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ODI Most Valuable Players 2011 (all teams)

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:44:21 +0000

The 6th Vineet’s ODI Most Valuable Players 2011 (all teams) Rankings are out! You can check out the ODI Most Valuable Players 2010 here

Shane Watson was the Player of 2011! Heads and Shoulders above the rest. However with Australia on a slide probably he didn’t get much noticed. He score 1139 runs at an average of 57 and took 17 wickets at an average of 41.05 and eco rate of 4.81. He also took 13 catches. Stirling of Ireland came next scoring 450 runs at an ave of 40.9 and a strike rate of 120, and took 6 wickets at an ave of 54.5 and eco rate of 4.6. He also took 8 catches.

Shahid Afridi kept his form scoring 462 runs in 27 matches at an ave of 22 but a strike rate of 127. He took 45 wickets at an ave of 20.82 and a eco rate of 4.18. He took 8 catches to prove his worth at all platforms. This performance made him the 3rd most vaulable player of 2011.

RN ten Doeschate of Netherlands came 4th scoring 307 runs in just 6 matches he played, nevertheless at an average of 61.48 at a nice strike rate of 89.2!! But wait, while bowling he took 7 wickets in 6 matches at an average of 46 RPW to finish with an economy rate of 6.19!! He also took 2 catches. Great going indeed as ever.

Yuvraj Singh returned from injury and directly into form taking the 5th spot with an average of 50.3 at a strike rate of 81.9 while scoring 453 runs in 14 matches he played. He also took 6 catches. He took 20 wickets at an ave of 26.05 and a eco rate of 5. Astounding!

S. No.	Player	M	R	HS	Ave	SR	R	W	Ave	Eco	Ct	St	VRKP
1	SR Watson (Aus)	23	1139	185*	57	109	698	17	41.05	4.81	13	0	83.9
2	PR Stirling (Ire)	11	450	113	40.9	120	327	6	54.5	4.6	8	0	77.1
3	Shahid Afridi (Pak)	27	462	75	22	127	937	45	20.82	4.18	8	0	67.7
4	RN ten Doeschate (Neth)	6	307	119	61.4	89.2	322	7	46	6.19	2	0	67.3
5	Yuvraj Singh (India)	14	453	113	50.3	81.9	521	20	26.05	5	6	0	66.6
6	Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)	32	1075	139*	37.1	76.3	811	32	25.34	3.54	6	0	66.5
7	V Sehwag (India)	12	645	219	53.8	123					3	0	66.3
8	RJ Peterson (SA)	9	78	31	19.5	105	329	18	18.27	4.63	6	0	66.1
9	RA Jadeja (India)	13	220	78	31.4	87	555	24	23.12	4.95	7	0	62.6
10	JDP Oram (NZ)	12	90	25	18	115	455	23	19.78	4.59	7	0	60.5
11	JH Kallis (SA)	10	370	76	37	76.1	217	8	27.12	4.52	7	0	59.2
12	AB de Villiers (SA)	10	467	134	51.9	105					7	1	58.9
13	AD Russell (WI)	16	336	92*	33.6	124	603	21	28.71	5.34	5	0	58.3
14	Saeed Ajmal (Pak)	20	43	20	14.3	45.3	581	34	17.08	3.48	3	0	57.8
15	MG Johnson (Aus)	22	208	57	23.1	106	817	39	20.94	4.43	3	0	57.3
16	PW Borren (Neth)	10	314	84	39.3	78.3	239	5	47.8	4.34	6	0	56.8
17	LL Tsotsobe (SA)	9	10	4*	5	62.5	295	18	16.38	4.4	1	0	56.4
18	Mudassar Bukhari (Neth)	10	174	41	24.9	107	399	13	30.69	4.58	0	0	56.2
19	Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)	20	564	79	33.2	71.8	702	25	28.08	4.33	3	0	56.1
20	KD Mills (NZ)	7	28	17	14	108	236	11	21.45	4.02	1	0	54.8
21	GP Swann (Eng)	21	160	31	17.8	112	853	31	27.51	4.44	4	0	54.7
22	NLTC Perera (SL)	10	108	25	12	106	373	15	24.86	4.54	4	0	54.5
23	R Rampaul (WI)	15	130	86*	26	85	601	28	21.46	4.98	4	0	53.3
24	A Martin (WI)	9	10	4*	10	34.5	296	11	26.9	4	3	0	51.8
25	PD Collingwood (Eng)	8	114	30*	19	101	199	5	39.8	4.14	3	0	51.1
26	B Lee (Aus)	19	60	39*	20	107	717	33	21.72	4.59	8	0	50.9
27	GH Dockrell (Ire)	10	55	19	18.3	87.3	347	12	28.91	4.3	5	0	50.7
28	SL Malinga (SL)	24	92	32*	9.2	131	924	48	19.25	4.8	1	0	49.7
29	M Morkel (SA)	14	11	6	2.2	30.6	459	26	17.65	4.46	6	0	49.4
30	SJ Benn (WI)	7	22	6	4.4	48.9	276	16	17.25	4.77	0	0	49.3

Where are the 2010 Most Valuable Players?

Only Shahid Afridi remained in Top 5. However Kallis and De Villiers did enough to be in the Top 12. However Tendulkar and Amla slipped away to just be under top 100.

S.No. Name Country
1 SR Tendulkar (India) 63
2 AB de Villiers (SA) 12
3 JH Kallis (SA) 11
4 HM Amla (SA) 89
5 Shahid Afridi (Pak) 3

*These rankings are based on Players who’ve played 5 matches or more. These rankings are prepared solely by myself based on owned algorithms. These have no relation with ICC or any other rankings calculated elsewhere in the world.

ODI Batsmen Rankings 2011 (all teams)

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:13:46 +0000

The ODI Batsmen’s Ranking 2011 is out! Well January is back, and so is the Sixth edition of Vineet’s Cricket Rankings (check out the ODI Batsmen Rankings 2010 here)! And though there are some surprises, the top of the heap is captured by none other than super duper Virender Sehwag!! He hit the only second double century ever in ODI and the only one this year. He now has the highest score in One Dayers. Sehwag scored 645 runs averaging 53.75 in just 12 matches and a strike rate of 123.09. Although he way beyond Shane Watson’s aggregate of 1139 runs, but his astonishing strike rate pipped the scale in his favour. He smashed 1 double century and a century and 1 half-century on the way to achieving this. Shane Watson came second. He scored 1139 runs at an average of 56.95 and a strike rate of 108.89. He was unstoppable as he smashed 2 centuries and 8 half-centuries on the way to achieving this.

He is followed by AB de Villiers who scored 467 runs in just 10 matches at an average of 51.88 (much lower than last year) at a nice strike rate of 104.94!! He smashed 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries on the way to achieving this. RN Ten Doeschate (my all time favorite) made the cut at nomber 4 scoring 307 runs in just 6 matches at a high average of 61.4 at a good strike rate of 89.24! He smashed 2 centuries and 1 half-centuries in his 6 visits to the crease. Awesome! Stirling of Ireland scored 450 runs in 11 matches to come 5th. He did this at an average of 40.9 and a high strikerate of 119.68. This year’s highest strike rate in Top 30 was also an Irish – O Brien and his strike rate was 126.07 but his low average of 29.45 pegged him down at number 19.

But then who are the teams of 2011? Well India is way ahead of everyone with 7 batsmen in top 30 – an alltime record!! And 6 of them made it to the Top 20!! Again, an alltime record!! Everyone who plays in the top order made the list. South Africa is right there after them with 45 batmsen in Top 30. And next are English and the New Zealanders.

S. No.	Player	M	R	HS	Ave	BF	SR	Final
1	V Sehwag (India)	12	645	219	53.75	524	123.09	63.8
2	SR Watson (Aus)	23	1139	185*	56.95	1046	108.89	55.3
3	AB de Villiers (SA)	10	467	134	51.88	445	104.94	50.9
4	RN ten Doeschate (Neth)	6	307	119	61.4	344	89.24	48.3
5	PR Stirling (Ire)	11	450	113	40.9	376	119.68	47.6
6	SR Tendulkar (India)	11	513	120	46.63	579	88.6	40.6
7	MN Waller (Zim)	7	245	99*	40.83	230	106.52	40.0
8	AN Cook (Eng)	15	600	119	46.15	644	93.16	39.7
9	BRM Taylor (Zim)	17	743	128*	49.53	868	85.59	38.7
10	KS Williamson (NZ)	9	270	100*	67.5	278	97.12	38.0
11	HM Amla (SA)	15	632	116*	45.14	718	88.02	37.7
12	V Kohli (India)	34	1381	117	47.62	1614	85.56	36.7
13	H Patel (Can)	6	232	62	38.66	245	94.69	36.5
14	RG Sharma (India)	16	611	95	55.54	739	82.67	36.4
15	IJL Trott (Eng)	29	1315	137	52.6	1643	80.03	36.1
16	LMP Simmons (WI)	17	792	122	49.5	993	79.75	35.9
17	MS Dhoni (India)	24	764	91*	58.76	850	89.88	35.8
18	JP Duminy (SA)	15	563	99	43.3	630	89.36	35.7
19	KJ O’Brien (Ire)	12	324	113	29.45	257	126.07	34.3
20	G Gambhir (India)	19	720	97	40	827	87.06	33.3
21	MJ Clarke (Aus)	24	900	101	56.25	1130	79.64	32.9
22	MJ Guptill (NZ)	16	650	105	54.16	842	77.19	32.4
23	AJ Strauss (Eng)	14	513	158	36.64	574	89.37	32.3
24	C Kieswetter (Eng)	16	489	72*	32.6	486	100.61	32.0
25	DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	27	1032	144	46.9	1249	82.62	31.7
26	Yuvraj Singh (India)	14	453	113	50.33	553	81.91	30.9
27	LRPL Taylor (NZ)	17	561	131*	51	662	84.74	29.4
28	AD Russell (WI)	16	336	92*	33.6	270	124.44	28.9
29	GC Wilson (Ire)	10	301	61	33.44	334	90.11	28.8
30	KC Sangakkara (SL)	27	1127	111	51.22	1537	73.32	28.8

Where are the top 5 batsmen of the year 2010?

