- ICC Player Rankings
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The ICC Player Rankings are a widely followed system of rankings for international cricketers based on their recent performances. The current sponsor is Reliance Mobile who have signed a deal with the ICC that will last until 2015.[1]
The ratings were developed at the suggestion of Ted Dexter in 1987. The intention was to produce a better indication of players' current standing in the sport than is provided by comparing their averages. Career averages are based on a player's entire career and do not make any allowance for match conditions or the strength of the opposition, whereas the ratings are biased towards recent form and account for match conditions and the quality of the opponent using statistical measures.
Initially the rankings were for Test cricket only, but separate One Day International rankings were introduced in 1998. Both sets of rankings have now been calculated back to the start of those forms of the game.
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Test Cricket Rankings
Year end top ranked players in Test Cricket
Date Top Batsman Country Top Bowler Country 31 December 2010 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka Dale Steyn South Africa 31 December 2009 Gautam Gambhir India Dale Steyn South Africa 31 December 2008 Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 31 December 2007 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 31 December 2006 Ricky Ponting Australia Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 31 December 2005 Ricky Ponting Australia Shane Warne Australia 31 December 2004 Rahul Dravid India Glenn McGrath Australia 31 December 2003 Ricky Ponting Australia Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 31 December 2002 Matthew Hayden Australia Glenn McGrath Australia 31 December 2001 Brian Lara West Indies Glenn McGrath Australia 31 December 2000 Sachin Tendulkar India Shaun Pollock South Africa Batsmen with a peak rating of 900 points or more
Rank Name Played for Highest rating 1 Sir Don Bradman Australia 961 2 Sir Len Hutton England 945 3 Sir Jack Hobbs England 942 3 Ricky Ponting Australia 942 5 Sir Vivian Richards West Indies 938 5 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 938 5 Sir Garry Sobers West Indies 938 5 Sir Clyde Walcott West Indies 938 9 Matthew Hayden Australia 935 9 Jacques Kallis South Africa 935 11 Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan 933 12 Sir Everton Weekes West Indies 927 12 Graeme Pollock South Africa 927 14 Dudley Nourse South Africa 922 14 Doug Walters Australia 922 16 Neil Harvey Australia 921 16 Mike Hussey Australia 921 18 Denis Compton England 917 19 Sunil Gavaskar India 916 20 George Headley West Indies 915 21 Ken Barrington England 914 22 Brian Lara West Indies 911 23 Kevin Pietersen England 909 24 Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies 901 Bowlers with a peak rating of 900 points or more
Rank Name Played for Highest rating 1 Sydney Barnes England 932 2 George Lohmann England 931 3 Imran Khan Pakistan 922 4 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 920 5 Glenn McGrath Australia 914 6 Curtly Ambrose West Indies 912 6 Tony Lock England 912 8 Sir Ian Botham England 911 9 Malcolm Marshall West Indies 910 10 Waqar Younis Pakistan 909 10 Sir Richard Hadlee New Zealand 909 10 Shaun Pollock South Africa 909 13 Alan Davidson Australia 908 14 Derek Underwood England 907 15 Shane Warne Australia 905 16 Sir Alec Bedser England 903 17 Dale Steyn South Africa 902 18 Clarrie Grimmett Australia 901 19 Bill O'Reilly Australia 901 20 Bill Johnston Australia 900 One-Day International (ODI) Cricket Rankings
Year end top ranked players in ODI Cricket
Date Top Batsman Country Top Bowler Country 31 December 2010 Hashim Amla South Africa Daniel Vettori New Zealand 31 December 2009 MS Dhoni India Daniel Vettori New Zealand 31 December 2008 Michael Hussey Australia Nathan Bracken Australia 31 December 2007 Ricky Ponting Australia Shaun Pollock South Africa 31 December 2006 Michael Hussey Australia Shaun Pollock South Africa 31 December 2005 Ricky Ponting Australia Glenn McGrath Australia 31 December 2004 Adam Gilchrist Australia Shaun Pollock South Africa 31 December 2003 Sachin Tendulkar India Shaun Pollock South Africa 31 December 2002 Matthew Hayden Australia Shaun Pollock South Africa 31 December 2001 Michael Bevan Australia Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 31 December 2000 Michael Bevan Australia Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka All time highest ODI rankings
The following tables list the top 10 player rankings in the history of ODI cricket. The tables are complete to 5 January 2008.
Top 10 Rankings: Batting
Rank Name Played for Highest rating Year Achieved 1 Sir Vivian Richards West Indies 935 1985 2 Zaheer Abbas Pakistan 931 1983 3 Greg Chappell Australia 921 1981 4 David Gower England 919 1983 5 Dean Jones Australia 918 1991 6 Javed Miandad Pakistan 910 1987 7 Brian Lara West Indies 908 1993 8 Desmond Haynes West Indies 900 1985 8 Gary Kirsten South Africa 900 1996 10 Allan Lamb England 897 1985 Top 10 Rankings: Bowling
Rank Name Played for Highest rating Year Achieved 1 Joel Garner West Indies 940 1985 2 Sir Richard Hadlee New Zealand 923 1983 3 Shaun Pollock South Africa 920 2006 4 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 913 2002 5 Glenn McGrath Australia 903 2002 6 Ewen Chatfield New Zealand 892 1984 7 Malcolm Marshall West Indies 891 1985 7 Dennis Lillee Australia 891 1982 9 Curtly Ambrose West Indies 877 1991 10 Michael Holding West Indies 875 1985 Twenty20 International (T20I) Cricket Rankings
Year end top ranked players in T20I Cricket
Date Top Batsman Country Top Bowler Country 2011 All time highest T20I rankings
Top 10 Rankings: Batting
Rank Name Played for Highest rating Year Achieved 1 Eoin Morgan England 832 2011 Top 10 Rankings: Bowling
Rank Name Played for Highest rating Year Achieved 1 Ajantha Mendis Sri Lanka 748 2011 See also
References
- ^ "Reliance Mobile to sponsor ICC rankings". The Economic Times. 2008-04-16. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Services/Advertising/Reliance_Mobile_to_sponsor_ICC_rankings/rssarticleshow/2957353.cms. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
External links
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- International Cricket Council awards and rankings
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