Oram takes over as world's top all-rounder in ODIs

DUBAI: New Zealand's Jacob Oram on Wednesday rose to the top of the ICC Player Rankings for One-day all-rounders after a series-winning performance in Bangladesh.
The 30-year-old scored 135 runs in the three matches against Bangladesh at an average of 67.50 and took four wickets at an equally impressive average of 12.50 and a miserly economy-rate of just 2.38.
The performance has helped him gain two places in the latest rankings, overtaking Andrew Flintoff of England and Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik.
Oram has also managed to gain no fewer than eight places in the rankings for ODI bowlers and is back in the top 10.
And to cap off an excellent series for him, he also gained eight places in the rankings for ODI batsmen, moving up to 33rd.
It was also a good series for Oram's team-mate, Kyle Mills who has moved into the top five in the bowlers' rankings for the first time after taking five wickets at 10.83 in the series.
Bangladesh enjoyed several positive moments during the series and its victory in the first match in Dhaka helped moved Saqibul Hasan up 14 places to 25th in the bowlers' rankings, taking over as his country's highest-ranked ODI bowler.
Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful rose 12 places to 47th position in the batting rankings but things were not so positive for team-mate Tamim Iqbal, who dropped five places to 40th after a relatively poor series for the 19-year-old from Chittagong.