Although only Tillekratne Dilshan dropped out of top 30, we saw only de Villier maintain his form to the highest level. He’s made this 3 times consecutively, which makes him the most consistent Batsman of them all in the 2009-2011 period. Watch out!

1 HM Amla (SA) 11
2 AB de Villiers (SA) 3
3 AJ Strauss (Eng) 23
4 G Gambhir (India) 20
5 TM Dilshan (SL) 45

And the Indians? India is way ahead of everyone with 7 batsmen in top 30 – an alltime record!! And 6 of them made it to the Top 20!! Again, an alltime record!! Everyone who plays in the top order made the list. Manoj Tiwary was unlucky not to have made the cut having played only 5 matches. However his projected score makes the cut at 30th position and that takes the Indian Top 30 challengers to 8! Even Dravid could have made it to the Top 40 had he played more than 5 matches.

S. No.	Player	M	R	HS	Ave	BF	SR	Final
1	V Sehwag (India)	12	645	219	53.75	524	123.09	63.8
6	SR Tendulkar (India)	11	513	120	46.63	579	88.6	40.6
12	V Kohli (India)	34	1381	117	47.62	1614	85.56	36.7
14	RG Sharma (India)	16	611	95	55.54	739	82.67	36.4
17	MS Dhoni (India)	24	764	91*	58.76	850	89.88	35.8
20	G Gambhir (India)	19	720	97	40	827	87.06	33.3
26	Yuvraj Singh (India)	14	453	113	50.33	553	81.91	30.9
34	SK Raina (India)	29	722	84	31.39	725	99.58	27.6
46	YK Pathan (India)	14	282	105	23.5	233	121.03	25.1
64	AM Rahane (India)	11	340	91	30.9	453	75.05	20.6
74	PA Patel (India)	21	491	95	24.55	602	81.56	19.0
74	RA Jadeja (India)	13	220	78	31.42	253	86.95	19.0
117	P Kumar (India)	13	51	25*	25.5	46	110.86	12.0
138	R Ashwin (India)	18	122	36*	17.42	152	80.26	9.6
141	U Yadav (India)	6	17	11*		19	89.47	9.2
156	Harbhajan Singh (India)	17	107	41	13.37	159	67.29	6.8
170	MM Patel (India)	21	12	6*	6	17	70.58	5.1
196	A Nehra (India)	7	9	6*	2.25	25	36	1.9
198	R Vinay Kumar (India)	13	24	18	8	65	36.92	1.8
206	Z Khan (India)	14	62	24	7.75	123	50.4	0.1

ODI Bowler Rankings 2011 (all teams)

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:37:38 +0000

The ODI Bowler’s Ranking 2011 is out! in the Sixth edition of Vineet’s Cricket Rankings (Check out the ODI Bowler Rankings 2010 here)! And there are lots of surprises here, in fact, the bowling Top 30 almost got entirely revamped with a lot of new bowlers coming in. South Africans, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and West Indies did quite well to claim 4 spots in top 30. However, Pakistan with 3 in Top 10 stood heads over shoulders above others.

At the top of the heap are 2 people for the first time. Amit Mishra (India) and Saaed Ajmal (Pakistan) both claimed the Top Spot. Amit Mishra took 11 wickets for 199 runs at an average of 18.09 and an economy rate of 3.98. Saeed Ajmal with a superior economy rate of 3.48 and superior average of 17.08, however took 34 wickets for 584 runs in 20 matches at an inferior wickets per match average to tie with Amit. New find Vitori of Zimbabwe was 3rd taking 12 wickets for 200 runs at an average of 16.66 and an eco rate of 4.3. Tsotsobe again a new find from South Africa was 4th with 18 wickets for 295 runs at an ave of 16.38 and an eco rate of 4.4. Kyle Mills of NZ was 5th with 11 wickets for 236 runs at an ave of 21.45 and a very miserly eco rate of 4.02.

Now why did Australia not play Ryan Harris in 2011? A chronic knee injury ruled him out!

S. No.	Player	M	R	W	Ave	Eco	Final
1	A Mishra (India)	5	199	11	18.09	3.98	42.2
1	Saeed Ajmal (Pak)	20	581	34	17.08	3.48	42.2
3	BV Vitori (Zim)	5	200	12	16.66	4.3	41.0
4	LL Tsotsobe (SA)	9	295	18	16.38	4.4	36.0
5	KD Mills (NZ)	7	236	11	21.45	4.02	35.5
6	SJ Benn (WI)	7	276	16	17.25	4.77	35.2
7	Shahid Afridi (Pak)	27	937	45	20.82	4.18	34.9
8	Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)	32	811	32	25.34	3.54	34.6
9	M Muralitharan (SL)	11	375	17	22.05	4.12	34.3
10	DW Steyn (SA)	14	483	25	19.32	4.37	34.2
11	M Morkel (SA)	14	459	26	17.65	4.46	34.0
12	RJ Peterson (SA)	9	329	18	18.27	4.63	33.7
13	MG Johnson (Aus)	22	817	39	20.94	4.43	33.4
14	JDP Oram (NZ)	12	455	23	19.78	4.59	33.3
15	Z Khan (India)	14	620	30	20.66	4.85	32.9
16	D Bishoo (WI)	13	476	20	23.8	4.28	32.6
17	A Martin (WI)	9	296	11	26.9	4	32.2
18	SL Malinga (SL)	24	924	48	19.25	4.8	32.0
19	TG Southee (NZ)	13	529	25	21.16	4.73	31.9
20	BAW Mendis (SL)	14	427	17	25.11	4.03	31.8
21	B Lee (Aus)	19	717	33	21.72	4.59	31.5
22	GP Swann (Eng)	21	853	31	27.51	4.44	30.4
23	NLTC Perera (SL)	10	373	15	24.86	4.54	29.6
24	Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)	20	702	25	28.08	4.33	29.2
25	RW Price (Zim)	16	608	17	35.76	4.16	29.0
26	GH Dockrell (Ire)	10	347	12	28.91	4.3	29.0
27	RA Jadeja (India)	13	555	24	23.12	4.95	29.0
28	R Rampaul (WI)	15	601	28	21.46	4.98	28.9
29	Aizaz Cheema (Pak)	7	270	13	20.76	5	28.6
30	DL Vettori (NZ)	9	221	5	44.2	3.74	28.2

Where are the 2010 Top Bowlers?

All of the top 5 crashed out.

