Glenn McGrath's not so spectacular return to the Australian side has seen him slip to number 4 in the ICC's ODI bowling table. That has allowed Dan Vettori to slip into 3rd spot, just behind Shane Bond who remains in 2nd place. Running our eyes a little further down the list we find Kyle Mills at 13th and Jake Oram at 20th. This makes much better reading than the batting table, where Stephen Fleming is in 26th spot and Nathan Astle is at 30.
Actually, take a gander around the new ICC rankings website. It is becoming very comprehensive. Click on a player's name and a rating chart for his career pops up. Run your mouse over the chart and the details of each test pop up. Click on a link at the bottom of the screen and you can get a chart showing how he has ranked against the best in the world. Toodle around a corner or two and you will come to a chart which says Richard Hadlee achieved the 10th highest ranking of all time against Australia on 30 November 1985. And on the same chart you will see Simon Doull, who recorded the 88th highest ranking of all time against India on 2 January 1999. Be careful though, you could easily lose yourself in the website for hours at an end.
Friday, 22 September 2006
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I used to like the idea of these rankings but any system that has Nathan Bracken at four, has to be questioned surely. I don't know exactly how they calculate that, I must find out, but I would have Bracken, just holding his place in the side...
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