Brothers Brendon McCullum and Nathan McCullum are the leading BLACKCAPS in the new Reliance ICC T20I rankings.
Brendon is the second ranked batsmen behind England’s Eoin Morgan while Nathan is forth in the bowling list behind fellow spinners Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka), Graeme Swann (England) and Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan).
Reigning ICC World Twenty20 champion England was unveiled as the number-one ranked side with the BLACKCAPS in third sport behind Sri Lanka.
Former BLACKCAP captain Daniel Vettori was set to take top spot in the bowling rankings but his recent retirement from Twenty20 cricket meant he was not included in the list.
Reliance ICC T20I Rankings (as of 24 October 2011)
Batsmen
1 - Eoin Morgan, Eng
2 - Brendon McCullum, NZ
3 - Kevin Pietersen, Eng
4 - M. Jayawardene SL
5 - Suresh Raina, Ind
6 - T.Dilshan, SL
7 - K. Sangakkara, SL
8 - Umar Akmal, Pak
9 - Shane Watson, Aus
10 - Graeme Smith, SA
11 - David Warner, Aus
12 - Yuvraj Singh, Ind
13 - JP Duminy, SA
14 - Chris Gayle, WI
15 - Cameron White, Aus
16 - Gautam Gambhir, Ind
17 - Jacques Kallis, SA
18 - David Hussey, Aus
19 - Martin Guptill, NZ
20 - AB de Villiers, SA
Bowlers
1 - Ajantha Mendis, SL
2 - Graeme Swann, Eng
3 - Saeed Ajmal, Pak
4 - Nathan McCullum, NZ
5 - Johan Botha, SA
6 - Shahid Afridi, Pak
7 - Shaun Tait, Aus
8 - Darren Sammy, WI
9 - Harbhajan Singh, Ind
10 - Lasith Malinga, SL
11 - Morne Morkel, SA
12 - Mitchell Johnson, Aus
13 - Stuart Broad, Eng
14 - Shakib Al Hasan, Ban
15 - Dirk Nannes, Net/Aus
16 - Dale Steyn, SA
17 - Abdur Razzak, Ban
18 - Tim Bresnan, Eng
19 - Prosper Utseya, Zim
20 - Trent Johnston, Ire
All-rounders
1 - Shane Watson, Aus
2 - Shahid Afridi, Pak
3 - David Hussey, Aus
4 - M.Hafeez, Pak
5 - Chris Gayle, WI
6 - Yuvraj Singh, Ind
7 - Jacques Kallis, SA
8 - T.Dilshan, SL
9 - Albie Morkel, SA
10 - Abdul Razzaq, Pak
Teams
1 - England, 127
2 - Sri Lanka,126
3 - BLACKCAPS, 117
4 - South Africa, 113
5 - India, 112
6 - Australia, 111
7 - Pakistan, 97
8 - West Indies, 89
9 - Afghanistan, 75
10 - Zimbabwe ,54