1 Nogoche (Kenya) DNQ
2 Mirwais Ashraf (Afgh) DNQ
3 Odoyo (Kenya) DNQ
4 Harris (Aus) DNP
5 Swann (Eng) 22

Where are the Indians? Well we have the top 3 as Amit Mishra at 1, Zaheer at 15 and Jadeja at 27. Want to know who are performing for India? Well here are the stats, and you can even share these with the BCCI (assuming they don’t look at stats very often):

S. No.	Player	M	R	W	Ave	Eco	Final
1	A Mishra (India)	5	199	11	18.09	3.98	42.2
15	Z Khan (India)	14	620	30	20.66	4.85	32.9
27	RA Jadeja (India)	13	555	24	23.12	4.95	29.0
32	Harbhajan Singh (India)	17	702	17	41.29	4.28	27.2
33	R Ashwin (India)	18	731	25	29.24	4.71	26.8
45	Yuvraj Singh (India)	14	521	20	26.05	5	24.3
59	MM Patel (India)	21	879	32	27.46	5.37	21.5
64	P Kumar (India)	13	490	12	40.83	4.9	20.2
80	U Yadav (India)	6	299	10	29.9	5.94	17.3
84	R Vinay Kumar (India)	13	459	14	32.78	5.47	16.1
85	SK Raina (India)	29	351	9	39	4.71	16.0
98	YK Pathan (India)	14	347	4	86.75	5.02	12.7
107	A Nehra (India)	7	294	6	49	5.91	9.5
DNQ	A Mithun (India)	3	116	3	38.66	6.44	0.0
DNQ	I Sharma (India)	2	109	1	109	5.54	0.0
DNQ	IK Pathan (India)	1	42	2	21	4.66	0.0
DNQ	MK Tiwary (India)	5	69	1	69	6.9	0.0
DNQ	PP Chawla (India)	4	206	4	51.5	5.88	0.0
DNQ	R Sharma (India)	2	88	4	22	4.4	0.0
DNQ	RG Sharma (India)	16	114	3	38	5.42	0.0
21	RP Singh (India)	3	142	4	35.5	6.45	0.0
22	S Sreesanth (India)	2	105	0		8.07	0.0
23	SR Tendulkar (India)	11	21	0		5.25	0.0
24	V Kohli (India)	34	188	2	94	5.52	0.0
25	VR Aaron (India)	4	156	6	26	5.53	0.0

ODI Wicketkeeper/ Fielder Rankings 2011 (all teams)

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:11:45 +0000

The ODI Wicketkeeper/ Fielder Rankings 2011 is out! in the Sixth edition of Vineet’s Cricket Rankings (Check out the ODI Wicketkeeper/ Fielder Rankings 2010 here)!

Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pakistan) did very well to fill the gap created by Kamran Akmal’s eviction by finishing at the top of the heap. In just 6 matches, he had 18 dismissals, with 14 catches and 4 stumpings. Even, Mohammad Salman (Pakistan) did not disappoint, finishing 8th. CS Baugh improved dramatically finishing 2nd with 30 dismissals in 12 matches, including 25 catches and 5 stumpings. Taylor (NZ) was the best fielder and 3rd overall with 29 catches in 17 matches. Haddin was 4th with 37 dismissals in 24 matches including 35 catches and 2 stumpings. BB McCullum (NZ) was 5th with 25 catches and 1 stumping in 17 matches. Michael Clarke was the second best fielder with 35 catches in 24 matches.

S. No.	Player	M	I	Dis	Ct	St	10
1	Sarfraz Ahmed (Pak)	6	6	12	14	4	30
2	CS Baugh (WI)	12	11	19	25	5	25
3	LRPL Taylor (NZ)	17	17	12	29	0	17
4	BJ Haddin (Aus)	24	24	37	35	2	15
5	BB McCullum (NZ)	17	17	26	25	1	15
6	MJ Clarke (Aus)	24	24	11	35	0	15
7	DC Thomas (WI)	7	7	10	7	3	14
8	Mohammad Salman (Pak)	7	7	10	8	2	14
9	A Bagai (Can)	6	6	8	8	0	13
10	KC Sangakkara (SL)	27	26	34	26	8	13
11	D Ramdin (WI)	8	8	10	10	0	13
12	C Kieswetter (Eng)	16	16	19	14	5	12
13	MJ Prior (Eng)	13	13	15	11	4	12
14	Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban)	20	20	23	15	8	12
15	Kamran Akmal (Pak)	14	13	16	12	4	11
16	MN van Wyk (SA)	7	7	8	7	1	11
17	NJ O’Brien (Ire)	9	9	9	8	1	10
18	PA Patel (India)	21	21	21	15	6	10
19	W Barresi (Neth)	10	10	10	6	4	10
20	MS Dhoni (India)	24	24	23	17	6	10
21	AB de Villiers (SA)	10	10	8	7	1	8
22	JP Duminy (SA)	15	15	12	12	0	8
23	MH Yardy (Eng)	9	9	7	7	0	8
24	GC Smith (SA)	15	15	11	11	0	7
25	PR Stirling (Ire)	11	11	8	8	0	7
26	AN Kervezee (Neth)	7	7	5	5	0	7
27	JH Kallis (SA)	10	10	7	7	0	7
28	KJ O’Brien (Ire)	12	12	8	8	0	7
29	RJ Peterson (SA)	9	9	6	6	0	7
30	RR Patel (Kenya)	6	6	4	4	0	7

Where are the Top Wicketkeeper/ Fielders of 2010?

There is no Paine! He was tipped out of the team by teammate Haddin. Haddin cemented his place in the side and was overall 4th in the World (down from 1st). Sangkarradropped from no 2 to no 10. Even de Villers had a mighty fall from 5th to 21st.

S.No. Name Country
1 Haddin (Aus) 4
2 Sangkarra (SL) 10
3 Paine (Aus) DNP
4 Buurman (Neth) DNP
5 AB de Villers (SA) 21

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

The Great Race!

admin — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:45:58 +0000

It’s a great race to score runs between Sachin, Sehwag and Yuvraj! Let’s see who wins this race!! They’ve already totaled more than 1000 runs (1062 to be exact) in this world cup. And the next team is Sri Lanka, with their top 3 having scored 910. Sure, they can catch up by the next match. But with Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli on their heels – it is the best set of 5 batsmen any country has in this world cup!

And the fact that Sachin has so far hit 8 sixes, which makes him the 3rd highest 6 hitter in this world cup, and you know where he’s heading. And Yuvraj has hit only 3 sixes! So now we know why Tendulkar has been so prolific, now that the rebel has come home.

You can look forward to India lifting the trophy once again. And you can say, “Jab Jab prithvi par kisi cricket team ney aatank failaya hai, tab tab ek Hindustani Veer Yodha Team ney janm liya hai!”

Only twice have a team won the World cup more than once in succession. And each of those times, they needed an Indian Team to stop them!

ODI Rankings 2010 are out!

admin — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:12:19 +0000

My Cricket player rankings are out! And you won’t be able to easily guess who is the Most Valuable Player!!
A Total of 366 players took the field in 2010 as against 368 in 2009 (this number is getting smaller every year for the last few years).

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

ODI Team Rankings 2010 (all teams)
ODI Most Valuable Players – All Rounders 2010 (all teams)
ODI Batsmen Rankings 2010 (all teams)
ODI Bowler Rankings 2010 (all teams)
ODI Best Wicketkeepers/ Fielders 2010 (all teams)

You can check out previous year’s rankings here (ODI Team Rankings 2009)

India finished at the top in the ODI rankings this year. India had a phenomenal year and they won matches without their main batsmen at times. They rose to No. 1 in ranking. They won 12 out of 16 matches they played. South Africa came at No. 2 followed by West Indies, England and Australia.

Sachin Tendulkar played just 2 matches in 2010. However, by scoring the all-time high of 200* he made it to the top of the heap as the most valuable player of any team. He had a strike rate of 134! He beat the likes of AB de Villiers, Kallis, Amla, Flintoff, Sehwag, Pollock, Afridi, Maharoof, Yuvraj, and Gayle just like that!

Otherwise, AB de Villiers scored 964 runs in 16 matches at an average of 80.33 and a strike rate of 102 to come second in the list. Hold on. He also took 22 catches and 1 stumping to be a part of 23 dismissals.

Amla was the most explosive batsman on scene in 2010. He scored 1058 runs averaging 75.57 in just 15 matches and a strike rate of 104.23.

Vineet’s ODI Team Rankings 2010 (all teams)

admin — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 04:30:49 +0000

Vineet’s ODI Team Rankings 2010 (all teams) are now out after a long wait. With this, all ODI rankings are done. I hope you’ve enjoyed going through these. You can check out previous year’s rankings here (ODI Team Rankings 2009)

India had a phenomenal year and they won matches without their main batsmen at times. They rose to No. 1 in ranking. They won 12 out of 16 matches they played. South Africa came at No. 2 followed by West Indies, England and Australia.

Rank
Team 2010

Rank	Team	2010
1	India	58.23
2	South Africa	52.59
3	Ireland*	49.81
4	West Indies	49.55
5	Enqland	48.5
6	Australia	46.81
7	New Zealand	46.76
8	Sri Lanka	45.26
9	Pakistan	41.06
10	Kenya	39.08
11	Canada*	38.69
12	Bangladesh	36.08
13	Netherlands*	35.34
14	Afghanistan*	34.53
15	Scotland*	34.49
16	Zimbabwe	28.39

*Minnows are ranked only to show dark horse potential, since their ranking is based mostly on their performance with minnow oppositions.

