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The ICC Player Rankings are a widely followed system of rankings for international cricketers based on their recent performances. The current sponsor is Reliance Mobile who have signed a deal with the ICC that will last until 2015.[1]
The ratings were developed at the suggestion of Ted Dexter in 1987. The intention was to produce a better indication of players' current standing in the sport than is provided by comparing their averages. Career averages are based on a player's entire career and do not make any allowance for match conditions or the strength of the opposition, whereas the ratings are biased towards recent form and account for match conditions and the quality of the opponent using statistical measures.
Initially the rankings were for Test cricket only, but separate One Day International rankings were introduced in 1998. Both sets of rankings have now been calculated back to the start of those forms of the game.
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Test Cricket Rankings
Year end top ranked players in Test Cricket
Date Top Batsman Country Top Bowler Country 31 December 2010 Kumar Sangakkara 
Sri LankaDale Steyn 
South Africa31 December 2009 Gautam Gambhir 
IndiaDale Steyn South Africa31 December 2008 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 
West IndiesMuttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka31 December 2007 Kumar Sangakkara Sri LankaMuttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka31 December 2006 Ricky Ponting 
AustraliaMuttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka31 December 2005 Ricky Ponting AustraliaShane Warne Australia31 December 2004 Rahul Dravid IndiaGlenn McGrath Australia31 December 2003 Ricky Ponting AustraliaMuttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka31 December 2002 Matthew Hayden AustraliaGlenn McGrath Australia31 December 2001 Brian Lara West IndiesGlenn McGrath Australia31 December 2000 Sachin Tendulkar IndiaShaun Pollock South AfricaBatsmen with a peak rating of 900 points or more
Rank Name Played for Highest rating 1 Sir Don Bradman Australia961 2 Sir Len Hutton 
England945 3 Sir Jack Hobbs England942 3 Ricky Ponting Australia942 5 Sir Vivian Richards West Indies938 5 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka938 5 Sir Garry Sobers West Indies938 5 Sir Clyde Walcott West Indies938 9 Matthew Hayden Australia935 9 Jacques Kallis South Africa935 11 Mohammad Yousuf 
Pakistan933 12 Sir Everton Weekes West Indies927 12 Graeme Pollock South Africa927 14 Dudley Nourse South Africa922 14 Doug Walters Australia922 16 Neil Harvey Australia921 16 Mike Hussey Australia921 18 Denis Compton England917 19 Sunil Gavaskar India916 20 George Headley West Indies915 21 Ken Barrington England914 22 Brian Lara West Indies911 23 Kevin Pietersen England909 24 Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies901 Bowlers with a peak rating of 900 points or more
Rank Name Played for Highest rating 1 Sydney Barnes England932 2 George Lohmann England931 3 Imran Khan Pakistan922 4 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka920 5 Glenn McGrath Australia914 6 Curtly Ambrose West Indies912 6 Tony Lock England912 8 Sir Ian Botham England911 9 Malcolm Marshall West Indies910 10 Waqar Younis Pakistan909 10 Sir Richard Hadlee 
New Zealand909 10 Shaun Pollock South Africa909 13 Alan Davidson Australia908 14 Derek Underwood England907 15 Shane Warne Australia905 16 Sir Alec Bedser England903 17 Dale Steyn South Africa902 18 Clarrie Grimmett Australia901 19 Bill O'Reilly Australia901 20 Bill Johnston Australia900 One-Day International (ODI) Cricket Rankings
Year end top ranked players in ODI Cricket
Date Top Batsman Country Top Bowler Country 31 December 2010 Hashim Amla South AfricaDaniel Vettori New Zealand31 December 2009 MS Dhoni IndiaDaniel Vettori New Zealand31 December 2008 Michael Hussey AustraliaNathan Bracken Australia31 December 2007 Ricky Ponting AustraliaShaun Pollock South Africa31 December 2006 Michael Hussey AustraliaShaun Pollock South Africa31 December 2005 Ricky Ponting AustraliaGlenn McGrath Australia31 December 2004 Adam Gilchrist AustraliaShaun Pollock South Africa31 December 2003 Sachin Tendulkar IndiaShaun Pollock South Africa31 December 2002 Matthew Hayden AustraliaShaun Pollock South Africa31 December 2001 Michael Bevan AustraliaMuttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka31 December 2000 Michael Bevan AustraliaMuttiah Muralitharan Sri LankaAll time highest ODI rankings
The following tables list the top 10 player rankings in the history of ODI cricket. The tables are complete to 5 January 2008.
Top 10 Rankings: Batting
Rank Name Played for Highest rating Year Achieved 1 Sir Vivian Richards West Indies935 1985 2 Zaheer Abbas Pakistan931 1983 3 Greg Chappell Australia921 1981 4 David Gower England919 1983 5 Dean Jones Australia918 1991 6 Javed Miandad Pakistan910 1987 7 Brian Lara West Indies908 1993 8 Desmond Haynes West Indies900 1985 8 Gary Kirsten South Africa900 1996 10 Allan Lamb England897 1985 Top 10 Rankings: Bowling
Rank Name Played for Highest rating Year Achieved 1 Joel Garner West Indies940 1985 2 Sir Richard Hadlee New Zealand923 1983 3 Shaun Pollock South Africa920 2006 4 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka913 2002 5 Glenn McGrath Australia903 2002 6 Ewen Chatfield New Zealand892 1984 7 Malcolm Marshall West Indies891 1985 7 Dennis Lillee Australia891 1982 9 Curtly Ambrose West Indies877 1991 10 Michael Holding West Indies875 1985 Twenty20 International (T20I) Cricket Rankings
Year end top ranked players in T20I Cricket
Date Top Batsman Country Top Bowler Country 2011 All time highest T20I rankings
Top 10 Rankings: Batting
Rank Name Played for Highest rating Year Achieved 1 Eoin Morgan England832 2011 Top 10 Rankings: Bowling
Rank Name Played for Highest rating Year Achieved 1 Ajantha Mendis Sri Lanka748 2011 See also
References
- ^ "Reliance Mobile to sponsor ICC rankings". The Economic Times. 2008-04-16. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Services/Advertising/Reliance_Mobile_to_sponsor_ICC_rankings/rssarticleshow/2957353.cms. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
External links
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