The list of teams of ODI cricket has been released by International Cricket Council. This list shows that Australia is at the top while Pakistan could only take the 7th position but Saeed Ajmal retained his 1st position in the bowler’s ranking despite his exclusion from the game.
According to ICC ODI ranking, Australia is leading with 120 points while 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th positions in the list are taken by India, South Africa, Sri Lanka, England and New Zealand respectively while Pakistan is at the 7th spot with 96 points.
According to the list of batsmen, there is no Pakistani player in the top 10 batsmen list of ODI while 1st and 2nd position are grabbed by the South African players. This list is shown below.
| Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Econ HS Rating |
| 1 ( – ) Saeed Ajmal Pak 748 22.18 4.13 810 v SA at Centurion 2013 |
| 2 ( – ) Sunil Narine WI 734 26.49 4.10 791 v SL at Jamaica 2013 |
| 3 ( – ) Dale Steyn SA 724 25.14 4.80 746 v Ind at Durban 2013 |
| 4 (+2) James Anderson Eng 706 28.84 4.90 719 v SA at The Oval 2013 |
| 5 ( – ) M. Johnson Aus 683 25.50 4.82 724 v Ban at Darwin 2008 |
In the ODI bowlers’ list, the first two positions are clinched by two bowlers who are prohibited to bowl due to suspicious action. These are Saeed Ajmal (1st) from Pakistan and Sunil Narine from West Indies (2nd). Dale Steyn, South African pacer, is at the 3rd spot.
This ICC world cup 2015 will start to 14 of Feb but Saeed Ajmal cannot participate i world cup 2015 due to illegal bowling action.