Mathews only Sri Lankan to feature in latest rankings

Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews is the only Sri Lankan cricketer to feature in the latest ODI rankings announced by the International Cricket Council.

Mathews who is returning to international cricket after a long injury layoff is fourth among the list of allrounders as none of the Sri Lankan cricketers have made to the top 20 in either bowling or batting.

South African bowler Kagiso Rabada has replaced his team-mate, Imran Tahir, as the world's top ranked ODI bowler while skipper AB de Villiers remains the top-ranked ODI batsman.

Rabada moved up four places to take the top spot after his impressive performance at Lord's in the third ODI on Monday.

The Proteas lost their three-match series to England 2-1, but Rabada's haul of 4 for 39 in the final match on Monday helped him finish the series with seven wickets.

Rabada, 22, is the youngest No 1 bowler since Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq in 1998.

Meanwhile Bangladesh pipped Sri Lanka on decimal points to reach sixth rank for the first time, ahead of three former World champions - Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the West Indies. Both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are on 93 points and eighth-ranked Pakistan on 88 points, giving these teams a chance to gain more points by upsetting better-ranked sides since the rankings are weighted to reflect the difference in points.

ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 30 May, before the ICC Champions Trophy)

Rank    Team               Points

1.     South Africa      122 (-1)

2.     Australia           118

3.     India                 117

4.     New Zealand     114

5.     England            112 (+2)

6.     Bangladesh       93

7.     Sri Lanka          93

8.     Pakistan           88

9.     West Indies       79

10.  Afghanistan       52

11.  Zimbabwe         46

12.  Ireland              41

ICC ODI Player Rankings

Batsmen (top 20)

Rank    (+/-)      Player              Team      Pts       Avge   

   1       ( - )       AB de Villiers     SA        874      54.38   

   2       ( - )       David Warner    Aus      871      44.84   

   3       ( - )       Virat Kohli         Ind       852      53.11  

   4       (+2)      Q. de Kock       SA        776      43.7

   5       (-1)       Joe Root           Eng      772      47.8

   6       (-1)       Faf du Plessis   SA        765      43.34

   7=     (+1)      Babar Azam      Pak      762*!    55.08

            ( - )       Martin Guptill    NZ        762      43.66

   9       ( - )       K. Williamson    NZ        742      45.90

  10      (+1)      Hashim Amla    SA        734      50.22

  11      (-1)       Steve Smith      Aus      733      43.67

  12      ( - )       Rohit Sharma    Ind       717      41.37

  13      ( - )       MS Dhoni          Ind       712      50.96

  14      ( - )       Ross Taylor      NZ        701      44.01

  15      (-1)       S. Dhawan        Ind       690      42.91

  16      ( - )       Alex Hales        Eng      667      37.86

  17=    (+5)      Eoin Morgan     Eng      646      38.10

           ( - )       Jos Buttler        Eng      646      36.40

  19      ( - )       Tamim Iqbal      Ban      642!     33.43

  20      ( - )       M. Hafeez         Pak      632      32.73

Bowlers (top 20)

Rank    (+/-)      Player              Team      Pts       Avge      Eco

   1       (+4)      K. Rabada        SA        724!     24.90    5.13

   2       (-1)       Imran Tahir       SA        722      24.18    4.67

   3       (-1)       Mitchell Starc    Aus      701      19.88    4.81

   4       (-1)       Sunil Narine      WI        690      26.46    4.12

   5       (+1)      J. Hazlewood    Aus      684*!   25.18    4.65

   6       (-2)       Trent Boult        NZ        683      24.85    4.98

   7       ( - )       Chris Woakes   Eng      645      31.56    5.59

   8       ( - )       M. Nabi              Afg      622      32.33    4.32

   9       (+1)      S. Al Hasan       Ban      620      28.74    4.38

  10      (+1)      M. Santner        NZ        617*!   32.20    4.95

  11=    (-2)       Matt Henry        NZ        615      25.26    5.62  

            ( - )       Akshar Patel     Ind       615*    30.20    4.38  

  13      ( - )       Amit Mishra      Ind       609*    23.60    4.72

  14      (+1)      M. Mortaza       Ban      601      30.11    4.75

  15      (+3)      M. Rahman       Ban      600*!   16.00    4.62

  16      (+7)      Liam Plunkett    Eng      597*    31.13    5.73

  17      (-1)       Jason Holder     WI        590      32.90    5.44

  18=    (-1)       Dale Steyn        SA        579      26.62    4.94

            (+2)      R. Ashwin         Ind       579      32.37    4.91

  20      (-6)       Adil Rashid        Eng      576      34.12    5.68

All-rounders (top five)

Rank    (+/-)      Player               Team     Pts 

   1       ( - )       S. Al Hasan       Ban      362

   2       ( - )       M. Hafeez         Pak      353

   3       ( - )       M. Nabi              Afg      330

   4       ( - )       A. Mathews       SL        309

   5       ( - )       J. Faulkner        Aus      308