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Proteas slip down to third

Dubai - England's 2-1 series win with washed out matches in Johannesburg and Durban, has earned them three ratings points which has helped them go ahead of Pakistan in fifth position, while the series loss has pushed South Africa behind India into third spot.

World champions Australia continue to enjoy a comfortable eight-point advantage over second-placed India, but the middle of the table is quite congested with only 13 ratings points separating third-placed South Africa with seventh-placed Sri Lanka.

And with India to go head to head with Sri Lanka in the five-ODI series in Rajkot from 15 December, there could be more reshuffle depending how the series pans out.

A 5-0 clean sweep will take India to 126 ratings points, four behind Australia, while Sri Lanka's 5-0 series win will put both the sides on 115 ratings points. Sri Lanka's 3-2 series win will lift them to 110 ratings points and will drop India to 119 ratings points but ahead of South Africa.

In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, South Africa's AB de Villiers and Paul Collingwood of England have achieved career-best rankings to date.

De Villiers, who scored 145 runs in the three ODIs, has climbed two places to third position while Collingwood, who won the player of the series award for his 193 runs, has rocketed six places to 12th position in the latest rankings which were released on Friday.

However, the news is not so good for South Africa captain Graeme Smith and former England captain Kevin Pietersen. Smith, after scoring just 68 runs in the series, has dropped five places to eighth spot while Pietersen has fallen four places and out of the top 20 in 21st position after managing just 52 runs.

The batting list is still headed by India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni while Mike Hussey of Australia is in second position.

In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, England fast bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson have stormed up the order.

Broad, who took six wickets in two matches, has leaped eight places to seventh position while Anderson, who was the most successful bowler of the series with eight wickets, has rocketed 13 places to share ninth spot with Dale Steyn of South Africa who has slipped two places.

South Africa off-spinner Johan Botha has returned to the top 10 after climbing three places to 10th position.

The bowlers' list is still headed by New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori with Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan in second spot and Ray Price of Zimbabwe in third place.

In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders, Collingwood has climbed three places and now sits just outside the top five in seventh position.

Shakib Al Hasan leads the field with Shane Watson of Australia second, India's Yuvraj Singh third and a three-way tie for fourth spot between Jacques Kallis of South Africa, Pakistan's Shahid Afridi and New Zealand's Jacob Oram.
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