The ODI Bowler’s Ranking 2007 is out! in the second edition of Vineet’s Cricket Rankings (Check out the ODI Bowler Rankings 2006 here)! And there are lots of surprises here, but then there are some faces we discovered last year and they still maintain their ranking, proving that they were no flukes, and that includes Varaiya of Kenya! The biggest setback was that the bangladesh bowlers who did exceedingly well in 2006 are now languishing with only Syed Rasel remaining near his last year ranking. Instead Sri Lanka has 5 bowlers in Top 30 this time.

At the top of the heap is Fidel Edwards, who captures 14 wickets in the 6 matches he played at 11.28 apiece. And he spent a miserly 3.56 runs per over to land right on top. He emerged out of nowhere in 2006 to be at the top in 2007. That’s really an awesome talent to watch out for.

Even Ryan Sidebottom of England took 14 wickets in 6 matches at 15.85 apiece. And he spent a miserly 3.88 runs per over to land right on top at the second place.

No one can keep Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) out of the Top Bowlers List for long, and after being at 29th position last year, he is now at No.3 claiming 26 wickets in 13 matches at 14.46 apiece at a economy rate of 3.90. He is followed by Shane Bond (New Zealand) at number 4 (improved from number 9 last year) and Ongondo (Kenya) at number 5 (improved from number 20 last year). RN ten Doeschate (Netherlands) is back in the bowlers List as well at No. 12. He captured 23 wickets in 11 matches at 17.69 apiece at an economy rate of 4.87. Way to go!

S. No. Player
1 FH Edwards (WI)
2 RJ Sidebottom (Eng)
3 M Muralitharan (SL)
4 SE Bond (NZ)
5 PJ Ongondo (Afr/Kenya)
6 KD Mills (NZ)
7 Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)
8 GD McGrath (Aus)
9 AJ Ireland (Zim)
10 M Morkel (Afr/SA)
11 RN ten Doeschate (Neth)
12 R Rampaul (WI)
13 A Flintoff (Eng)
14 WPUJC Vaas (SL)
15 HA Varaiya (Kenya)
16 WF Stelling (Neth)
17 Syed Rasel (Ban)
18 DL Vettori (NZ)
19 AJ Hall (SA)
20 CRD Fernando (Asia/SL)
21 AC Botha (Ire)
22 DBL Powell (WI)
23 MF Maharoof (SL)
24 SM Pollock (Afr/SA)
25 Iftikhar Anjum (Pak)
26 LN Onyango (Kenya)
27 E Schiferli (Neth)
28 SL Malinga (SL)
29 MG Johnson (Aus)
30 U Bhatti (Can)

Where are the 2006 Top Bowlers?

15 HA Varaiya KENYA (1)
25 SM Pollock RSA (2)
52 Abdur Razzak BDESH (3)
80 DM Leverock BMDA (4)
47 S Dhaniram CAN (5)

*These rankings are based on Players who’ve played 5 matches or more. These rankings are prepared solely by myself based on owned algorithms.

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Well January is back, and so is the second edition of Vineet’s Cricket Rankings (check out the ODI Batsmen Rankings 2006 here)! And though there are some surprises, the top of the heap is captured by none other than two of the most competitive cricketers of 21st century - Ricky Ponting followed by Matthew Hayden.

Ricky Ponting scored 1424 runs in 27 matches at an amazing average of 79.11 at a very high strike rate of 91.79!! He smashed 5 centuries and 8 half-centuries on the way to achieving this. Not to be left behind, Matthew Hayden scored 1601 runs in 32 matches at a very high average of 59.29 at a good strike rate of 89.19!! He smashed 5 centuries and 6 half-centuries on the way to achieving this.

Graeme Smith, Andrew Symonds and Sachin Tendulkar follow at 3,4 and 5. So the year 2007 was heavily dominated by Australian Batsmen, and the same way the Australian Team dominated the World Cricket.

Well, now for some surprises, Ten Doeschate remains in Top 20 (remember this site had picked him to be a player to watch last year). Shahid Afridi continued to dazzle with an annual strike rate of 161. A player like Haddin who has a position of No. 7 in the table continues to languish on the fringes of the Australian team (Does the Australian team also have a Seniorphilia like the Indians?). AB deVillers continued to be in the Top 10, a feat only Yuvraj could manage besides him. So we can certainly take deVillers and Yuvraj to be the players of the future!!
But the biggest surprise in Top 10 was DJ Reekers (Netherlands), and if you combine him and Doeschate you have a team to look out for - Netherlands!

Some surprises to watch for are LOB Cann (Bermuda), JM Davison (Canada), Robin Utthappa (India).

1 RT Ponting (Aus)
2 ML Hayden (Aus)
3 GC Smith (SA)
4 A Symonds (Aus)
5 SR Tendulkar (India)
6 Shahid Afridi (Pak)
7 BJ Haddin (Aus)
8 AB de Villiers (Afr/SA)
9 DJ Reekers (Neth)
10 Yuvraj Singh (Asia/India)
11 Mohammad Yousuf (Asia/Pak)
12 V Sehwag (Asia/India)
13 SB Styris (NZ)
14 Salman Butt (Pak)
15 LOB Cann (Ber)
16 AC Gilchrist (Aus)
17 HH Gibbs (SA)
18 S Chanderpaul (WI)
19 RN ten Doeschate (Neth)
20 JM Davison (Can)
21 RR Sarwan (WI)
22 Imran Nazir (Pak)
23 JH Kallis (SA)
24 MS Dhoni (Asia/India)
25 SR Watson (Aus)
26 KP Pietersen (Eng)
27 BC Lara (WI)
28 LPC Silva (SL)
29 S Matsikenyeri (Zim)
30 RV Uthappa (India)

Where are the top 5 batsmen of the year 2006?

Well RN Ten Doeschate whom this site had predicted as a hidden gem, continued his exciting run by remaining in Top 20. While Nathan Astle and Mark Trescothick faded into oblivion, Gilchrist continued to be a good bet, though Jayasuria was quite subdued this year.

40 ST Jayasuria (SL) (1)
19 RN Ten Doeschate (Neth) (2)
232 NJ Astle (NZ) (3)
retired ME Trescothick (ENG) (4)
16 AC Gilchrist (AUS) (5)

*These rankings are based on Players who’ve played 5 matches or more. These rankings are prepared solely by myself based on owned algorithms.

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My Cricket player rankings are out! And you won’t be able to easily guess who is the Most Valuable Player!!

A Total of 350 players took the field in 2006.

I have put out different ODI Ranking lists for teams and players. Do check each one out!

ODI Batsmen Rankings 2006 (all teams)
ODI Bowler Rankings 2006 (all teams)
ODI Best Wicketkeepers/ Fielders 2006 (all teams)
ODI Most Valuable Players - All Rounders 2006 (all teams)
ODI Team Rankings 2006 (all teams)

There are many good players waiting to be born out there. There are some players from unknown countries who if perform as per their statistics would become Superstars, or other perish their records accumulated against similar unknown nations.

Did you know there is an allrounder called “RN ten Doeschate” who plays for Netherlands? Well if you check out his performance, he was the Most Valuable Player of 2006!! His record was much above that of Jacques Kallis!!! In the 6 matches that he played, he scored 259 runs at a phenomenal average of 51.80 at a strike rate of 103.6. And he topped this with a bowling figures of 7 wickets in 6 matches at a strike rate of 39.4 balls and took 2 catches. well check out the complete rankings now!!

*These rankings are based on Players who’ve played 5 matches or more. These rankings are prepared solely by myself based on owned algorithms.

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