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Hussey goes to top of rankings

Mike Hussey has gone to first place in the latest International Cricket Council one-day batsmen rankings for the first time, after continuning his amazing form with the bat in the recent DLF Cup in Malaysia.

Hussey since making his debut against India in February 2004 has played 43 one-day internationals and is averaging 81.75 with one hundred and nine fifites to his name.

On the bowling front, Shaun Pollock has retained first place, but is being put under pressure from Brett Lee who has moved up four places to second in the rankings. Lee took 12 wickets from three games at an average of nine in the DLF Cup.

Pakistan and New Zealand have moved ahead of India in the team rankings after India missed out on making the DLF Cup final.

Batsmen Rankings

1 M Hussey (Australia) 805 pts
2 A Gilchrist (Australia) 789 pts
3 R Sarwan (West Indies) 769 pts
4 R Ponting (Australia) 758 pts
5 A Symonds (Australia) 752 pts
6 K Pietersen (England) 749 pts
7 G Smith (South Africa) 748 pts
8 M Dhoni (India) 747 pts
9 C Gayle (West Indies) 727 pts
10 K Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 723 pts

Bowlers Rankings

1 S Pollock (South Africa) 855 pts
2 B Lee (Australia) 784 pts
3 S Bond (New Zealand) 762 pts
4 N Bracken (Australia) 760 pts
5 G McGrath (Australia) 757 pts
6 I Bradshaw (West Indies) 752 pts
7 D Vettori (New Zealand) 750 pts
8 M Ntini (South Africa) 703 pts
9 H Singh (India) 700 pts
10 I Pathan (India) 676 pts

Team Rankings

1 Australia 131 pts
2 South Africa 124 pts
3 Pakistan 111 pts
4 New Zealand 111 pts
5 India 111 pts
6 Sri Lanka 107 pts
7 West Indies 102 pts
8 England 99 pts
9 Zimbabwe 33 pts
10 Bangladesh 33 pts
11 Kenya 0 pts

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