Some interesting Team Stats for the Year 2010

Team	M	W	L	Tied	NR	W/L	Ave	RPO	HS	LS
South Africa	16	12	4	0	0	3	46.08	6.01	399	224
Sri Lanka	22	15	6	0	1	2.5	37.37	5.23	312	115
England	17	12	5	0	0	2.4	35.48	5.42	347	212
Australia	25	16	8	0	1	2	37.22	5.35	324	190
Ireland	17	11	6	0	0	1.83	28.98	4.72	325	177
India	27	17	10	0	0	1.7	37.32	5.5	401	88
Afghanistan	13	7	6	0	0	1.16	26.69	4.56	289	88
Scotland	10	5	5	0	0	1	24.67	4.06	236	117
Netherlands	12	5	7	0	0	0.71	26.68	4.31	236	125
West Indies	17	6	10	0	1	0.6	28.57	5.08	316	143
Canada	11	4	7	0	0	0.57	24.08	4.31	288	108
Zimbabwe	20	7	13	0	0	0.53	25.02	4.44	289	104
Bangladesh	27	9	18	0	0	0.5	28.48	4.79	296	167
New Zealand	21	6	14	0	1	0.42	25.18	5.12	336	103
Pakistan	18	5	13	0	0	0.38	25.69	5.14	385	127
Kenya	11	3	8	0	0	0.37	20.06	4.01	233	112

*These rankings are based on Teams who’ve played 5 matches or more. These rankings are prepared solely by myself based on owned algorithms. The Team rankings are based on Player performances alone. These have no relation with ICC or any other rankings calculated elsewhere in the world.

ODI Most Valuable Players 2010 (all teams)

admin — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:28:13 +0000

Vineet’s ODI Most Valuable Players 2010 (all teams) Rankings are out! You can check out the ODI Most Valuable Players 2010 here

AB de Villiers scored 964 runs in 16 matches at an average of 80.33 and a strike rate of 102 to come second in the list. Hold on. He also took 22 catches and 1 stumping to be a part of 23 dismissals.

Jacques Kallis of South Africa has appeared out of nowhere to come third on the MVP list of 2010! No wonders he was single handedly responsible for the destruction of India and some other teams. He made this list almost entirely on his bowling performance. He scored just 57 runs in 18 matches he played, nevertheless at an average of 19.0 at an amazing strike rate of 103.63!! But wait, while bowling he took 48 wickets in 18 matches at an average of 10.12 RPW at a strike rate of just 16.9 balls to finish with an enviable economy rate of 2.58!! He also took 3 catches. What an awesome package!!

Hashim Amla of South Africa returned fourth with an average of 75.57 at a strike rate of 104 while scoring an astounding 1058 runs in 15 matches he played. He also took 6 catches.

Shahid Afridi of Pakistan returned fifth with an average of 33.38 at a phenomenal strike rate of 144.12 (that’s better than most batsmen) while scoring 601 runs in 18 matches he played. He took 19 wickets at an average of 45.05 RPW at a strike rate of 34 balls and eco rate of 4.87!! He also took 9 catches.

RN ten Doeschate of Netherland played less than 5 matches but he was allowed to be ranked since he’s been performing at a very high level. In the 3 matches he played he scored 208 runs at an average of 104 at a strike rate of 87.76.He also took 4 wickets at an average of 22.0 and an eco rate of 4.0! Phew!! This is the most awesome cricketing package! And he’s not retired yet. He’s going to be at the World Cup!!

Parthiv Patel, Sarwan, Bosman, Cook and Gunasekara (Can) also performed well but did not play the regulation 5 matches to be ranked.

No	Player	M	R	HS	Ave	SR	R	W	Ave	Eco	SR	Ct	St	VRKP
1	SR Tendulkar (India)*	2	204	200*	204	134						0	0	138.0
2	AB de Villiers (SA)	16	964	114*	80.33	102						22	1	80.9
3	JH Kallis (SA)	12	593	104*	59.3	89	302	11	27.45	4.87	33.8	9	0	79.4
4	HM Amla (SA)	15	1058	129	75.57	104						6	0	78.7
5	Shahid Afridi (Pak)	18	601	124	33.38	144	856	19	45.05	4.96	54.4	4	0	72.1
6	PR Stirling (Ire)	17	771	177	45.35	91	306	10	30.6	4.51	40.7	10	0	70.3
7	JDP Oram (NZ)	6	109	83	36.33	179	150	6	25	3.4	44	1	0	68.8
8	RN ten Doeschate (Neth)*	3	208	109*	104	88	87	4	21.75	3.95	33	0	0	66.3
9	DL Vettori (NZ)	15	324	70	23.14	85	539	21	25.66	3.85	40	7	0	66.3
10	Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)	27	787	106	32.79	80	1196	46	26	4.8	32.4	12	0	66.1
11	DJ Bravo (WI)	8	204	74	25.5	90	339	15	22.6	4.75	28.5	1	0	64.5
12	RJ Harris (Aus)	16	36	21	9	144	607	40	15.17	4.63	19.6	4	0	64.1
13	AJ Strauss (Eng)	14	806	154	57.57	96						11	0	63.0
14	DJG Sammy (WI)	14	157	58*	39.25	122	427	15	28.46	4.27	40	10	0	62.3
15	KJ O’Brien (Ire)	17	452	98*	41.09	69	542	25	21.68	4.27	30.4	4	0	62.2
16	SE Bond (NZ)	5	53	19	17.66	98	189	9	21	4.37	28.7	0	0	61.7
17	SR Watson (Aus)	21	771	69	36.71	88	512	22	23.27	5	27.9	8	0	61.4
18	GD Drummond (Scot)	10	115	35*	28.75	120	279	10	27.9	3.57	46.8	2	0	60.7
19	TM Odoyo (Kenya)	9	149	52*	21.28	67	250	14	17.85	3.6	29.7	2	0	60.1
20	DT Johnston (Ire)	16	147	42*	18.37	111	436	20	21.8	3.52	37.1	4	0	58.7
21	GP Swann (Eng)	14	68	33	11.33	101	523	28	18.67	4.25	26.3	6	0	58.1
22	KAJ Roach (WI)	6	3	2*		150	214	10	21.4	4.18	30.7	0	0	57.2
23	HS Baidwan (Can)	8	32	17*	32	73	317	16	19.81	4.28	27.7	2	0	57.2
24	JF Mooney (Ire)	16	374	55	37.4	80	194	9	21.55	3.8	34	8	0	56.9
25	Mohammad Shahzad (Afgh)	12	517	118	47	93						14	3	55.8
26	YK Pathan (India)	12	281	123*	46.83	122	348	12	29	5.52	31.5	6	0	55.8
27	AD Mathews (SL)	14	291	77*	48.5	85	241	10	24.1	4.15	34.8	5	0	55.7
28	KA Pollard (WI)	15	391	62	27.92	99	497	18	27.61	5.14	32.2	5	0	55.7
29	SM Davies (Eng)	5	197	87	39.4	106						7	0	55.6
30	KC Sangakkara (SL)	17	726	74	48.4	84						27	4	55.4

* as a special case Doeschate has been ranked even after playing 3 matches
* as a special case Tendulkar has been ranked even after playing 2 matches

Where are the 2009 Most Valuable Players?

There are some drop outs, but they deserved it except Doeschate who could not play the regulation 5 matches to be ranked, but was allowed as a special case.

S.No. Name Country
1 RN ten Doeschate (Neth) 3 – played less than 5 matches but he was allowed to be ranked since he’s been performing at a very high level. In the 3 matches he played he scored 208 runs at an average of 104 at a strike rate of 87.76.He also took 4 wickets at an average of 22.0 and an eco rate of 4.0! Phew!! This is the most awesome cricketing package! And he’s not retired yet. He’s going to be at the World Cup!!
2 Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) 7
3 E Schiferli (Neth) DNP
4 DT Johnston (Ire) 16
5 Mashrafe Mortaza (Ban) 99

ODI Batsmen Rankings 2010 (all teams)

admin — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:29:04 +0000

Well January is back, and so is the Fifth edition of Vineet’s Cricket Rankings (check out the ODI Batsmen Rankings 2009 here)! And though there are some surprises, the top of the heap is captured by none other than one of the emerging cricketers of South Africa- Hashim Amla!! He is followed by another South African – AB de Villiers! Going into the World Cup, South Africa is thus the best batting line up today!!! Amla was the most explosive batsman on scene in 2010. He scored 1058 runs averaging 75.57 in just 15 matches and a strike rate of 104.23. Although he way beyond Shahid Afridi’s strike rate of 144.12 but his astonishing average pipped the vacillating Afridi by miles. He smashed 5 centuries and 4 half-centuries on the way to achieving this. Sachin Tendulkar played just 2 matches and could not be considered for this ranking. However, he smashed an astonishing 200* and must be considered at the top of the heap.

He is followed by AB de Villiers who scored 964 runs in just 16 matches at a nice average of 80.33 (higher than last year) at a nice strike rate of 102.11 (much higher than last year)!! He smashed 5 centuries and 4 half-centuries on the way to achieving this. Andy Strauss appeared from nowhere to take the 3rd spot scoring 806 runs in 14 matches at a nice average of 57.57 at a good strike rate of 95.95! He smashed 2 centuries and 6 half-centuries on the way to achieving this. Gautam Gambhir (AVE 55.83 SR 93.96), TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka (AVE 51.16 SR 98.92) and Kallis of South Africa (AVE 59.3 SR 89.3) follow at 4,5 and 6. So the year 2010 was heavily dominated by South African Batsmen. Indian batsmen to some extent also shone but were far away from the South Africans, and the Pakistanis trail at no. 3.

