Ukuvula Foundation Partners Nike And GIZ To Implement Designed To Move Pe Pilot Programme In South Africa

Ukuvula Foundation Partners Nike And GIZ To Implement Designed To Move Pe Pilot Programme In South Africa

Ukuvula Foundation, a non-profit trust is the implementing partner of the Designed To Move (DTM) Port Elizabeth Pilot Project which is a call – to- action supported by a community of public, private, and civil sector, organisations dedicated to ending the growing epidemic of physical inactivity.

The DTM is a global campaign spearheaded by Nike and GIZ as the strategic alliance partner in Africa for Designed To Move and the implementation of various pilot initiatives is being conducted around South Africa. In the Eastern Cape it is being conducted in Mdantsane and Port Elizabeth’s Northern Areas.

Ukuvula Foundation Partners Nike And GIZ To Implement Designed To Move Pe Pilot Programme In South Africa

The Port Elizabeth DTM Pilot project has partnered with four schools namely:-

1. GJ Louw Primary Grundeling Street Mr. Gordon Marchman – Headmaster
2. Alpha Primary Kobus Road Dr. Charlotte Hendricks – Headmaster
3. Kleinskool Primary Kleinskool Main Road Mr. Sean Abrahams – Headmaster
4. Sapphire Road Primary C/O Sapphire and Coral road, Booysens Park Mr. Bruce Damons – Headmaster

The project within the school focuses on:-

Structured / regular weekly Physical activity (Physical Exercise) programme run with grades 4-6 learners as a primary target group;

A baseline survey of learners, parents and teachers regarding attitudes towards physical exercise and movement at school;

Improving social cohesion amongst learners and the community through fostering better health life-style choices through physical exercise as a catalyst.

A feature of the project is the appointment of school-based physical education facilitators to assist life orientation / life-skills teachers from April-December at each school and the running of Mentor programmes and Motivation talks to the schools by local and national Sports Hero’s on positive role-modelling alongside sporting and exercise programmes that are curriculum aligned/compliant.

Ukuvula Foundation Partners Nike And GIZ To Implement Designed To Move Pe Pilot Programme In South Africa

In South Africa, a pilot programme is implemented in 4 areas within 3 provinces by SSCN (Sport for social change network)member organisation and also one other NGO. These are:

Organisation Province Area
Altus Sport Gauteng Soshanguve
Free State Sport for Change Free State Botshabelo
Imvomvo Eastern Cape Mdantsane
Ukuvula Eastern Cape Nelson Mandela Bay

Ukuvula Foundation Partners Nike And GIZ To Implement Designed To Move Pe Pilot Programme In South Africa

For more information regarding the progamme, please contact:

Ukuvula Foundation Trustee CS Innovation Project Coordinator
Neil Campher Kayleen Lottering
Cell number: 082 994 1023 Cell number: 079 749 7679/ 084 270 2554
Email: neil@csinnovations.co.za Email: marketing@csinnovations.co.za

Contact for GIZ Programme:
Lebogang Tlomatsane
GIZ-Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention Programme (VCP)
Email: Lebogang.tlomatsane@giz.de

Ukuvula Foundation Partners Nike And GIZ To Implement Designed To Move Pe Pilot Programme In South Africa

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England Needs To Beat West Indies To Retain Third Test Spot

Anderson set to become 13th Englishman to complete century of Tests, four wickets shy of becoming leading wicket-taker for his country

Download the Reliance ICC Rankings App via http://www.icc-cricket.com/mobile to predict the outcome of the series

After an enthralling and exciting ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, the focus now shifts to the traditional format of the game when the West Indies and England go head to head in a three-Test series which starts in Antigua on Monday.

England is currently sitting in third place on 104 ratings points, while the West Indies is in eighth spot on 76 ratings points. This gap of 28 ratings points means England is expected to win the series convincingly, and because the rankings are weighted to reflect this difference, failure to win comfortably will mean Alastair’s Cook’s side will drop points.

A 1-0 series win for England will only help it to retain its pre-series ranking but a 1-1 draw will mean it will drop behind Pakistan in fourth position. A 2-0 win will earn England one ratings point, while it will move to 106 ratings points in case of a 3-0 series win.

In contrast, eighth-placed West Indies, currently 17 ratings points adrift of seventh-ranked India, will be aiming to narrow the gap with Virat Kohli’s side. A 3-0 whitewash will help the West Indies close the gap by eight ratings points on the rankings table with England dropping to fifth and just one ratings point ahead of sixth-ranked Sri Lanka (96).

A 2-0 series win will advance Denesh Ramdin’s men up seven rankings points to 83, with England slipping to fifth position on 98 ratings points. A 1-0 series win for the West Indies will mean it will move to 82 ratings points, while the West Indies will join England on 99 ratings points but will be ranked above the Black Caps when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.

