With the news that Nathan Bracken and Michael Hussey have risen to the top of ICC Rankings for best ODI Bowler and Test Batsman respectively, I thought I’d take a look at the ICC Rankings for cricket for an objective view on the World’s dominant Test and ODI Batsmen, Bowlers and Teams.
Test Cricket
Team
Top Test Team: Australia
Gap from field: 19%
Batting
No 1: Mike Hussey
Dominant nation: Australia with 1, 4 (Ponting) and 9 (Hayden) are the only nation with 3 batsmen in the Top 10
Bowling
No 1: that mother chucker
Dominant Nation: Australia, Sri Lanka are close
Curiously, Shane Bond is ranked 9th and hasn’t played in 11 months!!
One Day Cricket
Team
Top ODI Team: Australia
Gap from field: 11%
Batting
No 1: MS Dhoni
Dominant Nation: Australia with 2 (Hussey), 4 (Ponting), 9 (Symonds) and 10 (Hayden) are the only nation with 4 batsmen in the Top 10
Bowling
No 1: Nathan Bracken
Dominant nation in Top 10: Australia, New Zealand are close
Well there you have it, the baggy greens are ranked number 1 by a considerable margin in Test and One Day cricket, and have the best performing players in each discipline. No wonder we hold the Ashes, World Cup, Border/Gavaskar Trophy, Chappell/Hadlee Trophy and the ICC Champions Trophy