But then who are the teams of 2010? Well South Adfrica is right there at the top with 5 batmsen in Top 14. And next are Indians and Pakistanis. India has 6 batsmen in top 30.

No	Player	R	Ave	SR	Pt
1	HM Amla (SA)	1058	75.57	104.23	74.7
2	AB de Villiers (SA)	964	80.33	102.11	66.5
3	AJ Strauss (Eng)	806	57.57	95.95	55.1
4	G Gambhir (India)	670	55.83	93.96	47.6
5	TM Dilshan (SL)	921	51.16	98.92	47.6
6	JH Kallis (SA)	593	59.3	89.3	46.8
7	Shahid Afridi (Pak)	601	33.38	144.12	43.6
8	EJG Morgan (Eng)	691	53.15	93.88	42.7
9	V Sehwag (India)	446	40.54	108.78	41.8
10	Mohammad Shahzad (Afgh)	517	47	93.32	41.7
11	Abdul Razzaq (Pak)	331	55.16	108.52	41.5
12	PR Stirling (Ire)	771	45.35	90.59	40.6
13	JP Duminy (SA)	433	61.85	89.83	40.3
14	CA Ingram (SA)	288	57.6	93.81	38.6
15	TLW Cooper (Neth)	589	65.44	71.3	37.2
16	KC Sangakkara (SL)	726	48.4	84.41	37.2
17	MJ Clarke (Aus)	777	55.5	79.36	35.5
18	MEK Hussey (Aus)	825	45.83	91.56	35.4
19	V Kohli (India)	995	47.38	85.11	35.2
20	IJL Trott (Eng)	335	47.85	77.54	34.0
21	A Bagai (Can)	539	59.88	71.29	32.9
22	Tamim Iqbal (Ban)	776	33.73	96.15	32.4
23	SR Watson (Aus)	771	36.71	88.41	31.9
24	JEC Franklin (NZ)	252	63	78.26	31.3
25	YK Pathan (India)	281	46.83	122.17	31.0
26	CL White (Aus)	848	44.63	84.46	30.9
27	CH Gayle (WI)	456	32.57	97.02	30.8
28	SK Raina (India)	631	39.43	97.22	29.7
29	RG Sharma (India)	504	38.76	86	29.5
30	DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	509	42.41	79.9	29.4

Where are the top 5 batsmen of the year 2009?

1 TM Dilshan (SL) 5
2 V Sehwag (India) 9
3 SR Tendulkar (India) Did not play enough matches, but was surely at the top with his 200 not out!
4 AB de Villiers (SA) 2
5 NFI McCallum (Scot) 104

ODI Bowler Rankings 2010 (all teams)

admin — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:06:26 +0000

The ODI Bowler’s Ranking 2010 is out! in the Fifth edition of Vineet’s Cricket Rankings (Check out the ODI Bowler Rankings 2009 here)! And there are lots of surprises here, in fact, the bowling Top 30 almost got entirely revamped with a lot of new bowlers coming in. The small teams are leading possibly because of low scores in their matches. However, not to take away credit from their bowlers, we saw Kenya dominate the bowling attack for the first time in 4 years!! New Zealand bowlers also bowled quite well to take 3 positions in Top 14.

At the top of the heap is Ngoche of Kenya, who captured 13 wickets in the just 9 matches he played at 18.23 apiece. And he spent a miserly 3.08 runs per over to land right on top. He emerged out of nowhere in 2009 to be at the top in 2010. That seemsa to be a nice talent to watch for. He was followed by Mirwais Ashraf of Afghanistan who captured 9 wickets in the just 6 matches he played at 17 apiece. And he spent a miserly 3.32 runs

Odoyo of Kenya came third takung 14 wickets in 9 matches at 17.85 apiece. And he spent only 3.6 runs per over.

Ryan Harris of Australia was 4th claiming 40 wickets in 16 matches at 15.17 runs per wicket and an economy rate of 4.63 rpo. Now this puts him right at the top of heap of serious cricket playing nations. He was nowhere in the picture last year. So this seems to be a good year for new Australian talent, with Hadin just having topped the Fielding charts!

Graeme Swann established himself as a spinner to watch finishing 5th claiming 28 wickets in 14 matches at 18.67 runs per wicket and an economy rate of 4.25 rpo. After a long time an Indian made it to Top 20, and it was Munaf Patel, who bowled a few match winning economical spells this year. He took 7 wickets in 6 matches at 24.85 runs per wicket and at a very economical 3.86 per over.

No	Player	M	W	Ave	Eco	Pt
1	JO Ngoche (Kenya)	9	13	18.23	3.08	43.64
2	Mirwais Ashraf (Afgh)	6	9	17	3.32	41.80
3	TM Odoyo (Kenya)	9	14	17.85	3.6	39.56
4	RJ Harris (Aus)	16	40	15.17	4.63	38.70
5	GP Swann (Eng)	14	28	18.67	4.25	37.50
6	DT Johnston (Ire)	16	20	21.8	3.52	37.30
7	HS Baidwan (Can)	8	16	19.81	4.28	37.20
8	Hamid Hassan (Afgh)	9	16	20	4.08	36.98
9	JDP Oram (NZ)	6	6	25	3.4	36.00
10	DL Vettori (NZ)	15	21	25.66	3.85	35.50
11	Samiullah Shenwari (Afgh)	13	20	24.4	4.01	35.28
12	KAJ Roach (WI)	6	10	21.4	4.18	34.87
13	GD Drummond (Scot)	10	10	27.9	3.57	34.30
14	SE Bond (NZ)	5	9	21	4.37	34.30
15	SJ Benn (WI)	7	7	31.28	3.59	34.10
16	SO Ngoche (Kenya)	5	4	35.75	3.4	34.00
17	SL Malinga (SL)	11	18	20.5	4.24	33.96
18	MM Patel (India)	6	7	24.85	3.86	33.07
19	NG Jones (Ire)	11	8	20.75	3.43	32.97
20	CJ McKay (Aus)	13	27	19.59	4.8	32.77
21	AR Cusack (Ire)	11	13	18.92	3.96	32.22
22	KJ O’Brien (Ire)	17	25	21.68	4.27	32.01
23	HA Varaiya (Kenya)	5	6	29.83	4	32.00
24	GH Dockrell (Ire)	16	20	26.6	4.12	31.30
25	DJ Bravo (WI)	8	15	22.6	4.75	31.25
26	DE Bollinger (Aus)	19	28	23.39	4.36	31.14
27	R Ashwin (India)	7	14	23.21	4.92	30.80
28	Mudassar Bukhari (Neth)	11	14	25.28	4.21	30.63
29	Khurram Chohan (Can)	7	13	24.76	4.9	29.57
30	G Goudie (Scot)	6	9	22.77	4.57	29.30

Where are the 2009 Top Bowlers?

Only Johnston of Ireland was in the Top 10. All others crashed out of the list, especially Mashrafe Mortaza who took just 11 wickets in 15 matches at an average of 45.0 and at 4.9 rpo!

1 Mashrafe Mortaza (Ban) 94
2 DT Johnston (Ire) 6
3 E Schiferli (Neth) DNP
4 Abdur Razzak (Ban) 34
5 Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) 37

Where are the Indians? Well after Munaf at 18, Ashwin is at 27. He claiming 14 wickets in 7 matches at 23.21 runs per wicket and an economy rate of 4.92. Want to know who are performing for India? Well here are the stats, and you can even share these with the BCCI:

No	Player	M	W	Ave	Eco	Pt
1	MM Patel (India)	6	7	24.85	3.86	33.1
2	R Ashwin (India)	7	14	23.21	4.92	30.8
3	Harbhajan Singh (India)	6	9	28.11	4.77	27.3
4	PP Ojha (India)	7	8	33.12	4.47	26.7
5	P Kumar (India)	14	19	29.1	4.98	23.8
6	Yuvraj Singh (India)	15	11	33.54	4.39	23.4
7	RA Jadeja (India)	21	19	38.89	4.67	22.3
8	Z Khan (India)	10	11	37.09	5.06	20.4
9	A Mishra (India)	5	4	59.25	4.92	18.8
10	A Nehra (India)	20	28	31.96	5.76	16.4
11	YK Pathan (India)	12	12	29	5.52	14.8

ODI Wicketkeeper/ Fielder Rankings 2010 (all teams)

admin — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 18:34:28 +0000

The ODI Wicketkeeper/ Fielder Rankings 2010 is out! in the Fifth edition of Vineet’s Cricket Rankings (Check out the ODI Wicketkeeper/ Fielder Rankings 2009 here)!

Brad Haddin (Australia) did well to fill in the shoes of Adam Gilchrist. He shot to the top of this list as he had 33 dismissals in just 16 matches with 31 catches and 2 stumpings. Sangkkara (Sri Lanka) did well to enact 31 dismissals though he took 17 matches to do that and could finish second with 27 catches and 4 stumpings. Paine moved out of sight getting replaced by Haddin. But his performance got him the 3rd spot as he got out 14 batsmen in just 9 innings with 14 catches no stumpings. Dhoni was a dismal 9th with 23 dismissals including 19 catches and 4 stumpings.

