Watson becomes top-ranked ODI all-rounder

Australia's Shane Watson has become the top-ranked ODI all-rounder and has also achieved a career-best ranking to date in the Reliance ICC ODI Rankings which were released on Thursday at the end of Bangladesh and Australia series which finished on Wednesday.Watson has piped Shakib Al Hasan into number-one position in the all-rounders' rankings after taking three wickets and scoring 294 runs in the series. He now leads the Bangladesh captain by a comfortable 44 points margin.Watson's scores of 37, 185 not out and 72 in the series have also helped the 29-year-old Queenslander vault nine places to a career-best fourth position. He is now the highest-ranked Australia batsman with Mike Hussey staying in sixth place, captain Michael Clarke rising two places to 11th spot and former captain Ricky Ponting moving one place up to 16th position.For Bangladesh, Imrul Kayes has climbed four places to 42nd position but Shakib has slipped two places to 26th spot.In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, Mitchell Johnson's seven wickets in the series have given him a lift of seven places and he now sits in sixth position. Brett Lee is the other Australia bowler who has improved his ranking as he has returned to the top 20 in 20th position after a jump of three places.The news for Bangladesh bowlers is not very good as Abdur Razzak, Shakib Al Hasan and Mashrafe Mortaza have dropped in the latest rankings. Razzak has fallen five places to 11th position, Shakib has slipped three places to 15th spot and Mashrafe has dropped four places to 36th place.Meanwhile, India and Australia have won US$175,000 each for finishing as the number-one ranked sides in Test and ODI Championship tables, respectively at the 1 April 2011 cut-off date.India has been sitting on top of the Test Championship table since December 2009 while Australia has been occupying the number-one position on the ODI Championship table since leapfrogging South Africa and India in September 2009.In addition to the US$175,000, India has also pocketed US$75,000 for finishing as the second-ranked ODI team while South Africa has also earned US$75,000 for ending in second position in the Test Championship table at the cut-off date.
ICC ODI Championship (as of 1 April)
Rank Team Rating
1 Australia 128
2 India 120
3 Sri Lanka 119
4 South Africa 116
5 England 105
6 Pakistan 103
7 New Zealand 94
8 West Indies 68
9 Bangladesh 68
10 Ireland 42
11 Zimbabwe 37
12 Netherlands 10
13 Kenya 0
ICC Test Championship (as of 1 April)
Rank Team Rating

1 India 128
2 South Africa 117
3 England 115
4 Sri Lanka 109
5 Australia 107
6 Pakistan 90
7 West Indies 85
8 New Zealand 78
9 Bangladesh 7

ICC ODI Championship (as of 14 April, after Bangladesh and Australia ODI series)

Rank Team Rating

1 Australia 129
2 India 121
3 Sri Lanka 118
4 South Africa 116
5 England 105
6 Pakistan 103
7 New Zealand 94
8 West Indies 68
9 Bangladesh 67
10 Ireland 42
11 Zimbabwe 37
12 Netherlands 10
13 Kenya 0

(Developed by Waqar Mansoor)

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Reliance ICC ODI Rankings (as of 14 April, after Bangladesh v Australia ODI series)

Batsmen

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 867 57.25 890 v Ind at Centurion 2011
2 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 804 45.68 823 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2010
3 ( - ) T.Dilshan SL 761 36.61 766 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2011
4 (+9) Shane Watson Aus 758! 43.74 758 v Ban at Mirpur 2011
5 (-1) K.Sangakkara SL 753 38.02 755 v Pak at Colombo (RPS) 2006
6 ( - ) Mike Hussey Aus 748 51.41 865 v NZ at Perth 2007
7 (-2) Jonathan Trott Eng 737*! 55.65 737 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2011
8 (-2) Virat Kohli Ind 733 44.40 804 v Ban at Mirpur 2011
9 (-1) MS Dhoni Ind 729 48.78 837 v Aus at Delhi 2009
10 (-1) Sachin Tendulkar Ind 712 45.16 887 v Zim at Sharjah 1998
11 (+2) Michael Clarke Aus 706 44.74 751 v SL at Melbourne 2008
12 (-2) Gautam Gambhir Ind 703 40.73 723 v NZ at Vadodara 2010
13 (-2) Virender Sehwag Ind 702 35.11 787 v NZ at Auckland 2003
14 (-2) Jacques Kallis SA 685 45.45 818 v WI at Johannesburg 2004
15 ( - ) Chris Gayle WI 673 39.06 808 v Zim at Harare 2003
16 (+1) Ricky Ponting Aus 671 42.69 831 v NZ at Hobart 2007
17 (-1) R.ten Doeschate Net 666*! 67.00 666 v Ire at Kolkata 2011
18 (-1) Yuvraj Singh Ind 665 37.62 787 v WI at Kingston 2009
19 ( - ) Ross Taylor NZ 656 36.80 698 v Aus at Adelaide 2009
20 ( - ) Andrew Strauss Eng 651 35.63 709 v Pak at Lahore 2005

Bowlers

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Econ HS Rating

1 ( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ 701 31.48 4.12 789 v Eng at Christchurch 2008
2 ( - ) Ray Price Zim 678 33.29 3.73 722 v WI at Guyana 2010
3 ( - ) Graeme Swann Eng 667 24.81 4.52 683 v WI at Chennai 2011
4 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 663 27.62 5.11 668 v Ind at Nagpur 2011
5 ( - ) Morne Morkel SA 661 23.93 4.89 704 v Ind at Centurion 2011
6 (+7) Mitchell Johnson Aus 654 25.90 4.91 729 v Ban at Darwin 2008
7 (-1) L.Tsotsobe SA 652* 18.74 4.49 655 v Ban at Mirpur 2011
8 ( - ) Ajantha Mendis SL 644 19.56 4.27 647 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2011
9 ( - ) Shahid Afridi Pak 643 33.90 4.61 667 v Ind at Mirpur 2008
10 ( - ) N.Kulasekara SL 642 29.69 4.53 727 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2009
11 (-5) Abdur Razzak Ban 636 27.44 4.50 675 v Zim at Chittagong 2010
12 (-1) M.Muralidaran SL 633 23.08 3.93 913 v NZ at Sharjah 2002
13 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 631 25.69 5.18 703 v SA at Trent Bridge 2008
14 (+1) Zaheer Khan Ind 626 28.84 4.91 701 v SA at Dhaka 2003
15 (-3) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 623 29.39 4.29 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
16 ( - ) Umar Gul Pak 621 26.54 5.07 638 v WI at Mirpur 2011
17 ( - ) Kyle Mills NZ 618 26.03 4.73 723 v Aus at Melbourne 2009
18 ( - ) Harbhajan Singh Ind 616 33.50 4.31 738 v WI at Bridgetown 2002
19 (+1) Saeed Ajmal Pak 612* 29.30 4.36 640 v SA at Abu Dhabi 2010
20 (+3) Brett Lee Aus 611 23.00 4.71 853 v SA at Melbourne 2006

All-rounders

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating

1 (+1) Shane Watson Aus 428! 428 v Ban at Mirpur 2011
2 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 384 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
3 ( - ) Shahid Afridi Pak 367 382 v Ban at Dambulla 2010
4 ( - ) Yuvraj Singh Ind 347 358 v Ban at Mirpur 2010
5 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 339 506 v WI at Bridgetown 2001

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