• Moeen Ali’s 4-46 shoots him up the ODI rankings

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    Moeen Ali has moved up 13 places to 12th position in the bowlers’ chart following his match-winning spell at Old Trafford that tore the heart out of the Aussie top-order.

    England players have made significant gains in the latest MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings after an impressive 5-0 series whitewash of Australia that exhibited the top-ranked side’s potential a year ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, to be held in England and Wales from 30 May to 14 July.

    Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler and Jason Roy lead the charge in the list of batsmen with some fine efforts in recent matches. Bairstow has moved up four places to 11th after aggregating 300 runs in the Australia series, which followed a fighting 105 against Scotland. Player of the Series Buttler has gained two spots to reach 16th place with 275 runs against Australia including an unbeaten 110 in the final match while Roy has moved up three places to 20th position.

    Alex Hales (up one place to 22nd) and captain Eoin Morgan (up one place to 24th) are the others to advance for England while Australia’s Travis Head (up three places to 19th) has benefitted after aggregating 194 runs in the series.

    England spinners Adil Rashid and Ali finished with 12 wickets each in the series and that has reflected in the latest rankings update, which also takes into account the one-off match in Edinburgh which saw Scotland pull off a surprise six-run win over England.

    Rashid, who achieved a career-best 677 ratings points after the third ODI in which he grabbed four for 47, has gained three places to finish eighth. Ali has moved up 13 places to 12th position, capping the series with a fine spell of four for 46 in the last match.

    Mark Wood (up five places to 28th) and David Willey (up 23 places to 43rd) are the others to move up for England. While for Australia, Kane Richardson’s six wickets in three matches have helped him move from 84th to 77th position.

    For Scotland, Calum MacLeod’s unbeaten 140 not only won him the Player of the Match award, but has also helped him gain 20 places to reach a career-best 35th position among batsmen. Matthew Cross has also gained nine slots to reach 103rd after scoring a useful 48 runs in the match.

    Among their bowlers, Mark Watt (up 26 places to 67th) and Alasdair Evans (up five places to 85th) are the significant gainers.

    MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 25 June, after the one-off match between England and Scotland and the Australia-England series):

    BATTING (top 10)

    Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
    1 ( – ) Virat Kohli Ind 909! 58.10 909 v SA at Centurion 2018
    2 (+2) Babar Azam Pak 813 51.11 846 v NZ at Wellington 2018
    3 (-1) David Warner Aus 803 43.43 880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017
    4 (+1) Rohit Sharma Ind 799 44.55 825 v SL at Mohali 2017
    5 (+1) Ross Taylor NZ 785 46.28 789 v Eng at Dunedin 2018
    6 (-3) Joe Root Eng 784 49.82 819 v Aus at Brisbane 2018
    7 ( – ) Quinton de Kock SA 783 45.41 808 v Ban at East London 2017
    8 ( – ) Faf du Plessis SA 782 44.68 802 v Ind at Durban 2018
    9 ( – ) Kane Williamson NZ 778 46.87 798 v SA at Centurion 2015
    10 ( – ) Shikhar Dhawan Ind 769 45.90 794 v SA at Melbourne 2015

    OTHER SELECTED RANKINGS

    Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Highest Rating
    11 (+4) Jonny Bairstow Eng 760 51.55 777 v Aus at Durham 2018
    16 (+2) Jos Buttler Eng 705 40.67 723 v Ban at Mirpur 2016
    19 (+3) Travis Head Aus 670*! 37.00 670 v Eng at Old Trafford 2018
    20 (+3) Jason Roy Eng 666 39.06 680 v Aus at Durham 2018
    22 (+1) Alex Hales Eng 649 38.36 705 v NZ at Cardiff 2017
    24 (+1) Eoin Morgan Eng 622 37.13 690 v Aus at The Oval 2010
    35 (+20) Calum MacLeod Sco 585! 37.81 585 v Eng at Edinburgh 2018
    103 (+9) Matthew Cross Sco 405*! 22.76 405 v Eng at Edinburgh 2018

    BOWLING (top 10)

    Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Eco. Highest Rating
    1 ( – ) Jasprit Bumrah Ind 787*! 22.50 4.64 787 v SA at Centurion 2018
    2 ( – ) Rashid Khan Afg 763* 14.40 3.96 787 v Zim at Sharjah 2018
    3 (+1) Hasan Ali Pak 711* 21.40 5.29 766 v NZ at Wellington 2018
    4 (+1) Trent Boult NZ 699 24.63 5.09 766 v Ind at Delhi 2016
    5 (-2) Josh Hazlewood Aus 696 24.27 4.72 733 v Eng at Adelaide 2018
    6 ( – ) Imran Tahir SA 683 24.81 4.68 786 v SL at Johannesburg 2017
    7 ( – ) Kagiso Rabada SA 679 27.57 5.11 724 v Eng at Lord’s 2017
    8= (+3) Adil Rashid Eng 667 31.14 5.55 677 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2018
    (+1) Y. Chahal Ind 667*! 21.83 4.76 667 v SA at Centurion 2018
    10 (-2) Chris Woakes Eng 653 30.77 5.50 673 v NZ at Christchurch 2018

    OTHER SELECTED RANKINGS

    Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avge Eco. Highest Rating
    13 (+12) Moeen Ali Eng 629! 44.26 5.08 629 v Aus at Old Trafford 2018
    28 (+5) Mark Wood Eng 574* 46.18 5.49 577 v Aus at Durham 2018
    43 (+23) David Willey Eng 498 36.09 5.75 551 v SL at Cardiff 2016
    67 (+26) Mark Watt Sco 454*! 31.50 4.42 454 v Eng at Edinburgh 2018
    77= (+7) Kane Richardson Aus 431* 31.62 5.48 433 v Ind at Bengaluru 2017
    85= (+5) Alasdair Evans Sco 421*! 28.44 5.12 421 v Eng at Edinburgh 2018

    ALL-ROUNDERS (top five)

    Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Rating
    1 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 359 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009
    2 ( – ) M. Hafeez Pak 339 438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013
    3 ( – ) M. Nabi Afg 323 349 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017
    4 ( – ) Mitchell Santner NZ 317! 317 v Eng at Christchurch 2018
    5= (+1) Angelo Mathews SL 306 427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014
      (+4) Moeen Ali Eng 306! 306 v Aus at Old Trafford 2018

    *Indicates a provisional rating.          ! Indicates career-best rating.           For more information on player rankings, please click here.

    Source: ICC

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