The best non-wicketkeeper fielder on the list was Ross Taylor (New Zealand) again this year taking 16 catches in 20 matches he played in 2010. Next best was Andy Strauss (England) with 11 catches in 14 matches.

No	Player	M	I	Ct	St	Pt
1	BJ Haddin (Aus)	16	16	33	2	21.9
2	KC Sangakkara (SL)	17	16	27	4	18.2
3	TD Paine (Aus)	9	9	14	0	15.6
4	AF Buurman (Neth)	10	10	12	3	15.0
5	AB de Villiers (SA)	16	16	22	1	14.4
6	Mohammad Shahzad (Afgh)	12	12	14	3	14.2
7	MA Ouma (Kenya)	10	10	12	2	14.0
8	D Ramdin (WI)	14	14	18	0	12.9
9	MS Dhoni (India)	18	18	19	4	12.8
10	BB McCullum (NZ)	15	15	19	0	12.7
11	Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban)	25	25	19	11	12.0
12	T Taibu (Zim)	18	18	8	13	11.7
13	RD McCann (Ire)	8	8	9	0	11.3
14	GJ Hopkins (NZ)	11	11	11	1	10.9
15	C Kieswetter (Eng)	12	12	11	2	10.8
16	Kamran Akmal (Pak)	12	12	11	2	10.8
17	Jahurul Islam (Ban)	6	6	6	0	10.0
18	GC Wilson (Ire)	9	9	6	2	8.9
19	NJ O’Brien (Ire)	7	7	6	0	8.6
20	AD Poynter (Ire)	10	10	8	0	8.0
21	LRPL Taylor (NZ)	20	20	16	0	8.0
22	AJ Strauss (Eng)	14	14	11	0	7.9
23	JH Kallis (SA)	12	12	9	0	7.5
24	A Bagai (Can)	11	11	5	3	7.3
25	DJG Sammy (WI)	14	14	10	0	7.1
26	AR White (Ire)	17	17	11	0	6.5
27	CO Obuya (Kenya)	11	11	7	0	6.4
28	GC Smith (SA)	11	11	7	0	6.4
29	M Vijay (India)	8	8	5	0	6.3
30	NFI McCallum (Scot)	8	8	5	0	6.3

Where are the Top Wicketkeeper/ Fielders of 2010?

Well Paine who was no 2 last year stayed at no 3 this year before he was tipped out of the team by teammate Haddin. Haddin didn’t disappoint, finishing top. Sangkarra also improved from no 3 to no 2. Smits, last year’s topper, did not get a chance to play, but teammate Buurman did not disappoint, finishing 4th. Kamran Akmal and Taibu slipped out of top 10.

S.No. Name Country
1 J Smits (Neth) DNP
2 TD Paine (Aus) 3
3 KC Sangakkara (SL) 2
4 Kamran Akmal (Pak) 16
5 T Taibu (Zim) 12

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

T20 Worldcup 2010 News

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:25:56 +0000

Those of you who’ve forgotten that I don’t write about T20 WorldCup here, I must tell you tat you need to go to T20WorldCup.net to read my posts. They seem juicier under that title!!

ODI Rankings 2009 are out!

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:20:04 +0000

My Cricket player rankings are out! And you won’t be able to easily guess who is the Most Valuable Player!!
A Total of 368 players took the field in 2009 as against 369 in 2008 (considering that a couple of new teams like UAE and HK also played, this number is much smaller than in 2007).

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

ODI Batsmen Rankings 2009 (all teams)
ODI Bowler Rankings 2009 (all teams)
ODI Best Wicketkeepers/ Fielders 2009 (all teams)
ODI Most Valuable Players – All Rounders 2009 (all teams)
ODI Team Rankings 2009 (all teams)

You can check out previous year’s rankings here (ODI Team Rankings 2008)

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 and 2007!! But in 20087 he got to play just 2 matches – so he could not be ranked. Just for the record, if he was ranked he would have got 84.2 points (that’s higher than Ajantha Mendis – the No. 1 MVP of 2008 got!!) Thats a lot of talent being wasted – ICL and IPL are you listening?? Well check out the complete rankings now!!

Well, Ajantha Mendis appeared from nowhere and shot right to the top of the list as MVP 2008 (most valuable player)

Vineet’s ODI Team Rankings 2009 (all teams)

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:18:21 +0000

Vineet’s ODI Team Rankings 2009 (all teams) are now out after a long wait. With this, all ODI rankings are done. I hope you’ve enjoyed going through these. You can check out previous year’s rankings here (ODI Team Rankings 2008)

Bangladesh has a phenomenal year. They rose to No. 1 in ranking. They won 14 out of 19 matches they played. However, India rose 3 spots to Number 1. Australia came at No. 2 followed by South Africa, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

Rank
Team 2009

Rank	Team	2009
1	Bangladesh	46.51
2	Australia	46.23
3	South Africa	44.77
4	Pakistan	44.20
5	Zimbabwe	43.92
6	Sri Lanka	42.95
7	New Zealand	42.69
8	Ireland	42.05
9	India	41.01
10	West Indies	40.42
11	Netherlands	38.72
12	Enqland	35.31
13	Canada	29.63
14	Kenya	28.37
15	Scotland	28.19
16	Afghanistan	25.06
17	Bermuda	22.14

Some interesting Team Stats for the Year 2009

Team	M	W	L	T	NR	W/L	Ave	RPO	HS	LS
Ireland	8	7	1	0	0	7	37.46	4.93	256	-
Netherlands	6	5	1	0	0	5	34.77	5.04	304	188
Bangladesh	19	14	5	0	0	2.8	29.73	4.82	320	124
Afghanistan	3	2	1	0	0	2	32.13	4.82	295	180
India	31	17	10	0	4	1.7	41.19	5.88	414	149
Australia	39	23	14	0	2	1.64	35.4	5.14	350	131
South Africa	18	11	7	0	0	1.57	37.89	5.6	354	119
England	22	11	11	0	0	1	29.01	5	328	117
Zimbabwe	27	13	14	0	0	0.92	29.1	4.96	351	44
New Zealand	24	10	11	0	3	0.9	28.59	5.14	334	119
Sri Lanka	27	12	14	0	1	0.85	30.47	5.34	411	147
Canada	8	3	4	0	1	0.75	28.9	4.92	287	185
Pakistan	20	8	12	0	0	0.66	26.95	4.76	321	75
West Indies	21	4	15	0	2	0.26	25.87	5.12	319	128
Scotland	7	1	6	0	0	0.16	24.03	4.51	286	104
Kenya	18	2	15	0	1	0.13	23.67	4.58	270	113
Bermuda	2	0	2	0	0	0	35.71	5	259	-

ODI Most Valuable Players 2009 (all teams)

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:16:05 +0000

Vineet’s ODI Most Valuable Players 2009 (all teams) Rankings are out! You can check out the ODI Most Valuable Players 2008 here

RN ten Doeschate is back and how! He just managed to play 5 matches and Topped the MVP list of 2009! He made this list almost entirely on his allround performance. He scored 364 runs in 5 matches he played, at a striking average of 81.98!! But wait, while bowling he took 9 wickets in 5 matches at an average of 22.77 RPW at a strike rate of just 29.2 balls to finish with an enviable economy rate of 4.67!! He also took 4 catches. What an awesome package!! He beat the likes of Shakib, Flintoff, Sehwag, Pollock, Afridi, Maharoof, Yuvraj, Kallis, Collingwood, and Gayle just like that!

Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh came second with an average of 50.16 at a phenomenal strike rate of 109.05 (that’s better than most batsmen) while scoring 301 runs in 11 matches he played. He took 17 wickets at an average of 21.17 RPW at a strike rate of 28.4 balls and eco rate of 4.46!! He also took 2 catches.

Schiferli of Netherlands made this list at No. 3 based on his allround performance. In 6 matches he played, he scored 52 runs at an average of 26.0 at an astounding strike rate of 162.5! He also took 16 wickets at an average of 15.06 RPW and a strike rate of 21.2 at an eco rate of 4.25 RPO. He also took 1 catch.

Johnston of Ireland made this list at No. 4 based on his allround performance. In 7 matches he played, he scored 41 runs at an average of 41 at a good strike rate of 107.89. He also took 13 wickets at an average of 14.46 RPW and a strike rate of 28.6 at an eco rate of 3.02 RPO. He also took 3 catches.

Mashrafe Mortaza came 5th solely on his bowling prowess. In 6 matches he played, he scored 8 runs at an average of 2.66 at a strike rate of 36.66. Nevertheless he took 14 wickets at an average of 20.92 RPW and a strike rate of 23.5 at an eco rate of 2.78 RPO. He also took 3 catches.

