Angelo Mathews surges to top of ICC ODI Player Rankings

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Following his tour of India, Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews has surged to the top of the Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings for ODI All-rounders for the first time, after accumulating 339 runs, including 139 not out and two half centuries (75 and 92 not out), to finish the series with an average of 113.00 with the bat.In doing so, he also moved up four places to a career high 10th place in the batting rankings.

The Lankan skipper also chipped in with four wickets and he now holds a nine-point advantage, with a tally of 420 points, over Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez in the all-rounder rankings. In the ICC Player Rankings for ODI Bowlers, Mathews has moved up five places to 24. Lahiru Thirimanne rose four places to 46 after scoring half-centuries in Kolkata and Ranchi (59 and 52 respectively). India whitewashed Sri Lanka 5-0 in their ODI series, making the tour a disaster for the under-prepared Sri Lankan team Sri Lanka will next face England at home in the first of seven ODIs on 26 November.