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For the curious, here are Zimbabwe’s standings, and the players’ positions in the ICC one-day battng & bowling rankings, prior to the start of the West Indies series. We’ll compare these with where they stand at the end of the series. According to the ICC, Zim need to win the series 4-1 to overtake Ireland and regain 10th place in the ODI table - a (very unlikely) 5-0 clean sweep would leave Zimbabwe on 35 points. Sadly, their new site seems to have done away with the ODI predictor, so I can’t work out where the other combinations would leave us…

ICC ODI Rankings:
                Pl   Pts  Rnk
8  West Indies  28  2853  102
9  Bangladesh   26  1238   48
10 Ireland       8   227   28
11 Zimbabwe     22   370   17

ICC Player Rankings (Batting):
                  Pts   Best Rating
37 E Chigumbura   558   573 v South Africa, 22/08/2007
49 BRM Taylor     528	579 v Bangladesh, 04/08/2006
54 V Sibanda      505	520 v Ireland, 15/03/2007
68 S Matsikenyeri 477	477 v South Africa, 26/08/2007
82 CJ Chibhabha   424	450 v Bangladesh, 10/02/2007
87 SC Williams    422	432 v South Africa, 25/08/2007
94 H Masakadza    403	403 v South Africa, 26/08/2007

ICC Player Rankings (Bowling):
                  Pts   Best Rating
28 P Utseya       588	651 v Bangladesh, 06/08/2006
57 GB Brent       491	513 v Bangladesh, 25/11/2001
76 AJ Ireland     438	453 v Bangladesh, 10/02/2007
76 T Mupariwa     438	486 v Bangladesh, 02/08/2006
80 EC Rainsford   430	472 v Bangladesh, 13/10/2006