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Bond in top 10

Dubai: Shane Bond stormed into the top 10 of the LG ICC player rankings after a successful ODI series against Sri Lanka, while New Zealand cemented its fourth position in the table, just four points behind Pakistan.

However, Sri Lanka's horrific run — it has now lost nine of its last 11 games — relegated it to seventh place and it faces the prospect of having to play in the preliminary round of this year's ICC Champions Trophy in India.

Bond, who returned to action after overcoming a back problem, missed the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy against Australia because of a groin strain. But now fit and firing once again, his nine wickets in four matches against Marvan Atapattu's side lifted him four places to 10th in the bowling list.

ICC ODI table: Team: 1. Australia (135), 2. South Africa (118), 3. Pakistan (116), 4. New Zealand (112), 5. India (109), 6. England (108), 7. Sri Lanka (106), 8. West Indies (90), 9. Zimbabwe (44) and 10. Bangladesh (14).

Top 10: Batsmen: 1. Ricky Ponting (Aus), 2. Adam Gilchrist (Aus), 3. Graeme Smith (RSA), 4. Andrew Symonds (Aus), 5. Mohammad Yousuf (Pak), 6. Chris Gayle (WI), 7. Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak), 8. Kumar Sangakkara (SL), 9. Michael Clarke (Aus) and 10. Rahul Dravid (Ind).

Bowlers: 1. Glenn McGrath (Aus), 2. Brett Lee (Aus), 3. Shaun Pollock (RSA), 4. Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), 5. Naved-ul-Hasan (Pak), 6. Chaminda Vaas (SL), 7. Daniel Vettori (NZ), 8. Irfan Pathan (Ind), 9. Makhaya Ntini (RSA) and 10. Shane Bond (NZ). — UNI

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