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LONDON, July 13: Andrew Flintoff climbed to third in the world one-day all rounder ratings after helping England win the triangular series against South Africa and Zimbabwe.
It is the first time an England all rounder has been in the top three in Test or One-day International ratings since Ian Botham.
The top one-day all rounder is again South Africa’s Jacques Kallis, whose batting returned to its pre-World Cup levels during the tournament.
South Africa fast bowler Shaun Pollock did not do enough in the series to sustain his number one bowling rating and was replaced at the top by Sri Lanka off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
In the batting ratings, England opener Marcus Trescothick remained seventh, Flintoff rose 14 places to 31st and captain Michael Vaughan climbed 17 spots to 47th.
Kallis (eighth) replaced Herschelle Gibbs as South Africa’s only representative in the top-10 batsmen.
Player Points Average
S.R. Tendulkar India 773 44.43
R.T. Ponting Australia 750 41.85
B.C. Lara West Indies 745 43.10
A.C. Gilchrist Australia 743 34.63
C.H. Gayle West Indies 735 36.61
M.G. Bevan Australia 730 54.80
M.E. Trescothick England 724 38.29
J.H. Kallis South Africa 716 44.63
M.L. Hayden Australia 714 41.44
R.R. Sarwan West Indies 713 48.09
M. Muralitharan Sri Lanka 893 22.32
G.D. McGrath Australia 884 22.38
S.M. Pollock South Africa 883 23.15
W.P.U.J.C. Vaas Sri Lanka 805 27.30
M. Ntini South Africa 805 23.35
B. Lee Australia 785 21.71
S.E. Bond New Zealand 756 19.00
J.N. Gillespie Australia 752 24.82
Zaheer Khan India 742 24.82
Harbhajan Singh India 728 28.29
A. Flintoff England 728 26.01
—Reuters
