Pakistan remain on its pre-series 8th spot in ODI team rankings

The West Indies and Pakistan have failed to make the most of the opportunity to strengthen their positions for direct qualification to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 as their One Day International series ended 2-1 in Pakistan’s favour in Guyana on Tuesday.

The West Indies won the first match with its highest ever chase of 309 but failed to maintain the momentum which could have taken it to 87 points with a 3-0 win, ahead of its rival by a fraction. Pakistan could similarly have moved up to 92 points, edging ahead of seventh-placed Bangladesh by a fraction had it won all three matches.

In the end, there was not too much movement as Pakistan gained one point to reach 90 points on the ICC ODI Team Rankings to remain in the eighth position while the West Indies lost one point to also remain on its pre-series ninth position with 83 points.

England and the seven other top teams on 30 September 2017 will qualify directly for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 with the remaining four teams getting a second chance through a 10-team ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifying tournament in 2018.

This was the final series before the annual update is carried out on 1 May to ensure the table continues to reflect teams’ recent form with older results being discarded. This means that when the ODI team rankings are overhauled on 1 May, the table will reflect all matches from 1 May 2014 with matches played from 1 May 2016 to carry 100 per cent weighting.

Meanwhile, in the ICC Player Rankings, Pakistan’s middle-order batsman Babar Azam has reached a career-best eighth ranking as his scores of 13, 125 not out and 16 have helped him gain one position. Mohammad Hafeez’s scores of 88, 32 and 81 have lifted him back into the top 20 as he has moved up six slots from 14thposition while left-hander Imad Wasim has gained eight positions to reach a career-best 89th ranking.

For the West Indies, Jason Mohammed’s match-winning 91 not out off 58 balls and the subsequent knocks of one and 59 have helped him gain 86 positions to a career-best 93rd place while his team-mate Shai Hope has moved up 33 positions to a career-best 98th rank.

Hafeez has gained 10 slots to reach 27th position among bowlers with three wickets in the series, also moving ahead of Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi to the second position in the table for all-rounders. Pace bowler Hasan Ali, who took six wickets in the series including a haul of five for 38 in the second ODI, has gained 14 places to move up to 34th position while Mohammad Amir (up 12 places to 38th) and Imad (up seven places to 39th) have attained career-best rankings

For the “West Indies, Ashley Nurse (up 26 places to 62nd rank) and Shanon Gabriel (up 29 places to 73rdrank) have reached career-best rankings.

ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 12 April, after West Indies-Pakistan series)

 Team                Points

South Africa      119

Australia           118

New Zealand     113

India                 112

England            108

Sri Lanka          98

Bangladesh       92

Pakistan           90 (+1)

West Indies       83 (-1)

Afghanistan      52

Zimbabwe         48

Ireland              42

ICC ODI Player Rankings (as of 12 April 2017 after the West Indies-Pakistan series)

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank    (+/-)      Player              Team    Pts      Avge    Highest Rating

1       ( – )       AB de Villiers    SA        875      54.28    902 v NZ at Auckland 2015

2       ( – )       David Warner    Aus      871      44.84    880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017

3       ( – )       Virat Kohli         Ind        852      53.11    886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014

4       ( – )       Joe Root          Eng      787!     47.77    787 v WI at Barbados 2017

5       ( – )       Faf du Plessis   SA        781      43.81    791 v SL at Cape Town 2017

6       ( – )       Q. de Kock       SA        780      43.64    803 v NZ at Wellington 2017

7       ( – )       Martin Guptill     NZ        777      43.66    789 v SA at Hamilton 2017

8       (+1)      Babar Azam      Pak      762*!    55.08    762 v WI at Guyana 2017

9       (-1)       K. Williamson    NZ        757      45.90    798 v SA at Centurion 2015

10       (-1)       Steve Smith      Aus      733      43.67    752 v Pak at Sydney 2017

Other selected rankings

Rank    (+/-)      Player              Team    Pts      Avge   Highest Rating

20         (+6)      M. Hafeez         Pak      632      32.73   665 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

30         (-1)       M. Samuels       WI        584      34.30   631 v SL at St. Vincent 2003

36         (+3)      Sarfraz Ahmed  Pak      575      35.63   581 v WI at Abu Dhabi 2016

45         (+15)     Shoaib Malik     Pak      539      35.50   685 v Ind at Lahore 2006

82         (+7)      Jason Holder    WI        451      23.16   457 v Pak at Guyana 2017

89         (+8)      Imad Wasim      Pak      433*!    42.33   433 v WI at Guyana 2017

93         (+86)     J. Mohammed   WI        426*!    41.28   426 v Pak at Guyana 2017

98         (+33)     Shai Hope         WI        411*!    36.00   411 v Pak at Guyana 2017

99         (+11)     Kieran Powell    WI        409*     25.97   496 v Ire at Jamaica 2014

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank    (+/-)      Player              Team    Pts      Avge   Eco     Highest Rating

1       ( – )       Imran Tahir        SA        750      23.65   4.63     786 v SL at Johannesburg 2017

2       ( – )       Mitchell Starc    Aus      701      19.88   4.81     783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015

3       (+1)      Trent Boult        NZ        697      24.85   4.98     766 v Ind at Delhi 2016

4       (-1)       Sunil Narine       WI        690      26.46   4.12     791 v SL at Jamaica 2013

5       ( – )       Kagiso Rabada SA        686*!    25.29   5.11     686 v NZ at Auckland 2017

6       ( – )       J. Hazlewood    Aus      684*!    25.18   4.65     684 v NZ at Hamilton 2017

7       ( – )       Chris Woakes    Eng      636 !    32.60   5.60     636 v WI at Barbados 2017

8       ( – )       S. Al Hasan       Ban      627       28.54   4.37     717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

9       ( – )       M. Nabi             Afg       622       32.33   4.32     653 v Zim at Harare 2017

10       ( – )       Matt Henry        NZ        619*     25.10   5.69     675 v Aus at Hamilton 2016

Other selected rankings

Rank    (+/-)      Player              Team    Pts      Avge   Eco     Highest Rating

27         (+10)     M. Hafeez         Pak      559      36.15   4.12     769 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

34         (+14)     Hasan Ali          Pak      532*     26.24   5.87     534 v WI at Guyana 2017

38         (+12)     M. Amir             Pak      522*!    27.14   5.20     522 v WI at Guyana 2017

39         (+7)      Imad Wasim      Pak      521*!    31.83   4.66     521 v WI at Guyana 2017

62         (+26)     Ashley Nurse     WI        447*!    24.35   5.07     447 v Pak at Guyana 2017

73         (+29)     S. Gabriel         WI        422*!    28.35   5.66     422 v Pak at Guyana 2017

All-rounders (top five)

Rank    (+/-)      Player              Team    Pts      Highest Rating

1       ( – )       S. Al Hasan       Ban      377      453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

2       (+1)      M. Hafeez         Pak      353      438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

3       (-1)       M. Nabi             Afg       330      349 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017

4       ( – )       A. Mathews       SL        309      427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014

5       ( – )       J. Faulkner        Aus      308      361 v NZ at Melbourne 2015

*indicates provisional rating;

!indicates career-highest rating