To find out exactly how the forthcoming series will affect the rankings table, please click here. The Test rankings table, unlike the ODI & T20I tables, is updated after the series.

Reliance ICC Player Rankings

Shivnarine Chanderpaul is the highest-ranked batsman in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen. The 40-year-old currently sits in seventh position on 834 points, five points adrift of New Zealand’s Kane Williamson. Chanderpaul’s highest Test ranking came in July 2008 when he occupied the top spot in the summit.

England’s Joe Root is on a career-high 10th position and will be looking to close the 16-point gap on Australia’s David Warner. Ian Bell (20th) is the only other batsman from either side inside the top 20, while the next highest-ranked batsmen from either side, who are likely to feature in the series are Cook (25th), Gary Ballance (29th), Marlon Samuels (31st) and Darren Bravo (32nd).

In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers, fourth-ranked James Anderson will become the 13th Englishman to complete a century of Tests when he will take the field for the Antigua Test. Anderson is just three wickets shy of equaling Ian Botham’s Test record haul of 383, a feat which the legendary all-rounder achieved in 102 Tests from 1977-92.

Anderson is currently on 806 points, one behind Sri Lanka’s Rangana Herath, and will be aiming to celebrate the Test by returning inside the top three.

Anderson is joined in the top 10 by his team-mate Stuart Broad who is sitting in eight position and will be eyeing to leapfrog South Africa’s Vernon Philander.

West Indies’ Kemar Roach is ranked ninth, 15 ratings points behind Broad, while left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn (20th) is the next highest-ranked bowler in the series.

Broad in fourth spot is the leading all-rounder on either side in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test All-rounders heading into the three-match series.

England Cricket team celebrate a wicket
photo credit: Ben Sutherland

Upcoming Test fixtures

West Indies v England
13-17 Apr – 1st Test, Antigua
21-25 Apr – 2nd Test, Grenada
1-5 May – 3rd Test, Barbados

Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings (as on 10 April, ahead of West Indies-England Test series)

1. South Africa 124
2. Australia 119
3. England 104
4. Pakistan 103
5. New Zealand 99
6. Sri Lanka 96
7. India 93
8. West Indies 76
9. Bangladesh 32
10. Zimbabwe 18

(Developed by David Kendix)

Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 10 April, ahead of West Indies-England Test series)

Indian Cricket Team Photo credit Nazly Ahmed

Batsmen

Rank Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 K. Sangakkara SL 909 58.66 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
2 AB de Villiers SA 908 52.09 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
3 Hashim Amla SA 891 52.78 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
4 Steven Smith Aus 873! 52.36 873 v Ind at Sydney 2015
5 Angelo Mathews SL 841 51.50 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014
6 Kane Williamson NZ 839! 45.96 839 v SL at Wellington 2015
7 S.Chanderpaul WI 834 52.33 901 v NZ at Napier 2008
8 Younus Khan Pak 818 53.37 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
9 David Warner Aus 805 48.20 880 v Ind at Adelaide 2014
10 Joe Root Eng 789! 50.94 789 v Ind at The Oval 2014

Selected Rankings

Rank Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
20 Ian Bell Eng 652 45.00 822 v Ind at The Oval 2011
25 Alastair Cook Eng 643 46.02 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
29 Gary Ballance Eng 622*! 60.75 622 v Ind at The Oval 2014
31 Marlon Samuels WI 608 35.72 672 v Zim at Bridgetown 2013
32 Darren Bravo WI 593 43.60 709 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 2012
40 K. Brathwaite WI 556* 37.96 579 v SA at Port Elizabeth 2014
55 Jos Buttler Eng 455*! 66.66 455 v Ind at The Oval 2014
57 Denesh Ramdin WI 450 26.70 493 v NZ at Bridgetown 2014
68 Leon Johnson WI 409*! 39.28 409 v SA at Cape Town 2015
72= Jonny Bairstow Eng 382* 26.95 461 v Aus at Chester-le-St 2013
Stuart Broad Eng 382 24.09 505 v Ind at The Oval 2011
83 Ben Stokes Eng 341* 25.36 441 v Aus at Sydney 2014
91 J. Blackwood WI 307* 34.71 390 v NZ at Port-of-Spain 2014

