Sri Lanka edges past Pakistan into fourth; Hayden, Kallis and Jayasuriya move up batting rankings; Bond closes in on Pollock at top of bowling ladder

Australia can regain top spot in the LG ICC ODI Championship if it beats England in Antigua on Sunday.

Even if South Africa beats Bangladesh the day before, Ricky Ponting's side will move back up to number one if it can overcome Michael Vaughan and his men at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. However, that might only last two days as the Proteas will have the chance to snatch it back providing they can defeat the West Indies in Grenada on Tuesday.

That is how close it remains at the top of the ODI Championship. As such, whichever team gets further in the ICC Cricket World Cup between South Africa and Australia is likely to be the one to finish the tournament in top position.

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka has moved past Pakistan into fourth in the table following its thrilling two-run victory over England in Antigua on Wednesday and Mahela Jayawardene's team now has New Zealand in its sights. And despite that defeat, England is still just two ratings points behind India and can move up to sixth if it has a strong finish to the tournament.

In the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, Australia has demonstrated its dominance once again and now boasts six players in the top 15. Following his remarkable spell of recent form Matthew Hayden has jumped up 11 places to eighth position, breaking into the top ten for the first time since June 2005.

South Africa's Jacques Kallis is also back in the top ten for the first time since 2005 as he moves up nine places to seventh and there are also big moves for Sanath Jayasuriya (up three places to fourth) and Stephen Fleming (up six places to 19 th ).

At the top England batsman Kevin Pietersen has stretched his lead over Ricky Ponting in second and Michael Hussey in third. There are also career-best rankings for Ian Bell of England, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Chamara Silva of Sri Lanka, Brendan McCullum of New Zealand and Australia's Shane Watson.

Shane Bond's quest to become the best bowler in the world was boosted in recent weeks as he has closed the gap on Shaun Pollock at the top of the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers. Second-placed Bond has been showing great form in the tournament so far but he still has a long way to go to catch Pollock.

Australian veteran Glenn McGrath has moved up two places to third while team-mate Nathan Bracken has snuck into the top five with a fine start to the tournament for the New South Wales left-arm pace bowler.

Interestingly, the top eight one-day bowlers in the latest LG Rankings are split evenly between the top four ranked teams with two each for South Africa (Pollock and Makhaya Ntini) Australia (McGrath and Bracken), New Zealand (Bond and Daniel Vettori) and Sri Lanka (Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralidaran).

New Zealand's Jacob Oram has moved up 14 places to 15 th in the ladder while there are also career-best rankings for Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka, South Africa's Andrew Hall and Charl Langeveldt, and West Indies' Daren Powell.

Ireland 's bowlers have also been making their presence felt. Andre Botha has now established himself inside the top 100 and Boyd Rankin is the big mover, having gained 73 places up to 141 st following impressive performances against England and South Africa.

Sri Lanka 's Sanath Jayasuriya has overtaken Chris Gayle and Andrew Flintoff to move into second position in the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders. Top spot is still occupied by Pollock.

Jacob Oram is up to sixth – his best all-rounder ranking – while Scott Styris returns to the top 10 after a few months' absence. Of the eight highest rated all-rounders, South Africa, England and New Zealand have two each.

LG ICC ODI Championship

Rank   Team               Points

1          South Africa     127

2          Australia           127

3          New Zealand    115

4          Sri Lanka         110

5          Pakistan           110

6          India                 106

7          England            104

8          West Indies      101

9          Bangladesh       43

10        Zimbabwe        22

11        Kenya              0

(Developed by David Kendix)

LG ICC One-Day Rankings (after first nine games in Super Eight)

Batsmen

Rank      (+/-)        Player                    Team      Points    Ave         HS Ranking

   1           ( - )          Kevin Pietersen    Eng         808          56.53      808 v SL at Antigua 2007

   2           ( - )          Ricky Ponting       Aus        786          42.87      805 v SA at Johannesburg 2006

   3           ( - )          Mike Hussey        Aus        766          58.63      863 v NZ at Perth 2007

   4           (+3)         S.T.Jayasuriya      SL           761          33.16      838 v Ban at Pietermaritzburg 2003

   5           ( - )          Graeme Smith        SA          757          39.75      784 v Ind at Kolkata 2005

   6           (-1)          Mahendra Dhoni  Ind          739          44.15      806 v WI at Kingston 2006

   7           (+9)         Jacques Kallis       SA          725          45.60      816 v WI at Johannesburg 2004

