Sri Lanka and South Africa go head to head in the three-match ODI series in Colombo on Sunday, 6 July with the number-two position on the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings up for grabs.
Sri Lanka is presently sitting in third position, just a fraction of a point behind India, while South Africa is on equal points with England but is ranked fifth when ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.
This means the side that wins the series is guaranteed to improve its ranking on the ODI table.
If Sri Lanka wins the series 2-1, it will claim sole possession of second position with 113 ratings points, while a 3-0 victory will put Sri Lanka on 114 ratings points. In both the scenarios, South Africa will retain its fifth position.
On the other side of the coin, a 2-1 win for South Africa will put both the sides on 111 ratings points each. But Sri Lanka will be ranked third while South Africa will be ranked fourth, two ratings points ahead of fifth-ranked England.
However, if South Africa wins all the three matches of the series, then it will earn four ratings points to leapfrog India into second position, while Sri Lanka will slip to fourth position, just on ratings point ahead of England.
Meanwhile, South Africa captain AB de Villiers is holding on to the number-one position in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen. He is only four ratings points ahead of India’s second-ranked Virat Kohli. Because the gap is so small, de Villiers is expected to perform consistently in the series to avoid slipping behind the India batsman.
Hashim Amla (fourth), Kumar Sangakkara (fifth) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (seventh) and Quinton de Kock (13th) feature inside the top 20.
Just outside the top 20 are JP Duminy (22nd), Angelo Matthews (24th), Mahela Jayawardena (34th) and Jacques Kallis (36th).
Dale Steyn is the highest-ranked bowler from either side in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Bowlers in second position. He trails Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal by 45 points.
Bowlers outside the top 10 and likely to be seen in action during the series are Sachitra Senanayake (13th), Rangana Herath (14th), Ryan McLaren (20th), Angelo Matthews (21st), Lasith Malinga (22nd), Nuwan Kulasekara (27th), Suranga Lakmal (48th), Wyane Parnell (52nd) and Thisara Perera (56th).
In the Reliance ICC ODI All-Rounders’ list, third-ranked Mathews trails number-one ranked Mohammad Hafeez by 46 ratings points. Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan is in third spot.
Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 4 July, before the start of Sri Lanka- South Africa series)
|
Rank |
Team |
Rating |
|
1 |
Australia |
115 |
|
2 |
India |
112 |
|
3 |
Sri Lanka |
112 |
|
4 |
England |
109 |
|
5 |
South Africa |
109 |
|
6 |
Pakistan |
100 |
|
7 |
New Zealand |
98 |
|
8 |
West Indies |
94 |
|
9 |
Bangladesh |
72 |
|
10 |
Zimbabwe |
61 |
|
11 |
Afghanistan |
34 |
|
12 |
Ireland |
33 |
Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 4 July, before the start of Sri Lanka-South Africa series)
Batsmen
|
Rank |
Player |
Team |
Points |
Ave |
HS Rating |
|
1 |
AB de Villiers |
SA |
872 |
49.46 |
883 v Ind at Cardiff 2013 |
|
2 |
Virat Kohli |
Ind |
868 |
52.16 |
886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014 |
|
3 |
George Bailey |
Aus |
856*! |
53.12 |
856 v Eng at Adelaide 2014 |
|
4 |
Hashim Amla |
SA |
840 |
53.34 |
901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012 |
|
5 |
K Sangakkara |
SL |
821 |
40.36 |
853 v Afg at Mirpur 2014 |
|
6 |
MS Dhoni |
Ind |
771 |
53.28 |
836 v Aus at Delhi 2009 |
|
7 |
TM Dilshan |
SL |
732 |
37.83 |
767 v Pak at Sharjah 2013 |
|
8 |
Misbah-ul-Haq |
Pak |
715 |
44.38 |
744 v SL at Fatullah 2014 |
|
9 |
Ross Taylor |
NZ |
713! |
40.07 |
713 v Ind at Wellington 2014 |
|
10 |
Shikhar Dhawan |
Ind |
712* |
41.77 |
736 v WI at Kanpur 2013 |
Selected Rankings
|
Rank |
Player |
Team |
Points |
Ave |
HS Rating |
|
22 |
JP Duminy |
SA |
619 |
39.27 |
668 v Net at Mohali 2011 |
|
24 |
Angelo Mathews |
SL |
617! |
36.83 |
617 v Eng at Edgbaston 2014 |
|
34 |
M Jayawardena |
SL |
579 |
33.01 |
738 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2001 |
|
36 |
Jacques Kallis |
SA |
577 |
44.86 |
817 v WI at Johannesburg 2004 |
Bowlers
|
Rank |
Player |
Team |
Points |
Ave |
Econ |
HS Rating |
|
1 |
Saeed Ajmal |
Pak |
789 |
22.25 |
4.14 |
810 v SA at Centurion 2013 |
|
2 |
Dale Steyn |
SA |
742 |
25.49 |
4.79 |
746 v Ind at Durban 2013 |
|
3 |
Sunil Narine |
WI |
714 |
26.97 |
4.19 |
791 v SL at Jamaica 2013 |
|
4 |
James Anderson |
Eng |
706 |
28.69 |
4.94 |
719 v SA at The Oval 2013 |
|
5 |
L Tsotsobe |
SA |
674 |
24.96 |
4.75 |
743 v NZ at Auckland 2012 |
|
6 |
Morne Morkel |
SA |
673 |
23.54 |
4.78 |
717 v SL at East London 2012 |
|
7= |
Clint McKay |
Aus |
666 |
24.37 |
4.78 |
709 v Eng at Cardiff 2013 |
|
|
Ravindra Jadeja |
Ind |
666 |
32.58 |
4.71 |
738 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013 |
|
9 |
Mitchell Johnson |
Aus |
639 |
25.88 |
4.85 |
724 v Ban at Darwin 2008 |
|
10 |
M Hafeez |
Pak |
637 |
35.60 |
4.06 |
769 v Ind at Kolkata 2013 |
Selected Rankings
|
Rank |
Player |
Team |
Points |
Ave |
Econ |
HS Rating |
|
21 |
Angelo Mathews |
SL |
600 |
35.00 |
4.48 |
649 v Ind at Trinidad 2013 |
|
22 |
Lasith Malinga |
SL |
599 |
26.92 |
5.17 |
675 v Ban at Colombo (RPS) 2007 |
|
27 |
N Kulasekara |
SL |
569 |
32.91 |
4.71 |
727 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2009 |
|
48= |
Suranga Lakmal |
SL |
491* |
30.10 |
5.49 |
509 v Ire at Dublin 2014 |
|
52 |
Wayne Parnell |
SA |
465* |
30.86 |
5.53 |
515 v Eng at The Oval 2012 |
|
56 |
Thisara Perera |
SL |
458 |
27.97 |
5.47 |
610 v Ind at Colombo (RPS) 2012 |
All-rounders
|
Rank |
Player |
Team |
Points |
HS Rating |
|
1 |
M Hafeez |
Pak |
417 |
438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013 |
|
2 |
Shakib Al Hasan |
Ban |
371 |
453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009 |
|
3 |
Angelo Mathews |
SL |
370 |
373 v Pak at Mirpur 2014 |
! Indicates career-highest rating
* Indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after a minimum of 40 started innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating after he has conceded 1,500 runs
