Thursday, May 24, 2007

Pakistan: Latest test and one day ranking

Pakistan, after winning the Abu Dhabi limited overs series against Sri Lanka on Tuesday, has attained fourth position in the International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI team ranking. Even more satisfying was the fact for them was that their name was at the third spot in the ICC Test team rankings. Pakistan having 108 points was at third place after Australia (1) and England (2).

Meanwhile in the top Test batsmen list, Pakistan’s Mohammad Yousuf is at the second spot after Ricky Ponting with 915 points. Younis Khan is present at the ninth position while Inzamam-ul-Haq is struggling at the 11th spot with 735 points.

In the bowlers’ list, Mohammad Asif is the only Pakistani bowler who succeeded in making his place in the top-ten club. Asif is at 8th spot having 710 points while other Pakistani bowlers making good progress in the rankings include Shoaib Akhtar (11), Danish Kaneria (13) and Umar Gul (17).

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