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Wednesday, Feb 16, 2005

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South Africa climbs to fifth in ODI rankings

LONDON, FEB. 15. The 4-1 win over England in the one-day series helped South Africa overtake the former in the LG ICC ODI table, while its spearhead Shaun Pollock grabbed the second spot in the ODI bowling rankings. Meanwhile, India continued to languish in eighth place.

South Africa climbed from seventh to fifth place thanks to its series win which boosted its rating from 101 to 106.

England began the series in fourth place with 109 points, but its rating fell by six points and it slipped to seventh in the table.

In the LG ODI player rankings, Ramnaresh Sarwan replaced Jacques Kallis at the top of the batting rankings after the latter lost points in the final three ODIs.

England's only batsman in the top-10 is the injured Andrew Flintoff, with Marcus Trescothick dropping 15 places to be ranked 20th.

The ODI table (read under position-team-rating): 1. Australia (137), 2. New Zealand (120), 3. Sri Lanka (117), 4. Pakistan (109), 5. South Africa (106), 6. West Indies (105), 7. England (103), 8. India (98), 9. Zimbabwe (51), 10. Kenya (26) and 11. Bangladesh (11). — UNI

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