Sno	Player	M	R	Ave	SR	100	50	Ct	St	R	W	Ave	Eco	VRK
1	RN ten Doeschate (Neth)	5	364	121.33	81.98	1	3	4	0	205	9	22.77	4.67	113.1
2	Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)	19	671	51.61	106.17	2	4	8	0	595	26	22.88	3.48	91.5
3	E Schiferli (Neth)	6	52	26	162.5	0	0	1	0	241	16	15.06	4.25	77.8
4	DT Johnston (Ire)	7	41	41	107.89	0	0	3	0	188	13	14.46	3.02	73.9
5	Mashrafe Mortaza (Ban)	6	8	2.66	26.66	0	0	3	0	153	14	10.92	2.78	69.9
6	SR Watson (Aus)	24	1013	50.65	84.48	3	3	7	0	621	29	21.41	5	68.8
7	Rizwan Cheema (Can)	8	242	34.57	129.41	0	2	1	0	205	5	41	4.15	68.8
8	Mohammad Aamer (Pak)	11	155	38.75	84.69	0	1	6	0	405	19	21.31	4.32	67.0
9	WK McCallan (Ire)	6	36	0	109.09	0	0	0	0	191	8	23.87	3.53	64.5
10	Abdur Razzak (Ban)	8	20	6.66	68.96	0	0	3	0	332	22	15.09	4.69	64.5
11	PD Collingwood (Eng)	19	705	50.35	83.92	1	4	11	0	552	17	32.47	5.11	62.3
12	TM Dilshan (SL)	19	1000	55.55	103.19	4	2	8	0	146	1	146	6.58	59.5
13	JP Duminy (SA)	17	475	36.53	93.32	1	2	12	0	263	10	26.3	4.87	56.7
14	Shahid Afridi (Pak)	20	313	19.56	105.03	0	1	4	0	807	27	29.88	4.43	56.4
15	DL Vettori (NZ)	22	259	28.77	93.84	0	0	8	0	688	24	28.66	4.06	54.9
16	V Sehwag (India)	20	810	45	136.59	3	2	5	0	167	4	41.75	5.06	54.9
17	RW Price (Zim)	27	154	12.83	63.11	0	0	8	0	907	44	20.61	3.8	54.7
18	M Muralitharan (SL)	16	113	22.6	154.79	0	0	5	0	648	22	29.45	4.77	53.1
19	JH Kallis (SA)	12	538	44.83	81.76	0	5	3	0	287	4	71.75	5.03	52.0
20	AB de Villiers (SA)	17	762	54.42	92.81	1	6	12	0	0	0	0	0	51.9
21	MS Dhoni (India)	29	1198	70.47	85.57	2	9	26	11	14	1	14	7	51.9
22	Saeed Ajmal (Pak)	18	68	17	66.66	0	0	4	0	604	23	26.26	3.96	51.5
23	Naved-ul-Hasan (Pak)	7	89	44.5	125.35	0	0	2	0	301	9	33.44	5.47	51.3
24	H Masakadza (Zim)	27	1087	43.48	88.08	3	5	12	0	313	9	34.77	5.49	50.8
25	KMDN Kulasekara (SL)	23	203	22.55	86.38	0	1	6	0	934	34	27.47	5.02	50.7
26	Yuvraj Singh (India)	23	783	39.15	95.95	2	5	3	0	564	14	40.28	5.33	50.6
27	DJ Bravo (WI)	11	220	27.5	84.29	0	2	6	0	369	16	23.06	5.3	50.5
28	WB Rankin (Ire)	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	235	12	19.58	4.12	50.5
29	RM West (Ire)	8	53	26.5	147.22	0	0	3	0	244	7	34.85	3.78	50.3
30	AG Cremer (Zim)	19	95	13.57	67.37	0	0	6	0	709	32	22.15	4.49	50.3

Where are the 2008 Most Valuable Players?

Well most of them slipped into oblivion except Virender Sehwag who was visible on the radar.

S.No. Name Country
1 BAW Mendis (SL) 117
2 A Flintoff (Eng) DNP required 5 matches to be eligible
3 V Sehwag (India) 16
4 JDP Oram (NZ) 97
5 SM Pollock (SA) Retired

ODI Batsmen Rankings 2009 (all teams)

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:15:27 +0000

Well January is back, and so is the Fourth edition of Vineet’s Cricket Rankings (check out the ODI Batsmen Rankings 2008 here)! And though there are some surprises, the top of the heap is captured by none other than one of the most explosive cricketers of 21st century – Virender Sehwag!! However he was relegated to the second spot this time by a new star who took every team by storm. Tillekaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka was the most explosive batsman on scene in 2009. He scored 1000 runs averaging 55.6 in just 19 matches and a strike rate of 103.2. Although he way beyond Sehwag’s strike rate of 136.6 but his astonishing average pipped Sehwag by miles. He smashed 4 centuries and 2 half-centuries on the way to achieving this.

He is followed by Virender Sehwag who scored 810 runs in just 20 matches at a nice average of 45.0 (lower than last year) at an extra-ordinary strike rate of 136.6 (much higher than last year)!! He smashed 3 century and 2 half-centuries on the way to achieving this. Not to be left behind, Sachin Tendulkar emerged like a Phoenix to finish 3rd this year scoring 962 runs in 21 matches at a very high average of 54 at a good strike rate of 94!! He smashed 3 centuries and 3 half-centuries on the way to achieving this. AB DeVilliers (AVE 54.4 SR 92.8), McCallum of Scotland (AVE 70.5 SR 89.5) and Chris Gayle (AVE 39.5 SR 117.5) follow at 4,5 and 6. So the year 2009 was heavily dominated by Indian Batsmen. South African batsmen to some extent also shone but were far away from the Indians, and the Australian Team trails at no. 3.

But then who are the teams of 2009? Well India is right there at the top with 6 batmsen in Top 30. And next are South Africa and Australia. South Africahas 5 batsmen in top 30 and Australia has 4 batsmen in top 30.

No.	Name	Runs	Ave	SR	VRK
1	TM Dilshan (SL)	1000	55.6	103.2	55.3
2	V Sehwag (India)	810	45.0	136.6	52.4
3	SR Tendulkar (India)	972	54.0	94.0	45.2
4	AB de Villiers (SA)	762	54.4	92.8	44.9
5	NFI McCallum (Scot)	282	70.5	89.5	44.1
6	CH Gayle (WI)	553	39.5	117.7	43.7
7	Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)	671	51.6	106.2	41.6
8	WTS Porterfield (Ire)	414	59.1	80.1	41.4
9	Rizwan Cheema (Can)	242	34.6	129.4	39.6
10	MS Dhoni (India)	1198	70.5	85.6	39.2
11	SR Watson (Aus)	1013	50.7	84.5	37.8
12	GC Smith (SA)	502	38.6	96.4	37.2
13	H Masakadza (Zim)	1087	43.5	88.1	36.3
14	MEK Hussey (Aus)	1166	48.6	90.8	36.0
15	JH Kallis (SA)	538	44.8	81.8	34.8
16	Umar Akmal (Pak)	311	44.4	92.0	34.4
17	PD Collingwood (Eng)	705	50.4	83.9	34.2
18	Yuvraj Singh (India)	783	39.2	96.0	33.5
19	RT Ponting (Aus)	1198	42.8	81.1	32.4
20	HH Gibbs (SA)	425	38.6	85.9	32.3
21	BJ Haddin (Aus)	716	37.7	88.6	32.2
22	EJG Morgan (Eng/Ire)	507	46.1	85.2	31.7
23	BRM Taylor (Zim)	590	42.1	84.0	31.6
24	WU Tharanga (SL)	523	40.2	82.4	31.6
25	JD Ryder (NZ)	374	34.0	100.8	31.4
26	S Chanderpaul (WI)	531	59.0	77.3	31.1
27	V Kohli (India)	325	54.2	84.4	30.5
28	F Mutizwa (Zim)	263	37.6	96.7	30.4
29	G Gambhir (India)	848	40.4	92.6	30.4
30	JP Duminy (SA)	475	36.5	93.3	29.5

Where are the top 5 batsmen of the year 2008?

1 V Sehwag (India) 2
2 Younis Khan (Pak) 142
3 BB McCullum (NZ) 49
4 Nasir Jamshed (Pak) 301
5 CH Gayle (WI) 6

ODI Bowler Rankings 2009 (all teams)

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:14:51 +0000

The ODI Bowler’s Ranking 2009 is out! in the Fourth edition of Vineet’s Cricket Rankings (Check out the ODI Bowler Rankings 2008 here)! And there are lots of surprises here, in fact, the bowling Top 30 almost got entirely revamped with a lot of new bowlers coming in. The biggest setback was that Australians, South Africans and Sri Lankans who were at the Top just slipped away and the minnows dominating this year’s list. Is there an uprising on the horizon?