Bowlers

Rank Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 Dale Steyn SA 905 22.55 909 v WI at Centurion 2014
2 Ryan Harris Aus 826 23.52 870 v SA at Cape Town 2014
3 Rangana Herath SL 807 29.57 851 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2014
4 James Anderson Eng 806 29.72 813 v Ind at Edgbaston 2011
5 M. Johnson Aus 804 27.84 849 v Pak at Dubai 2014
6 Trent Boult NZ 795 27.39 805 v SL at Christchurch 2014
7 V. Philander SA 780 21.95 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
8 Stuart Broad Eng 774 29.90 783 v WI at Lord’s 2012
9 Kemar Roach WI 759 25.98 774 v SA at Centurion 2014
10 Tim Southee NZ 743 30.61 799 v WI at Kingston 2014

Australia Joins New Zealand And India In World Cup 2015 Quarter-Finals, photo credit
Dhammika Heenpella
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Selected Rankings

Rank Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
20 Sulieman Benn WI 556* 37.67 574 v Ban at St Lucia 2014
49 Ben Stokes Eng 342* 32.90 352 v Ind at Lord’s 2014
50 Liam Plunkett Eng 325* 37.46 335 v Ind at Lord’s 2014
58 Jerome Taylor WI 281* 36.07 717 v Eng at Kingston 2009
61 Chris Jordan Eng 274*! 33.06 274 v Ind at The Oval 2014
63 Shannon Gabriel WI 261* 37.32 360 v Zim at Dominica 2013
76 Marlon Samuels WI 188* 56.41 250 v Zim at Dominica 2013
85 Jason Holder WI 136*! 39.80 136 v SA at Cape Town 2015

All-rounders

Rank Player Team Points HS Rating
1 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 398 419 v Zim at Khulna 2014
2 V. Philander SA 341*/ 376 v Aus at Cape Town 2014
3 R. Ashwin Ind 318*/ 419 v WI at Mumbai 2013
4 Stuart Broad Eng 296 382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012
5 M. Johnson Aus 291 384 v Eng at Cardiff 2009

*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after playing 40 Test innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating when he reaches 100 Test wickets.

!indicates career-highest rating

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Australia Puts Its Number-one Ranking On The Line As ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Starts On Saturday

Only 26 ratings points separate the top eight-ranked ODI sides

De Villiers enters as the top-ranked batsman, Steyn as highest-ranked bowler and Shakib as number-one all-rounder in cricket’s pinnacle 50-over tournament

Download the Reliance ICC Rankings App via http://www.icc-cricket.com/mobile to predict the outcome of the series

Australia will launch its campaign to win its fifth ICC Cricket World Cup title when it enters the 11th edition of the game’s pinnacle 50-over tournament as the number-one-ranked side on the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings.

Australia will feature on the opening day of the tournament on 14 February in Melbourne when it locks horns with England, which currently sits in fifth position. Earlier on the same day in Christchurch, co-host and sixth-ranked New Zealand will go head to head with former champion and fourth-placed Sri Lanka, with just five ratings points separating the two sides.

Australia enjoys a comfortable six-point advantage over its closest rival and defending champion India, which squares off against traditional rival and seventh-ranked Pakistan in Adelaide. Also on Sunday, 15 February in Hamilton, third-ranked South Africa takes on continental rival Zimbabwe, which is currently sitting in 10th position and trailing the title favourites by 55 ratings points.

Two-time former champion and eight-ranked West Indies will meet 12th-ranked Ireland in Nelson on Monday, 16 February with 60 ratings points separating the two sides.

Australia had also started as the top-ranked side in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 in the subcontinent. However, it was Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side that lifted the trophy in Mumbai after entering the competition in second position and 12 ratings points behind Australia.

Australia not only has the home advantage this time around, it is also enjoying a winning momentum, having won 17 ODIs with just five defeats and one no-result since January 2014. However, this dominance is not as strongly reflected in the Reliance ICC ODI Players Rankings which includes five Australia batsmen (George Bailey (11th), Aaron Finch (12th), Glenn Maxwell (17th), Shane Watson (19th) and James Faulkner (22nd)) and two bowlers (Mitchell Johnson (fifth) and Mitchell Starc (seventh)) inside the top 25.

Australia batsmen sitting just outside the top 25 are captain Michael Clarke (27th), David Warner (28th) and Steven Smith (29th).

Virat Kohli and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are India’s highest-ranked batsman and bowler in third and 13th positions, respectively. Other India batsmen to feature inside the top 25 include Shikhar Dhawan (seventh), Dhoni (ninth), Rohit Sharma (13th) and Suresh Raina (25th). Apart from Kumar, India boasts Ravindra Jadeja (14th), Ravichandran Ashwin (21st) and Mohammad Shami (24th) inside the top 25.

AB de Villiers
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South Africa also has a notable presence in the Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings.

Captain AB de Villiers leads the batting table, closely followed by Hashim Amla with Quinton de Kock (10th) and Faf du Plessis (20th). Dale Steyn will start as the highest-ranked bowler in the bowler in tournament in third position, followed by Morne Morkel (10th) and Imran Tahir (11th).

