The West Indies’ 3-0 series win against Bangladesh has seen its players march up the Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings. A record-breaking third-wicket partnership between Denesh Ramdin and Darren Bravo saw the West Indies beat Bangladesh by 91 runs in St. Kitts on Monday to win the third and final ODI of the series.
Bravo and Ramdin put up 258 runs for the third wicket, which is not only the highest third-wicket partnership in ODIs but also the highest partnership for the West Indies for any wicket.
The batsmen made individual contributions of 124 and 169 to West Indies’ total of 338, and have been rewarded with promotions in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen. Bravo has jumped 15 places to land on 34th, while the player of the match and the series, Ramdin, has catapulted 24 places to a career-best 75th position.
For Bangladesh, Tamim Iqbal has reason to cheer as he moved up five places to 31st. Tamim, who scored a total of 118 runs in the three matches, is the fourth highest run-scorer of the series and the highest run-scorer for Bangladesh.
Sunil Narine remains the highest ranked bowler from either side in the ICC Players Rankings for ODI Bowlers. He is firm on second position, 21 ratings points behind number one ranked Saeed Ajmal of Pakistan.
However, Ravi Rampaul has vaulted 13 places to 17th position following his performance of four for 29 in the third ODI. He is also the second highest wicket-taker of the series, having claimed seven victims for 98 runs in the three matches, three wickets behind Bangladesh’s Al-Amin Hossain who took 10 for 170.
On the back of his performance, Al-Amin has broken into the top 100 for the first time in his career, vaulting 24 places to 96thplace.
For his one for 48 in the match and four for 115 in the series, Kemar Roach has also benefitted on the rankings table. He has moved up four places to occupy 16th spot.
Meanwhile, in the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings, the series win has seen the West Indies, ranked eighth, gain two ratings points to 96 to close in on New Zealand, which sits in seventh position with 98 ratings points.
Bangladesh, on the other hand, has conceded two ratings points to drop to 69, while retaining ninth spot. It now leads Zimbabwe, in tenth position, by 14 ratings points. A loss to Australia on Monday in the opening match of the triangular series also involving South Africa has seen Zimbabwe drop one ratings point to 55.
There has not yet been any change at the top of the table, even as the top six teams are currently playing ODI cricket. But with the margin of difference between the teams being so small, some movement can be expected in the coming days.
Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 26 August, after the ODI series between West Indies and Bangladesh and the first ODI of the triangular series in Zimbabwe)
Rank Team Rating
1 Australia 115
2 India 112
3 South Africa 111
4 Sri Lanka 111
5 England 109
6 Pakistan 102
7 New Zealand 98
8 West Indies 96
9 Bangladesh 69
10 Zimbabwe 55
11 Afghanistan 42
12 Ireland 33
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
22 (-2) Alastair Cook Eng 625 38.03 752 v Aus at Lord’s 2012
23 (-2) Ian Bell Eng 621 37.16 702 v Ind at Edgbaston 2007
24 (-1) Rohit Sharma Ind 618 35.69 672 v WI at Kochi 2013
30 (-1) Brendan Taylor Zim 589 33.22 667 v NZ at Napier 2012
31 (+5) Tamim Iqbal Ban 582 29.87 637 v WI at Khulna 2012
32 (-1) Jos Buttler Eng 580*! 32.73 580 v SL at Edgbaston 2014
33 (+2) M Jayawardene SL 579 32.98 738 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2001
34 (+15) Darren Bravo WI 578 32.45 588 v Ind at Kanpur 2013
36 (-2) Mushfiqur Rahim Ban 577 28.26 588 v Pak at Mirpur 2014
47 (+3) James Faulkner Aus 540* 46.45 546 v Eng at Brisbane 2014
54 (+2) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 522 33.50 530 v Afg at Mirpur 2014
75 (+24) Denesh Ramdin WI 478! 24.96 478 v Ban at St Kitts 2014
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Econ HS Rating
1 ( – ) Saeed Ajmal Pak 785 22.25 4.14 810 v SA at Centurion 2013
2 ( – ) Sunil Narine WI 764 26.49 4.10 791 v SL at Jamaica 2013
3 ( – ) James Anderson Eng 706 28.69 4.94 719 v SA at The Oval 2013
4 ( – ) Dale Steyn SA 693 25.98 4.83 746 v Ind at Durban 2013
5 ( – ) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 666 32.58 4.71 738 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013
6= (+1) Ryan McLaren SA 663 25.47 5.05 681 v Zim at Bulawayo 2014
(-1) Clint McKay Aus 663 24.37 4.78 709 v Eng at Cardiff 2013
8 (+2) Mitchell Johnson Aus 662 25.79 4.84 724 v Ban at Darwin 2008
9 (-1) L Tsotsobe SA 654 24.96 4.75 743 v NZ at Auckland 2012
10= (-1) Morne Morkel SA 646 23.75 4.83 717 v SL at East London 2012
(+1) M Hafeez Pak 646 35.57 4.06 769 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
12 ( – ) Kyle Mills NZ 633 26.74 4.72 722 v Aus at Melbourne 2009
13 ( – ) James Tredwell Eng 627*! 24.98 4.76 627 v SL at Edgbaston 2014
14 ( – ) S Senanayake SL 622* 34.82 4.62 629 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2014
15 ( – ) Rangana Herath SL 621 32.75 4.39 703 v SA at Pallekele 2013
16 (+4) Kemar Roach WI 617 26.85 4.90 650 v Pak at St Lucia 2013
17 (+13) Ravi Rampaul WI 612 29.16 5.06 628 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2011
18= (-) Tim Southee NZ 607 31.52 5.20 633 v Eng at
Lord’s 2013
( – ) R Ashwin Ind 607 32.91 4.90 691 v SL at
Hambantota 2012
20 (-3) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 602 28.924.30 717 v Zim at
Chittagong 2009
