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De Villiers dethrones Warner to retain top spot in ODIs
Published in Alriyadh on 10 - 03 - 2017

South Africa's star batsman AB de Villiers has regained the top spot in the latest ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen after leading the list of run-scorers in the recent series against New Zealand which his side won 3-2.
De Villiers's 262 runs in the series, including a highest of 85 in the third ODI at Wellington, have helped him overtake Australia opener David Warner at the top of the ladder, reclaiming the top spot within two months of losing it to India captain Virat Kohli.
The star Proteas batsman is on 875 points, four points ahead of Warner and 23 clear of Kohli in the rankings released today that take into account performances in 15 ODIs, also including West Indies' 3-0 loss to England, Afghanistan's 3-2 win over Zimbabwe and Ireland's 2-0 verdict over the United Arab Emirates.
It is for the 10th time that the 33-year-old de Villiers is at the top of the rankings since first taking the spot in May 2010. He has never been ranked outside the top five since September 2009.
England batsmen Joe Root and Alex Hales are major gainers as they have reached career-best rankings after the series in the Caribbean. Root has reached fourth spot after scoring 195 runs including 101 in the final match in Bridgetown. Hales, who knocked up 110 in the same match, his fifth century in the last 20 ODIs, has gained four spots to reach 16th position.
Other batsmen to make upward movement include the New Zealand pair of Martin Guptill (up two places to seventh rank), Ross Taylor (up two places to 14th) and the Ireland pair of Ed Joyce (up one place to 28th) and Kevin O'Brien (up three places to 40th).
In the latest Player Rankings for Test Bowlers led by South Africa's Imran Tahir, his team-mate Kagiso Rabada has broken into the top five for the first time after taking eight wickets in four matches against New Zealand. Rabada has leapfrogged Josh Hazlewood and Shakib Al Hasan even as Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi has also gained three spots to reach a career-best seventh rank.
England all-rounder Chris Woakes's seven wickets against the West Indies has helped him break into the top 10 for the first time as he has moved up nine places to ninth slot while his team-mate Liam Plunkett's 10 wickets in the series have helped him move up 36 places to 23rd rank.
New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santner has broken into the top 20 for the first time after his five wickets against South Africa. He is not the only left-arm spinner to gain in the rankings as Hamza Hotak of Afghanistan (up 10 places to 22nd) and Ireland's George Dockrell (up seven places to 34th) have also made upward movement.


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