Proteas snatch No 1 spot from Aussies
Posted on Feb 18, 2007 at 12:06 | Updated Feb 18, 2007 at 19:08
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Wellington: Australia have lost their ranking as the world's leading One-Day International side after a five-wicket defeat to New Zealand in a thrilling match in Auckland on Sunday.
New Zealand successfully chased down Australia's record Eden Park total of 336 for four with eight balls to spare to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in their Chappell-Hadlee series and condemn the Australians to a fourth straight defeat.
South Africa, who beat Pakistan 3-1 in a recent home series, have become the first team to replace Australia at the top of the rankings since they were introduced in October 2002.
Australia have slipped 7 rating points after five losses in their last six matches. South Africa have won 15 of their last 21, gaining 10 rating points. New Zealand have a chance to move to third place if they complete a whitewash.
India have moved to fifth place after the 2-1 series win against Sri Lanka.
(With inputs from CNN-IBN)
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Posted By Vipin
The australia 5 top player is not played last two matches. And m. Hussey is a new captain he is
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Posted By Karthik, Pune
In couple of years when some senior players from India leave, we are going to face the same problem.
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Posted By sudarshan
nice joke sir. aussies over hyped team. then what abt india? seems u didnt watch the cricket they played in
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Posted By Shyamal Bhattacharjee
Dear Sir,
What is so extra-ordinary about it.Since the last one year when I had started to write in this blogs,
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Posted By Sekhar
Wakeup Bro!!!
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