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How can South African fast-bowling legend Dale Steyn be the ICC’s number one ranked bowler in the world – by a comfortable 28 points no less – and not be selected in the ICC’s Test Team of the Year?
The same question of a different nature can be asked of Steve Smith.
The Australian skipper is 20th in the ICC’s ODI batting rankings, but has been selected in the ODI Team of the Year.
Smith, and Black Caps left-arm paceman Trent Boult, are the only two selected in both the ICC’s Test and ODI Teams of the Year.
And Smith has regained his top Test batsman ranking, sharing the honour with England’s Joe Root.
ICC Test batting rankings
1 – Steve Smith (Australia) 886 points
1 – Joe Root (England) 886
3 – AB de Villiers (South Africa) 877
4 – Kane Williamson (New Zealand) 876
5 – David Warner (Australia) 862
6 – Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka ) 851
7 – Hashim Amla (South Africa) 836
8 – Younis Khan (Pakistan) 826
9 – Alastair Cook (England 803
10 – Ross Taylor (New Zealand) 787
India’s Virat Kohli is ranked 16th with 691 points, with Adam Voges the only other Australian ranked in the top 100, at 34th, with 553 points.
ICC Test bowling rankings
1 – Dale Steyn (South Africa) 884 points
2 – Ravi Ashwin (India) 856
3 – Yasir Shah (Pakistan) 846
3 – Jimmy Anderson (England) 846
5 – Stuart Broad (England) 840
6 – Trent Boult (New Zealand) 809
7 – Vernon Philander (South Africa) 754
8 – Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka)751
9 – Morne Morkel (South Africa) 733
10 – Josh Hazlewood (Australia) 708
Other ranked Australians are Mitchell Starc, 12th with 692 points, Nathan Lyon, 17th with 628, Peter Siddle, 18th with 620, and Glenn Maxwell, 97th with 108.
ICC Test Team of the Year
David Warner (Australia)
Alastair Cook (England – capt)
Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
Younis Khan (Pakistan)
Steve Smith (Australia)
Joe Root (England)
Sarfraz Ahmed (Pakistan – keeper)
Stuart Broad (England)
Trent Boult (New Zealand)
Yasir Shah (Pakistan)
Josh Hazlewood (Australia)
12th man – Ravi Ashwin (India)
ICC ODI batting rankings
1 – AB deVilliers (South Africa) 900 points
2 – Virat Kohli (India) 804
3 – Kane Williamson (New Zealand) 788
4 – Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) 780
5 – Hashim Amla (South Africa) 778
6 – MS Dhoni (India) 741
7 – Shikhar Dhawan (India) 730
8 – Ross Taylor (New Zealand) 728
9 – Glenn Maxwell (Australia) 717
10 – Quinton de Kok (South Africa) 715
Other Australians are Aaron Finch, 13th with 696 points, George Bailey, 14th with 693, Steve Smith, 20th with 657, David Warner, 23rd with 633, Shane Watson, 25th with 621, and James Faulkner, 30th with 598.
ICC ODI bowling rankings
1 – Sunil Narine (West Indies) 734
2 – MitchellStarc (Australia) 713
3 – Trent Boult (New Zealand) 705
4 – Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) 689
5 – Imran Tahir (SouthAfrica) 688
6 – Dale Steyn (South Africa) 682
7 – Mitchell Johnson (Australia) 672
8 – Morne Morkel (South Africa) 666
9 – Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan) 642
10 – Ravi Ashwin )India) 640
Other Australians are Xavier Doherty, 50th with 494 points, Glenn Maxwell, 53rd wth 485, Pat Cummins, 63rd with 470, Josh Hazlewood, 78th with 437, Nathan Coulter-Nile, 87th with 423, and Shane Watson, 88th with 421.
ICC ODI Team of the Year
Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
Hasim Amla (South Africa)
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka – keeper)
AB de Villers (South Africa – capt)
Steve Smith (Australia)
Ross Taylor (New Zealand)
Trent Boult (New Zealand)
Mohammad Shami (India)
Mitchell Starc (Australia)
Mustafizer Rahman (Bangladesh)
Imran Tahir (South Africa)
12th man – Joe Root (England)