Mar 14 2008
South Africa at the top in ODI ranking!
South Africa secured the top position in the International Cricket Council (ICC) One-Day International (ODI) Championship Table after winning the ongoing 3 match series against Bangladesh by 3-0 in Mirpur.
Before this, Australia and South Africa have both 127 ratings points but Graeme Smith’s side is behind by just 0.529 of a point according to decimal calculations.
After winning the series, South Africa is ahead of Australia by 0.191 points and beat Australia for the top position in ODI ranking.
South African captain Graeme Smith’s unbeaten century helped his side to win the match by 7 wickets against Bangladesh in Dhaka.
Bangladesh team won the toss and was dismissed at a small target of 143 runs only in 42.5 overs.
Albie Morkel gave 29 runs taking 4 wickets and Jehaan Botha contributed 34 and snatched 3 wickets.
On the other side this defeat was 14th lose of Bangladesh team in international one day cricket. Its last win was against South Africa in super league during lat year.
South Africa’s achievement is significant because the side that leads the ODI Championship ladder on 1 April, receives US $175,000 for its achievement, while the side that lies second collects US $75,000. Last year also South Africa snatched the position from Australia just before the cut off date of April 1.
ODI rankings – nations
1) South Africa 127
2) Australia 127
3) New Zealand 113
4) India 113
5) Pakistan 109
6) Sri Lanka 107
7) England 105
West Indies 96
9) Bangladesh 46
10) Ireland 28
11) Zimbabwe 18
12) Kenya 0
