South Africa has retained the top spot in the ICC ODI Team Rankings after completing a 3-2 series win over New Zealand on Saturday.
South Africa remained on its pre-series tally of 119 points, one point ahead of Australia. New Zealand too remained at 113 points in third position, with India fourth at 112 points.
South Africa had to win Saturday’s final match of the series against New Zealand to retain the top spot. Had South Africa lost the match and the series, it would have been edged by Australia with both teams on 118 points in such a scenario.
South Africa had regained the top ranking last month after its 5-0 win over Sri Lanka even as Australia had lost 2-0 against New Zealand.
The victory in New Zealand was South Africa's third successive one-day series success and have now recorded six wins of their last seven rubbers in readiness for the Champions Trophy in England and Wales this June.
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MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 4 March, after New Zealand-South Africa ODI series)
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
South Africa |
119 |
| 2 |
Australia |
118 |
| 3 |
New zealand |
113 |
| 4 |
India |
112 |
| 5 |
England |
107 |
| 6 |
Sri Lanka |
98 |
| 7 |
Bangladesh |
91 |
| 8 |
Pakistan |
89 |
| 9 |
West Indies |
86 |
| 10 |
Afghanistan |
53 |
| 11 |
Zimbabwe |
48 |
| 12 |
Ireland |
42 |
(Developed by David Kendix)