Mendis number one

ICC world Twenty20 rankings:

Sri Lanka’s mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis tops the inaugural ICC world Twenty20 rankings announced yesterday. Reigning world Twenty20 champions England top the inaugural rankings announced for the popular format of the game.

England, who won the the third edition of the World Twenty20 under Paul Collingwood in the West Indies last year, have a rating of 127 points and lead second placed Sri Lanka by just one point.

England are already world number one in Tests, while Australia top the one-day rankings.

Bangladesh, Ireland and Scotland have not played the required number of matches since the August 2009 (period from which the rankings have been drawn) and so were not placed in the rankings.

England’s Eoin Morgan tops the Twenty20 players rankings in the batting department and Australia’s Shane Watson is the world’s best Twenty20 allrounder.

Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene is fourth in the batsmen’s rankings.

AFP

ICC Twenty20 inaugural rankings 
Teams
1. England 		127 points
2. Sri Lanka 		126
3. New Zealand 		117
4. South Africa 	113
5. India 		112
6. Australia 		111
7. Pakistan 	  	 97
8. West Indies 	  	89
9. Afghanistan 	  	 75
10. Zimbabwe 	  	 54

Top five bowlers
1. A. Mendis 		Sri Lanka 748 points
2. G. Swann 		England 727
3. Saeed Ajmal 		Pakistan 721
4. N. McCullum 		New Zealand 711
5. J. Botah 		South Africa 703

Top five batsmen
1. Eoin Morgan 		England 832 points
2. B. McCullum 		New Zealand 799
3. K. Pietersen 	England 793
4. M. Jayawardene 	Sri Lanka 784
5. S. Raina 		India 742

All-rounders
1. S. Watson 		Australia 385 points
2. Shahid Afridi 	Pakistan 339
3. D. Hussey 		Australia 246
4. Mohammad Hafeez 	Pakistan 246
5. C. Gayle	 	West Indies 194