Pollock moves fourth in all-time LG ICC ODI Player Rankings for bowlers

South Africa all-rounder Shaun Pollock has moved to fourth in the all-time LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers following yet another stellar performance for his country.

The 33-year-old took a remarkable 2-13 off ten overs in his country's most recent ODI against Pakistan in Cape Town cementing his place as one of the most consistent one-day bowlers in the world.

This moves Pollock up to a personal best rating of 910 points and clear leader at the top of the current LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers. He is an outstanding 118 points ahead of Australia's Glenn McGrath in second place.

Pollock is now ranked fourth in the all-time list, just three ratings points behind Muttiah Muralidaran's best ever rating of 913 that he managed against New Zealand in April 2002.

The all-time list is headed by West Indies fast bowler Joel Garner, who reached 940 points after playing New Zealand in 1985 while Kiwi legend Richard Hadlee is in second spot with 923 points, a mark he reached against Sri Lanka in 1983.

Only five ODI bowlers in history have passed the magic 900-point mark with the fifth being McGrath, who managed it back in March 2002.

The top-ten all-time list is as follows:

Meanwhile, Pollock's South Africa team-mate Makhaya Ntini is also making moves in the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, having gone up two places to third spot overall.

The 29-year-old fast bowler has moved past New Zealand slow left-armer Daniel Vettori and Australia pacer Brett Lee, giving an idea of why the Proteas are such a strong one-day side at the moment.

South Africans Andrew Hall and Charl Langeveldt are also upwardly mobile, with Hall moving up six places to 19th position and Langeveldt up 10 places to 41st spot.

It has also been a big week for Bangladesh's Mashrafe bin Mortaza who is placed 11th in the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers. If he continues the way he is going he could become the first player from his country to enter the top ten in any category.

England's improvements have been illustrated by the fact that it now has two players in the top ten of the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders. Andrew Flintoff has moved up one place to third position while Paul Collingwood has broken into the top ten for the first time, moving up four places to seventh spot.

Pollock is still the top ranked all-rounder with Chris Gayle of the West Indies in second place.

Collingwood is enjoying a successful spell at present and apart from the all-rounder rankings he has also reached his personal best in the LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen having moved up no fewer than 16 places to 23rd position.

There are also career bests for Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka, who has moved up three places to fifth spot and England's Ian Bell, who is now 31st.

The LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen are still headed by Mike Hussey with his Australia team-mate Ricky Ponting in second place and England's Kevin Pietersen in third spot.

The remaining schedule for the South Africa v Pakistan ODI series is as follows:
14 Feb - fifth ODI, Johannesburg

The remaining schedule for the India v Sri Lanka ODI series is as follows:
14 Feb - third ODI, Margao
17 Feb - fourth ODI, Visakhapatnum

The schedule for the Chappell-Hadlee (New Zealand v Australia) ODI series is as follows:
16 Feb - first ODI, Wellington
18 Feb - second ODI, Auckland
20 Feb - third ODI, Hamilton

More details of the latest LG ICC Player Rankings as well as the ODI and Test Championships can be found here