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Lahore : The West Indies will be eyeing the opportunity to wrest back the lead against Pakistan in the ICC ODI team rankings table when it plays in a tri-series featuring Sri Lanka and host Zimbabwe from November 14 to 27.
Pakistan had overtaken the West Indies to eighth position after a 3-0 win in a recent series in the United Arab Emirates but four league matches in the upcoming tri-series as well as a potential final could help the West Indies surge ahead as the two former world champions vie for automatic places in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
Host England and the seven highest-ranked sides on the ICC ODI team rankings as on 30 September 2017 will qualify directly for the World Cup while the bottom four sides will compete with six other sides from the ICC World Cricket League in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018. The top two sides from the Qualifier will complete the 10-team line-up for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
The West Indies, which is just one point behind Pakistan with 88 points, could go up to 92 points if it wins all four league matches. A win in the final against higher-ranked Sri Lanka after winning all its league matches will lift it to 94 points, within one point of seventh-ranked Bangladesh.
Wins against Sri Lanka will earn more points for the West Indies because it is 13 points behind Sri Lanka and the rankings system is weighted to reflect this difference.
If the West Indies loses a match each to both teams, it will slip to 87 points unless it goes on to win the final against Sri Lanka, in which case it will move up to 89 points but remain behind Pakistan on decimal points. If it qualifies for the final in such a scenario but beats Zimbabwe in the final, it will find itself on 87 points.
In the individual rankings, spinner Sunil Narine will be working towards moving back to the top in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for ODI Bowlers. Narine, who was at the top for almost a year before he was overtaken last month by Trent Boult is only 10 points behind the New Zealand pace bowler.
Captain Jason Holder (24th) will be another bowler to look out for in the West Indies team, while the absence of injured captain Angelo Mathews (26th) and spinner Sachithra Senanayake (28th) will see pace bowler Suranga Lakmal leading the Sri Lanka bowlers in 35th position.
In the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen led by South Africa’s AB de Villiers, West Indies batsman Darren Bravo (45th) will be the highest-ranked in the tournament after experienced Marlon Samuels (25th) was not picked for the tri-series.
For Sri Lanka, Lahiru Thirimanne (46th) will be the highest ranked batsman in the absence of Mathews (20th) and vice-captain Dinesh Chandimal (39th), while for Zimbabwe, Sean Williams will be the highest-ranked batsman at 54th position.
ICC ODI Rankings (as of 12 November 2016, before the tri-series featuring Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and West Indies)
Rank Team Points
- Australia 118
- South Africa 116
- New Zealand 112
- India 111
- England 107
- Sri Lanka 101
- Bangladesh 95
- Pakistan 89
- West Indies 88
- Afghanistan 52
- Zimbabwe 46
- Ireland 42
ICC ODI Player Rankings (as of 12 November, before the tri-series featuring Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and West Indies)
Batsmen (top 10)
Rank Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating
1 AB de Villiers SA 861 53.63 902 v NZ at Auckland 2015
2 Virat Kohli Ind 848 52.93 886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014
3 David Warner Aus 786! 41.00 786 v SA at Cape Town 2016
4 Q. de Kock SA 779 43.84 799 v Aus at Centurion 2016
5 K. Williamson NZ 770 46.71 798 v SA at Centurion 2015
6 Hashim Amla SA 748 51.33 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
7 Joe Root Eng 747 45.71 776 v Pak at Trent Bridge 2016
8 Martin Guptill NZ 729 42.35 751 v Aus at Hamilton 2016
9 Rohit Sharma Ind 728 41.37 761 v Aus at Sydney 2016
10 Faf du Plessis SA 721 40.90 732 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2016
Other selected rankings
Rank Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating
45 Darren Bravo WI 552 32.03 588 v Ind at Kanpur 2013
46 L. Thirimanne SL 549 34.48 599 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2015
48 Johnson Charles WI 542 28.09 592 v Ind at Trinidad 2013
54 Sean Williams Zim 533 33.43 556 v Ind at Auckland 2015
58 E. Chigumbura Zim 517 25.73 554 v SA at Bulawayo 2007
62 Sikandar Raza Zim 513 30.00 576 v Afg at Bulawayo 2015
Bowlers (top 10)
Rank Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating
1 Trent Boult NZ 735 23.89 4.83 766 v Ind at Delhi 2016
2 Sunil Narine WI 725 26.46 4.12 791 v SL at Jamaica 2013
3 Imran Tahir SA 712 23.44 4.65 735 v SL at Sydney 2015
4 Mitchell Starc Aus 690 19.61 4.78 783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
5 Matt Henry NZ 661* 22.92 5.43 675 v Aus at Hamilton 2016
6 S. Al Hasan Ban 660 27.93 4.32 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
7 Adil Rashid Eng 655! 35.17 5.59 655 v Ban at Chittagong 2016
8 Kagiso Rabada SA 628* 25.11 5.24 646 v Aus at Johannesburg 2016
9 Akshar Patel Ind 624*! 30.20 4.38 624 v NZ at Visakhapatnam 2016
10 M. Mortaza Ban 623 30.07 4.70 653 v Zim at Mirpur 2009
Other selected rankings
Rank Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating
24 Jason Holder WI 551 33.01 5.60 577 v Aus at St Kitts 2016
35 Suranga Lakmal SL 517 30.17 5.54 563 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2015
43 Tendai Chatara Zim 497* 34.97 5.13 562 v Ire at Hobart 2015
48 T. Panyangara Zim 472 46.68 5.71 492 v Ban at Mirpur 2015
All-rounders (top five)
Rank Player Team Pts Highest Rating
1 S. Al Hasan Ban 391 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
2 A. Mathews SL 352 427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
3 M. Nabi Afg 332 335 v Ban at Mirpur 2016
4 James Faulkner Aus 315 361 v NZ at Melbourne 2015
5 Mitchell Marsh Aus 299*/* 302 v WI at Barbados 2016