New Zealand has played 14 ODIs in the past couple of months and has won nine matches. This is also reflected in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings with Kane Williamson (sixth) and Ross Taylor (eighth) featuring the top 10 of the batting table and Kyle Mills (20th) and Daniel Vettori (23rd), who is playing in his fifth Cricket World Cup, occupying positions inside the top 25 bowlers.

Joe Root is England’s highest-ranked batsman in 14th position, while James Anderson is sitting in fifth position on the bowlers’ chart. Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq is his country’s highest-ranked batsman in 14th position, while 15th-ranked Mohammad Irfan will spearhead the bowling attack.

Sri Lanka’s old war horses, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena, who will retire at the end of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, will begin in fourth and 22nd position, respectively, with Tillakaratne Dilshan (fifth) and captain Angelo Mathews (16th) sitting between the two batting stars. Rangana Herath (eighth), Sachithra Senanayake (17th) and Mathews (22nd) are the top-ranked Sri Lanka bowlers.

Among the four qualifiers, Ireland’s Paul Stirling will start as the highest-ranked batsman in 36th position, while Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi is the highest-ranked bowler and all-rounder in 31st and eighth spots, respectively.

To find out exactly how the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will affect the Rankings Table, please click here. The ODI table is updated after every match.

Virat Kholi of India
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Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 12 February 2015, before the start of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015)

Rank Team Ratings points
1 Australia 120
2 India 114
3 South Africa 113
4 Sri Lanka 108
5 England 104
6 New Zealand 103
7 Pakistan 95
8 West Indies 94
9 Bangladesh 75
10 Zimbabwe 53
11 Afghanistan 41
12 Ireland 34

(Developed by David Kendix)

Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 12 February 2015, before the start of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Batsmen

Rank Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 AB de Villiers SA 891 52.16 899 v WI at East London 2015
2 Hashim Amla SA 867 56.41 901 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2012
3 Virat Kohli Ind 831 51.50 886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014
4 K. Sangakkara SL 823 40.99 853 v Afg at Mirpur 2014
5 T. Dilshan SL 785! 39.00 785 v NZ at Wellington 2015
6 Kane Williamson NZ 784! 46.26 784 v Pak at Napier 2015
7 Shikhar Dhawan Ind 725 42.75 785 v SL at Hyderabad 2014
8 Ross Taylor NZ 722! 41.99 722 v Pak at Napier 2015
9 MS Dhoni Ind 721 52.29 836 v Aus at Delhi 2009
10 Quinton de Kock SA 720* 42.45 749 v Aus at Sydney 2014
11 George Bailey Aus 717 41.74 867 v SA at Harare 2014
12 Aaron Finch Aus 680* 37.10 692 v Ind at Sydney 2015
13 Rohit Sharma Ind 674 38.90 684 v Aus at Melbourne 2015
14= Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 664 42.99 744 v SL at Fatullah 2014
Joe Root Eng 664 40.00 688 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2014
16 Angelo Mathews SL 662 40.31 707 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
17 Glenn Maxwell Aus 644*! 30.67 644 v Eng at Perth 2015
18 Ahmed Shehzad Pak 643 34.82 670 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
19 Shane Watson Aus 636 40.57 773 v SL at Hambantota 2011
20 Faf du Plessis SA 630 33.84 703 v NZ at Bay Oval 2014

Bowlers

Rank Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 Saeed Ajmal Pak 744 22.18 4.13 810 v SA at Centurion 2013
2 Sunil Narine WI 734 26.49 4.10 791 v SL at Jamaica 2013
3 Dale Steyn SA 724 25.14 4.80 746 v Ind at Durban 2013
4 James Anderson Eng 706 28.84 4.90 719 v SA at The Oval 2013
5 Mitchell Johnson Aus 683 25.50 4.82 724 v Ban at Darwin 2008
6 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 680 27.92 4.26 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
7 Mitchell Starc Aus 636* 21.27 5.00 647 v Ind at Sydney 2015
8= M. Hafeez Pak 629 35.01 4.06 769 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
Rangana Herath SL 629 31.07 4.40 703 v SA at Pallekele 2013 10 Morne Morkel SA 628 24.69 4.95 717 v SL at East London 2012
11 Imran Tahir SA 625* 20.23 4.39 631 v WI at East London 2015
12 Steven Finn Eng 624 28.41 4.87 755 v NZ at Auckland 2013
13 B. Kumar Ind 620 37.15 4.62 657 v WI at Dharamsala 2014
14 Ravindra Jadeja Ind 618 32.76 4.81 738 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013
15 Mohammad Irfan Pak 614 29.92 4.90 621 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2014
16= James Tredwell Eng 613 27.81 4.77 646 v SL at Pallekele 2014
Shahid Afridi Pak 613 33.96 4.62 673 v Ban at Mirpur 2011
18 S. Senanayake SL 610 34.77 4.69 656 v NZ at Christchurch 2015
19 Clint McKay Aus 609 24.37 4.78 709 v Eng at Cardiff 2013
20 Kyle Mills NZ 605 27.02 4.72 722 v Aus at Melbourne 2009

