Sanga moves up, Dilshan slips

Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara moves up one place to fourth in the Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings but his captain, Tillakaratne Dilshan, has dropped six places after a wretched series with the bat to sit joint-ninth with Australia captain Michael Clarke.

England off-spinner Graeme Swann has become the number-one ranked bowler in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers for the first time in his career after the 32-year-old claimed series figures of 8-164 against Sri Lanka.

England claimed victory in the fifth and final ODI of the series and by virtue of winning the enthralling series 3-2 has pushed Sri Lanka from third to fourth in the Reliance ICC ODI Championship. Sri Lanka has slipped below South Africa by a fraction of a ratings point while England has maintained its position in fifth.

In the bowler rankings, Swann’s ascension to the number-one spot has meant New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori has finally been knocked off the top, a place the former Black Caps skipper had occupied since September 2009.