At the top of the heap is Mashrafe Mortaza of Bangladesh, who captured 14 wickets in the just 6 matches he played at 10.92 apiece. And he spent a miserly 2.78 runs per over to land right on top. He emerged out of nowhere in 2008 to be at the top in 2009. That’s really an awesome talent to watch out for. He has been performing for Bangladesh for quite some time now and has been in this site’s Top 30 lists for 3 times earlier too.

David Johnston of Ireland came a surprise second taking 13 wickets in 7 matches at 14.46 apiece. And he spent a miserly 3.02 runs per over to land right on top at the second place.

Shiferli of Netherlands was 3rd claiming 16 wickets in 6 matches at 15.06 runs per wicket and an economy rate of 4.25 rpo

Abdul Razzak of Bangladesh was 4th claiming 22 wickets in 8 matches at 15.09 runs per wicket and an economy rate of 4.69 rpo. Shakib Al Hassan, again of Bangladesh took the 5th spot claiming 26 wickets in 19 matches at 22.88 apiece at a very miserly economy rate of 3.48 rpo. (there is no Indian in the list!!)

No	Player	M	W	Ave	Eco	Final
1	Mashrafe Mortaza (Ban)	6	14	10.92	2.78	32.20
2	DT Johnston (Ire)	7	13	14.46	3.02	29.80
3	E Schiferli (Neth)	6	16	15.06	4.25	17.50
4	Abdur Razzak (Ban)	8	22	15.09	4.69	13.10
5	Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)	19	26	22.88	3.48	25.20
6	WB Rankin (Ire)	6	12	19.58	4.12	18.80
7	RW Price (Zim)	27	44	20.61	3.8	22.00
8	WK McCallan (Ire)	6	8	23.87	3.53	24.70
9	DE Bollinger (Aus)	7	14	19.64	4.25	17.50
10	Nazmul Hossain (Ban)	12	17	19.41	3.86	21.40
11	Mohammad Aamer (Pak)	11	19	21.31	4.32	16.80
12	Saeed Ajmal (Pak)	18	23	26.26	3.96	20.40
13	AG Cremer (Zim)	19	32	22.15	4.49	15.10
14	Mudassar Bukhari (Neth)	6	9	25.88	4.31	16.90
15	RN ten Doeschate (Neth)	5	9	22.77	4.67	13.30
16	RM West (Ire)	8	7	34.85	3.78	22.20
17	KM Dabengwa (Zim)	8	8	23.25	3.92	20.80
18	DL Vettori (NZ)	22	24	28.66	4.06	19.40
19	P Utseya (Zim)	23	25	31.72	4.07	19.30
20	Enamul Haque jnr (Ban)	7	10	29.3	4.43	15.70
21	GD Drummond (Scot)	5	8	27.75	4.65	13.50
22	Shahid Afridi (Pak)	20	27	29.88	4.43	15.70
23	NM Hauritz (Aus)	30	35	29.28	4.3	17.00
24	JM Anderson (Eng)	19	34	23.61	4.97	10.30
25	B Lee (Aus)	13	21	23.85	4.8	12.00
26	EC Rainsford (Zim)	9	8	35.37	4.1	19.00
27	J Botha (SA)	14	16	36.12	4.41	15.90
28	H Osinde (Can)	8	7	28.85	4.2	18.00
29	DW Steyn (SA)	15	26	27.26	5.08	9.20
30	WD Parnell (SA)	9	22	21	5.81	1.90

Where are the 2008 Top Bowlers?

Only Pollock retired at a high spot. All others crashed out of the list, especially Clark who simply went into oblivion with a dismal 3 wkts at 28.66, and a 4.06 rpo

50         BAW Mendis (SL) (1)
75
        T Mupariwa (Zim) (2)

**
          SM Pollock (SA) (3) – He’s retired from cricket

91
          Z Khan (India) (4)

343
         SR Clark (Aus) (5)

Where are the Indians? Well Harbhajan Singh at No. 58 is the topmost Indian. He claiming 31 wickets in 26 matches at 33.41 runs per wicket and an economy rate of 5.0. Want to know who are performing for India? Well here are the stats, and you can even share these with the BCCI:

No.	Player	M	W	Ave	Eco	Final
58	Harbhajan Singh (India)	26	31	33.41	5	21.92
83	A Nehra (India)	21	31	30.09	5.92	15.56
84	RA Jadeja (India)	14	10	50.6	5.18	15.34
85	P Kumar (India)	19	17	42.29	5.37	15.25
91	Z Khan (India)	13	14	43.14	5.69	13.87
95	Yuvraj Singh (India)	23	14	40.28	5.33	12.79
99	SK Raina (India)	27	5	43.2	5.02	11.65
100	I Sharma (India)	21	29	33.41	6.29	10.91
104	YK Pathan (India)	18	11	33.09	5.71	9.01
109	RP Singh (India)	8	5	53.2	5.91	7.15

ODI Wicketkeeper/ Fielder Rankings 2009 (all teams)

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:16:47 +0000

The ODI Wicketkeeper/ Fielder Rankings 2009 is out! in the Fourth edition of Vineet’s Cricket Rankings ( Check out the ODI Wicketkeeper/ Fielder Rankings 2008 here)!)!

Smith (Netherlands) did well to top this list as he had 13 dismissals in just 6 matches with 12 catches and 1 stumpings. Paine (Australia) did we to enact 24 dismissals though he took 15 matches to do that and could finish second with 20 catches and 4 stumpings. Dhoni like last year dismissed one of the maximum 37 batsmen with 26 catches and 11 stumpings but came 7th in the list. This time the maximum dismissals were made by Sangakkara who dismissed 39 batsmen in 27 matches with 34 catches and 5 stumpings to come 3rd.

The best non-wicketkeeper fielder on the list was Ross Taylor (New Zealand) taking 22 catches in 24 matches he played in 2009. Next best was Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan) with 11 catches in 13 matches.

No	Name	Mat	Ct	St	10
1	J Smits (Neth)	6	12	1	21.7
2	TD Paine (Aus)	15	20	4	16.0
3	KC Sangakkara (SL)	27	34	5	14.4
4	Kamran Akmal (Pak)	20	22	5	13.5
5	T Taibu (Zim)	9	9	3	13.3
6	A Bagai (Can)	7	9	0	12.9
7	MS Dhoni (India)	29	26	11	12.8
8	D Ramdin (WI)	15	18	1	12.7
9	MV Boucher (SA)	16	16	3	11.9
10	BJ Haddin (Aus)	20	22	1	11.5
11	GC Wilson (Ire)	7	5	3	11.4
12	Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban)	19	14	5	10.0
13	MJ Prior (Eng)	19	18	1	10.0
14	LRPL Taylor (NZ)	24	22	0	9.2
15	Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)	13	11	0	8.5
16	BB McCullum (NZ)	24	20	0	8.3
17	B Zuiderent (Neth)	6	5	0	8.3
18	MA Vermeulen (Zim)	11	9	0	8.2
19	RG Sharma (India)	9	7	0	7.8
20	F Mutizwa (Zim)	9	5	2	7.8
21	JP Duminy (SA)	17	12	0	7.1
22	AB de Villiers (SA)	17	12	0	7.1
23	CK Coventry (Zim)	15	9	1	6.7
24	BRM Taylor (Zim)	17	5	6	6.5
25	WTS Porterfield (Ire)	8	5	0	6.3
26	KJ O’Brien (Ire)	8	5	0	6.3
27	MA Ouma (Kenya)	18	9	2	6.1
28	DJG Sammy (WI)	12	7	0	5.8
29	PD Collingwood (Eng)	19	11	0	5.8
30	J Botha (SA)	14	8	0	5.7

Where are the Top Wicketkeeper/ Fielders of 2008?

Well only Gilchrist stayed put at No. 3 before he retired. Ramdin, Taibu and Sangakkara fell in performance and so did their countries. Matt Prior slid a little from No. 1 to No. 5.

S.No. Name Country
1 CS Baugh (WI) (out of team)
2 Kamran Akmal (Pak) 4
3 AC Gilchrist (Aus) (retired)
4 MS Dhoni (India) 7
5 MJ Prior (Eng) 13

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

ICC T20 World Cup 2009 Player Rankings

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:37:01 +0000

Well the World Cup is over and I know you all wait for the post-tournament Onedayers Rankings. Well, I have dropped T20 from my Curricula

Well not to disappoint you further, I have moved my T20 Blog to “T20 World Cup 2009” website. So you get the same tangy Rankings, in an entirely dedicated website. Did someone say “T20 has arrived”?

Some of the Highlights of the Ratings are:

Shahid Afridi is the Most Valuable Player
Kallis is the Best Batter
Pragyan Ojha is the Best Bowler
Neil O’Brien is the Best Wicket Keeper
Fletcher is the Best Fielder

Well not to hold you any more, here’re the lists

www.T20WorldCup.net launched

admin — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:31:57 +0000

It was becoming quite complicated maintaining T20 matches in OneDayers site without diluting the website’s philosophy. So all T20 lovers, please go to www.T20WorldCup.net website to know the results!

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