All-rounders

Rank Player Team Points HS Rating
1 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 403 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
2 M. Hafeez Pak 396 438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
3 Angelo Mathews SL 393 427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
4 T. Dilshan SL 389 407 v NZ at Hamilton 2015
5 Shahid Afridi Pak 348 383 v Ban at Mirpur 2011
6 James Faulkner Aus 327*/! 327 v Eng at Perth 2015
7 Ravindra Jadeja Ind 319 378 v Eng at Edgbaston 2013
8 M. Nabi Afg 290 296 v Ire at Dubai (GCA) 2015
9 Shane Watson Aus 275 433 v WI at St Lucia 2012
10 Glenn Maxwell Aus 270*/*! 270 v Eng at Perth 2015

*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after a minimum of 40 started innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating after he has conceded 1,500 runs.

!indicates career-highest rating

Sangakarra Returns To Top Of ICC Test Batting Rankings…

Sri Lanka star Kumar Sangakarra has returned to the top of the Reliance ICC Test Players Rankings following the completion of the second Test in Wellington, which host New Zealand won by 193 runs.

Despite 2-0 series defeat, Sangakarra’s knocks of 203 and five have seen him replace South Africa’s AB de Villiers at the top of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, where he is one point clear on 909 points.

Kane Williamson of New Zealand has jumped seven places to a career-best ranking of seventh in the batting rankings following his scores of 69 and 242 not out. In achieving his highest Test score to date, Williamson also passed the 3,000 runs mark, reaching 3,034 runs in 39 Tests.

Following South Africa’s eight-wicket victory over West Indies in Cape Town, Marlon Samuels has vaulted seven places to 31st in the batting rankings after knocks of 43 and 74. Dean Elgar has also moved up two places to a career high 48th, while other upwards movers following this Test, which helped the Proteas secure a 2-0 series win, include Denesh Ramdin (up three places to 59th) and Leon Johnson, who is the highest climber, moving up 25 places to a career-high 70th after scores of 54 and 44.

Meanwhile, following Saturday’s drawn Test in Sydney that ensured a 2-0 series victory over India, Australia captain Steven Smith has leap-frogged Angelo Mathews into a career-high fourth place in the batting table after scores of 117 and 71. For India, Virat Kohli moved up three places to 12th after scores of 147 and 46, while Australia opener Chris Rogers has moved up six places into 18th position after scores of 95 and 56.

In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers, New Zealand’s Trent Boult returned match figures of four for 130 runs to help his side to victory over Sri Lanka and improve his ranking by one place to sixth on 795 points, nine adrift of Australia’s Mitchell Johnson.

India’s Mohammed Shami has risen seven places to a career-high 31st place after taking match figures of six for 145 runs, while Australia’s Mitchell Starc has moved up nine places to 33rd after returning five wickets for 142 runs. Amongst the other bowlers from the Sydney Test are Australia duo Shane Watson and Josh Hazlewood, up to 38th and a career-high 46th respectively.

New Zealand’s Doug Bracewell has moved up nine places to 39th, with Sri Lanka’s Seranga Lakmal moving up two places to a career-high 48th. South Africa’s Dale Steyn still heads the bowling rankings and holds a commanding 79 points lead over second-placed Ryan Harris.

Meanwhile, Australia’s Johnson has also dropped a spot and thus swaps places with England’s Stuart Broad in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test All-rounders, with the Australian left-arm speedster now lying in fifth spot. Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan remains the number-one ranked all-rounder.

Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings (as on 11 January, after Australia-India, New Zealand-Sri Lanka and South Africa-West Indies Test series)

1. South Africa 124
2. Australia 119

3. England 104

4. Pakistan 103

5. New Zealand 99

6. Sri Lanka 96

7. India 93

8. West Indies 76

9. Bangladesh 32

10. Zimbabwe 18

(Developed by David Kendix)

Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 11 January, after Australia-India, New Zealand-Sri Lanka and South Africa-West Indies Test series)

Batsmen

Rank (+/-) Player Team Points `Ave HS Rating

1 (+1) K. Sangakkara SL 909 58.66 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007

2 (-1) AB de Villiers SA 908 52.09 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014

3 ( – ) Hashim Amla SA 891 52.78 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013

