Australian batsman Michael Hussey has jumped to the top of the ICC one-day international cricket rankings after another great batting performance in the recent one-day series in Malaysia.
Australia has four of the top five batsman at the head of the International Cricket Council one-day international rankings with Hussey on top for the first time, followed by Adam Gilchrist in second spot with Ricky Ponting at No.4 and Andrew Symonds at five.
West Indian batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan is at No.3 while Michael Clarke is the only other Australian in the top 20, sitting at No.11.
The ranking is justification for Hussey who has been the stand-out batsman for Australia since making his debut last season. He has 805 points and an incredible one-day batting average of 81.75. During the recent series in Malaysia he finished with an average of 152.
Three of the top bowlers in the rankings are also Australian with Brett Lee listed at two, Nathan Bracken at four and Glenn McGrath at five.
Lee's man-of-the-series performance in Malaysia where he took 12 wickets in three matches at an average of just nine propelled him back up the rankings but he is still more than 70 points behind South Africa's Shaun Pollock who holds down the top ranking.
Pollock still also heads the list for the best all-rounders ahead of Chris Gayle and Andrew Flintoff with Australia's Andrew Symonds in fourth.
Australia is still the top one-day international team, seven rankings points ahead of South Africa. India slipped two places to fifth to be behind Pakistan and New Zealand on decimal places as the teams prepare for next month's ICC Champions Trophy in India.
Latest ICC one-day international rankings
Countries
1 Australia (Rankings points)131
2 South Africa 124
3 Pakistan 111
4 New Zealand 111
5 India 111
6 Sri Lanka 107
7 West Indies 102
8 England 99
9 Zimbabwe 33
10 Bangladesh 33
11 Kenya 0
Batsmen
1 Mike Hussey (Australia) (Rankings points) 805 Batting Average 81.75
2 Adam Gilchrist (Australia) 789 Av. 36.42
3 R.R.Sarwan (West Indies) 769 Av 45.98
4 Ricky Ponting (Australia) 758 Av 42.04
5 Andrew Symonds (Australia) 752 Av 38.75
6 Kevin Pietersen (England) 749 55.28
7 Graeme Smith (South Africa) 748 39.87
8 Mahendra Dhoni (India) 747 Av 45.75
9 Chris Gayle (West Indies) 727 Av 38.36
ALSO
11 Michael Clarke (Australia) 718 Av 44.17
Bowlers
1 Shaun Pollock (South Africa) 855 Av 24.39
2 Brett Lee (Australia) 784 Av 22.17
3 Shane Bond (New Zealand) 762 Av 18.63
4 Nathan Bracken (Australia) 760 Av 20.69
5 Glenn McGrath (Australia) 757 Av 22.58
6 Ian Bradshaw (West Indies) 752 Av 26.48
7 Daniel Vettori New Zealand 750 Av 33.58
8 Makhaya Ntini South Africa 703 Av 23.12
9 Harbhajan Singh (India) 700 Av 30.74
10 Irfan Pathan (India) 676 Av 24.81
All-rounders
1 Shaun Pollock (South Africa) Rankings points 459
2 Chris Gayle (West Indies) 408 51
3 Andrew Flintoff (England) 387
4 Andw Symonds (Australia) 358
5 Irfan Pathan (India) 343
