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Steve Smith hogs spotlight ahead of Oz-Kiwi Test series
Southee, Bond help Kiwis thrash Australia by 51 runs in Wellington ODI
Hero Honda buys Kings XI Punjab IPL team
No international matches in Ferozshah Kotla until 2010 end: ICC
After Sundays fiasco, Kotla not to host Test against South Africa in 2010
Vettori rues missed chances against the Aussies in ODI series
Ponting believes Smith is ready to debut against New Zealand
Rajasthan Royals win hearts with Pathans blitzkrieg despite losing to Mumbai Indians
Proteas players concerned over security arrangements during IPL-3: Smith
Flintoff will play again, says Moores
Injured Flintoff admits he might have played his last game
Flintoff eyeing 1-mn pound profit from sale of mansion he never slept a night in
Out of form Pietersen to play Test against Bangladesh
Rookie spinner Tredwell may make England debut against Bangladesh
Australia secure Chappell-Hadlee Trophy with six-wicket Auckland win
New Zealand ODI series: No replacement for injured Marsh
Hussey warns Kiwis not to target Clarke on Bingle
We want Clarke back as quickly as possible, says Hussey
Ponting confirms Clarke will play in first Australia-New Zealand Test
Oz batters wary of Vettoris slider
Brand Clarke to be promoted as appropriate Australian role model, says manager
Ponting confirms Clarke will play in first Australia-New Zealand Test
England take complete command against Bangladesh in Chittagong Test
Cook, Pietersen help England take complete command against Bangladesh
Howard supports Indias powerful off-field stature in world cricket
Howard could face tough challenge from ICCs Asian bloc: Murali
Sachin Tendulkar becomes UNs goodwill ambassador
Brian Lara lauds Sachin Tendulkar
India to take on South Africa in Jaipur ODI tomorrow
Dhoni regains number-one ODI batting position
Technical glitch delays test-firing of Advanced Air Defence (ADD) interceptor missile
Sri Lanka slams US State Department rights report
Cheryl Cole considering permanent move to LA?
Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor still at planning, says Centre
U-19 all-rounder Azam overjoyed after selection in Twenty20 World Cup squad
Scientists sequence Hydra genome
Vitamin D levels may have different effects on atherosclerosis in blacks, whites
Australia has regained the number one spot in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship after defeating South Africa by 141 runs in the first ODI of the five-match series in Durban on Friday.
Dubai, Apr.4 : Australia has regained the number one spot in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship after defeating South Africa by 141 runs in the first ODI of the five-match series in Durban on Friday.
Australia, which surrendered its top position to the Proteas after stand-in captain Johan Botha inspired his side to 4-1 victory in Australia earlier this year, had started the series trailing Graeme Smith's side by one ratings point. And such is the competitiveness at the top of the table that victory in the first ODI has given Australia a swing of three points as it now sits on 125 with South Africa on 123.
South Africa still has a chance to finish the series number one if it wins the series 3-2 or better. On the other hand, to return home with the number one tag, Australia needs to win the series 3-2 or better, while a 4-1 victory will put it on 127 ratings points and will drop South Africa to third position behind India on 121.
Meanwhile, England's 3-2 victory over the West Indies has earned Andrew Strauss' side one ratings point as it closes the gap with fifth-placed Pakistan to just three. The West Indies has stayed in eighth position on 92.
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has slipped five places to 13th position in the latest Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen. Pietersen scored 80 runs in four innings during the five-match series at an average of 20.00.
Pietersen's fall has pushed other players up the rankings with Ricky Ponting of Australia, Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka and India's Sachin Tendulkar gaining two places each in the latest rankings.
The batting chart is still headed by India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni followed by Michael Hussey of Australia in second place and West Indies' Chris Gayle in third.
Pietersen's team-mate Stuart Broad is another player to lose ground in the latest rankings as he drops five places to 12th spot in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers.
Australia's Mitchell Johnson gains three places to seventh position in the bowling rankings while James Hopes has moved up five places to 13th spot. Another bowler to make a significant move is South Africa vice-captain Johan Botha who gains three places and breaks into the top 10 on the highest rating of his career to date.
The leading bowler is still Nuwan Kulasekara of Sri Lanka, followed closely by Black Cap Kyle Mills, Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralidaran and another New Zealander Daniel Vettori, who each gain one place as Australia's Nathan Bracken slips up.
The top of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders remain unchanged with Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh still leading the way from England's Andrew Flintoff in second.
ANI
