Wednesday, 10 August 2005

ICC player rankings

So what did the Harare result mean for the ratings of the players involved? Well Daniel Vettori was the biggest beneficiary, moving up to 16th in the bowling charts, reaching an all-time high batting placing of 49th and becoming the world's 5th highest rated all-rounder. Brendon McCullum also reached a career high, with his ability with the bat now putting him at 44th on the list, just ahead of English tyro Kevin Pietersen. The other significant movement comes from Shane Bond, who makes an instant return and appears in the bowling charts for the first time in over a year at number 29. There are no New Zealanders in either the top 15 batting or the top 15 bowling charts. Stephen Fleming is our top batsman at 21 and Vettori is our highest ranked bowler.

The new ICC ratings website makes all of this annoyingly tricky to discover.

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