defeat, there was at least the good news that Rahul Dravid has climbed seven places to sixth, and Virender Sehwag has gained five places to 25th over the series.
But Sachin Tendulkar has dropped out of a tightly packed top ten to an unfamiliar 13th place. For most of India’s bowlers it will be a series they will want to forget. Harbhajan Singh, the highest ranked of all of them, lies in 16th place.
For further details on the LG ICC ODI Championship visit the Test cricket page of the ICC website.
Source: http://content.cricinfo.com/icc-media/content/story/144196.html