   8           (+11)       Matthew Hayden Aus        722          43.62      854 v Ind at Centurion 2003

   9           (-5)          K.C.Sangakkara    SL           721          36.14      760 v Ind at Rajkot 2007

  10          (-1)          Andrew Symonds                Aus        715          38.37      774 v Ban at Fatullah 2006

  11          (-1)          Adam Gilchrist      Aus        714          35.90      820 v SL at Dambulla 2004

  12          (-2)          Mhd Yousuf         Pak          713          41.40      777 v SA at Rawalpindi 2003

  13          (-1)          Rahul Dravid         Ind          709          40.01      754 v WI at Kingston 2006

  14          (-6)          Chris Gayle            WI          708          37.98      804 v Aus at Mumbai 2006

  15          (-2)          Michael Clarke      Aus        706          44.14      749 v SA at Centurion 2006

  16          (-2)          R.R.Sarwan            WI          696          43.47      798 v Ind at St Kitts 2006

  17          ( - )          Yuvraj Singh         Ind          687          35.53      739 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2006

  18          (-3)          S.Chanderpaul      WI          686          38.20      754 v SA at Durban 1999

  19          (+6)         Stephen Fleming  NZ          678          32.77      697 v WI at Lord's 2004

  20          (-2)          H.H.Gibbs              SA          665          35.42      750 v SL at Durban 2003

Bowlers

Rank      (+/-)        Player                    Team      Points    Ave         Econ       HS Ranking

   1           ( - )          Shaun Pollock       SA          895          23.95      3.72        920 v Pak at Johannesburg 2007

   2           ( - )          Shane Bond          NZ          804          19.05      4.22        804 v Ban at Antigua 2007

   3           (+2)         Glenn McGrath     Aus        786          22.31      3.86        903 v SA at Bloemfontein 2002

   4           ( - )          Chaminda Vaas     SL           762          26.80      4.18        861 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2004

   5           (+1)         Nathan Bracken    Aus        744          21.99      4.40        786 v Eng at Brisbane 2007

   6           (-4)          M.Muralidaran     SL           737          22.96      3.84        913 v NZ at Sharjah 2002

   7           (-1)          Makhaya Ntini      SA          730          23.21      4.39        782 v WI at Cape Town 2004

   8           ( - )          Daniel Vettori        NZ          715          33.16      4.21        767 v Eng at Perth 2007

   9           ( - )          Brett Lee                Aus        707          22.65      4.69        853 v SA at Melbourne 2006

  10          ( - )          Ian Bradshaw        WI          674          28.55      4.29        792 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2006

  11          ( - )          Abdur Razzaq       Ban         665*       21.71      3.88        684 v Ind at Port-of-Spain 2007

  12          (+2)         Andrew Flintoff    Eng         651          25.59      4.36        755 v Ban at Dhaka 2003

  13          (-1)          M Mortaza            Ban         644          28.08      4.59        679 v Ind at Port-of-Spain 2007

  14          (-1)          Harbhajan Singh  Ind          641          32.45      4.13        735 v WI at Bridgetown 2002

  15          (+14)       Jacob Oram           NZ          636          30.23      4.51        766 v Aus at The Oval 2004

  16          ( - )          Ajit Agarkar          Ind          635          27.55      5.03        676 v WI at Kuala Lumpur 2006

  17          ( - )          Andrew Hall          SA          631          25.59      4.52        636 v SL at Guyana 2007

  18          (+2)         Lasith Malinga     SL           628*       23.44      4.81        628 v Eng at Antigua 2007

  19=        (-1)          Andre Nel              SA          617          29.43      4.67        656 v Pak at Centurion 2007

                ( - )          Kyle Mills              NZ          617          28.20      4.66        690 v Aus at Mohali 2006

                (-4)          Mhd Rafiq             Ban         617          38.60      4.41        650 v Zim at Bogra 2006

All-rounders

Rank      (+/-)        Player                    Team      Points                    HS Ranking

   1           ( - )          Shaun Pollock       SA          463                         483 v Pak at Johannesburg 2007

   2           (+2)         S.T.Jayasuriya      SL           406                         463 v Pak at Lahore 1997

   3           ( - )          Andrew Flintoff    Eng         394                         544 v SL at The Rose Bowl 2004

   4           (-2)          Chris Gayle            WI          383                         511 v Zim at Harare 2003

   5           ( - )          Jacques Kallis       SA          377                         505 v WI at Bridgetown 2001