Player rankings

To be honest, I don't really look at the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings much some trivia flashed up during a game recently and it made me go and have a look.

It's interesting to see some of the names there. For instance Daniel Vettori - you know the guy is a helluva good bowler but did you realise he was the number 1 ODI bowler in the world? I sure as hell didn't...

In fact two of the Top three ODI bowlers are New Zealanders... Interesting stat!

Anyway I thought I'd post the Top 10 of each here (and in the next post) for some consideration / debate.

Country and ranking points after their names....

One Day Internationals

Top batters:
1. M.S. Dhoni (India - 809)
2. M. Hussey (Australia - 798)
3. Y. Singh (India - 790)
4. C. Gayle (West Indies - 783)
5. S. Chanderpaul (West Indies - 769)
6. G. Smith (South Africa - 741)
7. K. Pietersen (South Africa B aka. England - 730)
8. M. Yousuf (Pakistan - 716
9. AB de Villiers (South Africa - 715)
10. R. Ponting (Australia - 705)

Top bowlers:
1. D. Vettori (New Zealand - 727)
2. KMDN Kulasekara (Sri Lanka - 724)
3. K Mills (New Zealand - 719)
4. N. Bracken (Australia - 700)
5. M. Muralidaran - or however you're spelling it this week - (Sri Lanka - 696)
6. Shakib Al Hassan (Pakistan - 687)
7. S. Broad (South Africa B - 673)
8. M Mortaza (Pakistan - 671)
9. A Flintoff (South Africa B - 662)
10. M Johnson (Australia - 660)