4 (+1) Steven Smith Aus 873! 52.36 873 v Ind at Sydney 2015

5 (-1) Angelo Mathews SL 841 51.50 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014

6 (+7) Kane Williamson NZ 839! 45.96 839 v SL at Wellington 2015

7 (-1) S.Chanderpaul WI 834 52.33 901 v NZ at Napier 2008

8 (-1) Younus Khan Pak 818 53.37 880 v SL at Lahore 2009

9 (-1) David Warner Aus 805 48.20 880 v Ind at Adelaide 2014

10 (-1) Joe Root Eng 789! 50.94 789 v Ind at The Oval 2014

Selected Rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating

12 (+3) Virat Kohli Ind 774 46.30 784 v NZ at Wellington 2014

18 (+6) Chris Rogers Aus 677* 39.35 694 v Eng at Sydney 2014

31 (+7) Marlon Samuels WI 608 35.72 672 v Zim at Bridgetown 2013

38 (+11) B-John Watling NZ 563 37.57 574 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2014

48 (+2) Dean Elgar SA 506*! 37.65 506 v WI at Cape Town 2015

50 (+3) D. Chandimal SL 497* 44.08 571 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013

53 (+5) Rohit Sharma Ind 487* 41.37 578 v NZ at Wellington 2014

59 (+3) Denesh Ramdin WI 450 26.70 493 v NZ at Bridgetown 2014

60 (+4) Shaun Marsh Aus 446*! 35.57 446 v Ind at Sydney 2015

70 (+25) Leon Johnson WI 409*! 39.28 409 v SA at Cape Town 2015

79 (+1) M Johnson Aus 362 23.06 477 v Eng at Lord’s 2009

83 (+9) L. Thirimanne SL 343* 26.70 359 v Ban at Galle 2013

89 (+3) H. Rutherford NZ 328* 26.96 454 v Eng at Wellington 2013

94 (+1) Ryan Harris Aus 309*! 21.53 309 v Ind at Sydney 2015

95 (+17) J. Blackwood WI 307* 34.71 390 v NZ at Port-of-Spain 2014

Bowlers

Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating

1 ( – ) Dale Steyn SA 905 22.55 909 v WI at Centurion 2014

2 ( – ) Ryan Harris Aus 826 23.52 870 v SA at Cape Town 2014

3 ( – ) Rangana Herath SL 807 29.57 851 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2014

4 (+2) James Anderson Eng 806 29.72 813 v Ind at Edgbaston 2011

5 ( – ) M. Johnson Aus 804 27.84 849 v Pak at Dubai 2014

6 (+1) Trent Boult NZ 795 27.39 805 v SL at Christchurch 2014

7 (-3) V. Philander SA 780 21.95 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013

8 ( – ) Stuart Broad Eng 774 29.90 783 v WI at Lord’s 2012

9 (+1) Kemar Roach WI 759 25.98 774 v SA at Centurion 2014

10 (-1) Tim Southee NZ 743 30.61 799 v WI at Kingston 2014

Selected Rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating

19 (+1) Ishant Sharma Ind 574 37.30 671 v WI at Dominica 2011

31 (+7) M. Shami Ind 467*! 36.14 467 v Aus at Sydney 2015

33 (+9) Mitchell Starc Aus 446*! 35.44 446 v Ind at Sydney 2015

38 (+5) Shane Watson Aus 412* 33.09 633 v SA at Cape Town 2011

39 (+9) Doug Bracewell NZ 409* 35.10 538 v WI at Kingston 2012

46 (+7) Josh Hazlewood Aus 370*! 29.33 370 v Ind at Sydney 2015

48 (+2) Suranga Lakmal SL 363*! 48.28 363 v NZ at Wellington 2015

51 (+7) Mark Craig NZ 349*! 39.58 349 v SL at Wellington 2015

58 (+5) D. Prasad SL 303*! 49.37 303 v NZ at Wellington 2015

71 (+19) Jimmy Neesham NZ 260*! 32.81 260 v SL at Wellington 2015

86 (+14) Nuwan Pradeep SL 193*! 57.09 193 v NZ at Wellington 2015

77 (+5) Jason Holder WI 136*! 39.80 136 v SA at Cape Town 2015

99 (RE) Suresh Raina Ind 135* 46.38 253 v WI at Dominica 2011

All-rounders

Rank (+/-) Player Team Points HS Rating

1 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 398 419 v Zim at Khulna 2014

2 ( – ) V. Philander SA 341*/ 376 v Aus at Cape Town 2014

3 ( – ) R. Ashwin Ind 318*/ 419 v WI at Mumbai 2013

4 (+1) Stuart Broad Eng 296 382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012

5 (-1) M. Johnson Aus 291 384 v Eng at Cardiff 2009

*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after a minimum of 40 started innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating after he has conceded 1,500 runs.

