Dravid at fifth, Dhoni drops to 15th in latest ICC Player Rankings

Dubai, Aug 29 (UNI) Team India captain Rahul Dravid has made it to the top five ODI batsmen list in the latest LG ICC Player Rankings following his good form in the ongoing seven match series against England.

Dravid, who hit 46, 92 not out and 56 in the three matches, is at the fifth position with 738 points.

However, Mahendra Singh Dhoni who will be captaining India in the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa next month has dropped down ten places to 15th position following his dismal form in the first three matches of the series.

Australian captain Ricky Ponting continues his dominance on the batting chart with 799 points with Englishman Kevin Pieterson following him at 782 points. Australia's Mike Hussey 766 points and fellow Aussie Matthew Hayden 746 points are at the third and fourth positions respectively.

The LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers chart shows England's Andrew Flintoff, who took five wickets in the second ODI at Bristol, breaking into the top ten with 658 points.

Leading the chart is South Africa's Shaun Pollock, who is way ahead with 874 points, with a gap of 80 points between him and the next in line Nathan Bracken 794 points. New Zealand's Shane Bond is at the third place with 790 points while Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas and M.Muralidaran are at the fourth and fifth places with 741 and 730 points respectively.

In the team rankings, India remains at the fifth place with 110 points, only one point behind Sri Lanka at the fourth. However, Australia's dominance 129 points is continously under threat by South Africa 124 points who won the series against Zimbabwe 3-0. New Zealand 114 points is at the fourth place while England is at the eighth position following their two wins in three matches against India.

Rankings: LG ICC ODI Championship - Team Rankings 1. Australia 129 2. South Africa 124 3. New Zealand 114 4. Sri Lanka 111 5. India 110 6. Pakistan 108 7. West Indies 102 8. England 102 9. Bangladesh 48 10. Ireland 28 LG ICC One-Day Rankings - Batsmen 1. Ricky Ponting Australia 799 2. Kevin Pietersen England 782 3. Mike Hussey Australia 766 4. Matthew Hayden Australia 746 5. Rahul Dravid India 738 6. Graeme Smith South Africa 735 7. Adam Gilchrist Australia 729 8. Michael Clarke Australia 728 9. Andrew Symonds Australia 726 10. Ramnaresh Sarwan West Indies 724 LG ICC One-Day Rankings - Bowlers 1. Shaun Pollock South Africa 874 2. Nathan Bracken Australia 794 3. Shane Bond New Zealand 790 4. Chaminda Vaas Sri Lanka 741 5. M.Muralidaran Sri Lanka 730 6. Daniel Vettori New Zealand 697 7. Makhaya Ntini South Africa 687 8. Brett Lee Australia 686 9. Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka 684 10. Andrew Flintoff England 658 LG ICC One-Day Rankings - All-rounders 1. Shaun Pollock South Africa 473 2. Andrew Flintoff England 375 3. Jacques Kallis South Africa 370 4. S.T.Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 368 5. Chris Gayle West Indies 366 UNI