5-0 win against Bangladesh will earn Kiwis fifth spot ahead of England
The Black Caps are all set to face off Bengali tigers in the first game of five-match one day series. Both the sides will test each other’s nerves at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur today at 03:30 GMT.
The five-match ODI series against Bangladesh will provide the Kiwis an opportunity to improve their ODI ranking by leapfrogging England into fifth place on the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Team rankings. Daniel Vettori is pretty hopeful
that his men will go ahead of England by winning the one-day series with a 5-0 margin.
The Black Caps are at present on equal points with the England team but are placed behind the English men when considered beyond the decimal points. Both England and New Zealand have 112 rating points in their accounts but a 5-0
win against Bengali tigers willd add two more rating points to the New Zealand account taking the side to 114 just one rating point behind http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, South Africa and India - who are all tied on 115 ratings points.
According to the latest Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship ratings, the World Champions Australia are leading the ODI rankings table with 132 rating points in its bag. India, Sri Lanka and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 are all locked on 115 with
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 standing second on the points table followed by the Sri Lankans. South Africa, though have 115 points in its account, but stand fourth when calculated beyond the decimal point. Then come England and New Zealand with 112 points rated fifth and sixth respectively.
New Zealand are leading ninth placed Mashrafe Mortaza’s men by 59 rating points. The gulf between the two sides rating points predicts an easy series win for visiting Daniel Vettori and his men, but nothing could be said with confidence
as the Bengalis are famous for making upsets against the top teams of the world including http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 and England as well. Their recent victory had come in their summer tour of England where the tigers had defeated Englishmen in their second game of the three-match
ODI series shattering England’s hopes of 3-0 whitewash.
Though a 5-0 whitewash will not affect http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754’s failure to seal all the five matches will mean that the Kiwis will lose points. Losing one match in the series the visitors would slip to 110 rating
points while the Kiwis will fall to 102 rating points in case they win the 5-match series with a 3-2 margin.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 by 20 runs. Had the Zimbabwe team won the series by a 3-0 margin, it would have climbed ahead
of tourists but the 20-run defeat in the final match of the series meant it follows the leading ICC associate team by one rating point.
Coming to the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, Ross http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hasan-c61990, being ranked 41.
The New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori is leading the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers' table followed by left-handed Shakib Al Hassan who trails Vettori by 67 ratings points. The left-hander is enjoying the
top spot on the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders while the New Zealand skipper is ranked fifth on the all-rounder’s table.
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