!indicates career-highest rating

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Smith And Mccullum Lead Batsmen’s Charge In Latest ICC Player Rankings

Smith and McCullum lead batsmen’s charge in latest ICC player rankings…Harris, Yadav, Shami and Hazlewood also on the move

Australia captain Steven Smith has led the batsmen’s charge in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen following the conclusion of Boxing Day Tests.

New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by eight wickets in Christchurch, while Australia and India Test in Melbourne and South Africa and West Indies Test in Port Elizabeth ended in draws.

Smith, who scored a Test best 192 in the first innings, has gained two places to claim fifth spot for the first time in his career. He now trails number-one ranked AB de Villiers, who has regained the top spot from Kumar Sangakkara, by 40 ratings points.

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum and Virat Kohli are the other batsmen inside the top 20 to make upward movements. McCullum, who scored 195, has achieved a career-best 12th position by climbing two places. Kohli’s contributions of 169 and 54 have earned him four places and has put him in 15th place.

Also moving in the right direction are Chris Rogers of Australia (24th, up by four places), Ajinkya Rahane (26th, up by 15 places), Kraigg Brathwaite (37th, up by 11 places), Marlon Samuels (37th, up by seven places) and Dean Elgar (50th, up by 13 places).

In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers, Australia’s Ryan Harris has moved up two places to second following his six wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), while Trent Boult has achieved a best-ever ranking of seventh after rising two places. Boult had figures of three for 25 and four for 100.

Bowler outside the top 20 and moving in the right direction include Neil Wagner (22nd, up by two places), Umesh Yadav (36th, up by eight places), Mohammad Shami (38th, up by eight places), Josh Hazlewood (53rd, up by 16 places) and Imran Tahir (58th, up by six places).

Dale Steyn has retained his number-one ranking and is ahead of Harris by 54 ratings points.

There is no change to the top five in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test All-Rounders. Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh leads the field, followed by Vernon Philander of South Africa and India’s Ravichandran Ashwin.

Meanwhile, South Africa is just a draw away from retaining the Reliance ICC Test Championship mace and with it winning a cash award of USD500,000. If South Africa draws the Cape Town Test and Australia wins in Sydney, then South Africa will finish on 122 ratings points, compared to Australia’s 119 ratings points.

However, if the West Indies wins in Cape Town Test and Australia wins in Sydney, then Australia will finish ahead of South Africa by a fraction of a point (0.2).

The side that will finishes second will pocket USD390,000, while England and Pakistan have been guaranteed USD280,000 and USD170,000 after sealing third and fourth positions, respectively, following the Christchurch Test result.

The annual cut-off for the Reliance ICC Test Championship is 1 April 2015. But with the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 to be played from 14 February to 29 March 2015, the current Test series are the last for the season.

Upcoming Test fixtures

Australia v India
6-10 Jan – 4th Test, Sydney

South Africa v West Indies
2-6 Jan – 3rd Test, Cape Town

New Zealand v Sri Lanka
3-7 Jan – 2nd Test, Wellington

Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 31 December, after Boxing Day Tests)

Batsmen

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 (+1) AB de Villiers SA 893 51.43 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
2 (-1) K. Sangakkara SL 891 58.22 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
3 ( – ) Hashim Amla SA 887 52.40 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
4 ( – ) Angelo Mathews SL 877! 52.83 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014
5 (+2) Steven Smith Aus 853! 50.38 853 v Ind at Melbourne 2014
6 (-1) S.Chanderpaul WI 848 52.53 901 v NZ at Napier 2008
7 ( – ) Younus Khan Pak 818 53.37 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
8 (-2) David Warner Aus 815 48.06 880 v Ind at Adelaide 2014
9 ( – ) Joe Root Eng 789! 50.94 789 v Ind at The Oval 2014
10 (+1) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 777 49.15 842 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2014
11 (-1) Ross Taylor NZ 772 45.96 871 v WI at Hamilton 2013
12 (+2) B. McCullum NZ 760! 39.24 760 v SL at Christchurch 2014
13 (-1) Kane Williamson NZ 753! 41.89 753 v SL at Christchurch 2014
14 (-1) Michael Clarke Aus 740 50.79 900 v SL at Melbourne 2012
15 (+4) Virat Kohli Ind 737 44.41 784 v NZ at Wellington 2014
16 ( – ) Faf du Plessis SA 710*! 52.50 710 v WI at Port Elizabeth 2014
17 (-2) M. Jayawardene SL 695 49.84 883 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2009
18 (-1) Asad Shafiq Pak 673 40.23 680 v SA at Cape Town 2013
19 (-2) C. Pujara Ind 654 47.11 851 v SA at Durban 2013
20 ( – ) Murali Vijay Ind 653! 39.77 653 v Aus at Melbourne 2014

Selected Rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
24 (+4) Chris Rogers Aus 643* 37.40 694 v Eng at Sydney 2014
26 (+15) Ajinkya Rahane Ind 634*! 44.60 634 v Aus at Melbourne 2014
36 (-1) MS Dhoni Ind 581 38.09 662 v SA at Kolkata 2010
37 (+11) K. Brathwaite WI 579*! 39.85 579 v SA at Port Elizabeth 2014
38 (+7) Marlon Samuels WI 573 35.21 672 v Zim at Bridgetown 2013
45 ( – ) Shane Watson Aus 534 35.49 729 v Eng at Perth 2010
46 (-3) Kaushal Silva SL 528* 35.39 541 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2014
47 ( – ) Alviro Petersen SA 515 35.36 655 v NZ at Cape Town 2013
48 (-8) Tom Latham NZ 513* 42.86 569 v Pak at Dubai 2014
49 ( – ) BJ Watling NZ 512 34.75 574 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2014
50 (+13) Dean Elgar SA 490*! 36.05 490 v WI at Port Elizabeth 2014

Bowlers

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( – ) Dale Steyn SA 906 22.56 909 v WI at Centurion 2014
2 (+2) Ryan Harris Aus 851 22.77 870 v SA at Cape Town 2014
3 (-1) Rangana Herath SL 842 29.06 851 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2014
4 (-1) Vernon Philander SA 822 21.13 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
5 (-1) Mitchell Johnson Aus 812 27.84 849 v Pak at Dubai 2014
6 ( – ) James Anderson Eng 806 29.72 813 v Ind at Edgbaston 2011
7 (+2) Trent Boult NZ 805! 27.19 805 v SL at Christchurch 2014
8 (-1) Stuart Broad Eng 774 29.90 783 v WI at Lord’s 2012
9 (+1) Tim Southee NZ 767 30.11 799 v WI at Kingston 2014
10 (-3) Kemar Roach WI 766 25.98 774 v SA at Centurion 2014
11 (+1) Morne Morkel SA 730 29.42 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
12 (-1) Saeed Ajmal Pak 725 28.10 855 v Zim at Harare 2013
13 (+1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 673 31.42 700 v Zim at Khulna 2014
14 (-1) Pragyan Ojha Ind 670 30.26 773 v Eng at Kolkata 2012
15 (-1) R. Ashwin Ind 668 29.85 808 v WI at Mumbai 2013
16 ( – ) Peter Siddle Aus 654 30.45 816 v Eng at Old Trafford 2013
17 ( – ) Junaid Khan Pak 620* 28.83 652 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2014
18 ( – ) Abdur Rehman Pak 618* 29.39 739 v Eng at Dubai 2012
19 ( – ) Nathan Lyon Aus 588 34.96 648 v Eng at Melbourne 2013
20 ( – ) Ishant Sharma Ind 580 37.30 671 v WI at Dominica 2011

Selected Rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
21 ( – ) Sulieman Benn WI 550* 37.35 574 v Ban at St Lucia 2014
22 (+2) Neil Wagner NZ 542* 34.48 549 v WI at Bridgetown 2014
26 (-1) Dilruwan Perera SL 506* 30.08 531 v Pak at Galle 2014
28 (+1) S. Eranga SL 483* 34.86 541 v Eng at Headingley 2014
36 (+8) Umesh Yadav Ind 412*! 33.47 412 v Aus at Melbourne 2014
38 (+8) M. Shami Ind 398* 37.90 422 v NZ at Wellington 2014
43 (-2) Shane Watson Aus 388* 33.36 633 v SA at Cape Town 2011
50 (+1) Suranga Lakmal SL 346*! 47.95 346 v NZ at Christchurch 2014
53 (+16) Josh Hazlewood Aus 324*! 28.55 324 v Ind at Melbourne 2014
58 (+6) Imran Tahir SA 304* 46.39 312 v Pak at Dubai 2013
60 ( – ) Jerome Taylor WI 303* 35.45 717 v Eng at Kingston 2009

All-rounders

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating
1 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 398 419 v Zim at Khulna 2014
2 ( – ) Vernon Philander SA 372*/ 376 v Aus at Cape Town 2014
3 ( – ) R. Ashwin Ind 325*/ 419 v WI at Mumbai 2013
4 ( – ) Mitchell Johnson Aus 297 384 v Eng at Cardiff 2009
5 ( – ) Stuart Broad Eng 296 382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012

*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after playing 40 Test innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating when he reaches 100 Test wickets.

!indicates career-highest rating

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