England's Dawid Malan moves to top of T20 batting rankings

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England batsman Dawid Malan
Malan's previous highest T20 ranking was second in November last year

England batsman Dawid Malan has gone to number one in the Twenty20 batting rankings following the 2-1 series win over Australia.

The 33-year-old left-hander moved up four places to the top after scoring 66, 42 and 21 against Australia.

Yorkshire's Malan has played 16 T20 internationals and has an average of 48.71, with an overall strike-rate of 146.66.

"His form in T20 is phenomenal really," said England coach Chris Silverwood.

"It seems to keep getting better the more he bats and it's great. It's good to watch.

"He works hard to get into the team and, when he's got his opportunity, he's taken it. His record is brilliant at the moment, good on him."

Fellow England batsman Jonny Bairstow has moved up three places to 19th and Jos Buttler has gone from 40th to 28th.

Spinner Adil Rashid took six wickets against Australia and has risen two places to seventh in the bowler rankings.

Australia regained number one spot in the team T20 rankings as - after losing the spot to England following defeats in the first two matches - they won the third match of the contest.

They now have 275 points compared to England's 271.

Malan's performances mean he is now a reserve for the one-day series against Australia, with Joe Denly going back to Kent.

"The 50-over format is a tough team to get into," added Silverwood, prior to the start of the three-match ODI series on Friday.

"If the opportunity comes around I'm sure he'll grab it with both hands, but it may be the case he has to wait for that opportunity because it's a tough team to get into."

England men's ODI squad

Eoin Morgan (Middlesex) (captain), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire), Tom Banton (Somerset), Sam Billings (Kent), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Tom Curran (Surrey), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham). Reserves: Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Phil Salt (Sussex)

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  • Tearing Leicestershire to pieces and it had rained for 2 days.

    Different Gravy.

  • following on from my last post if i was the powers that be i would probably pick!

    1t20-
    buttler(wk)
    bairstow
    hales
    malan
    stokes
    morgan(c)
    moeen
    rashid
    willey
    archer
    wood
    (i know somebody replied about stokes form/stats not good in this format but i go with him!).

    odi-
    roy
    bairstow
    hales
    buttler
    stokes
    morgan(c)
    woakes
    rashid
    willey
    archer
    wood
    (gloves allocated on form etc!)

  • Anyone surprised Malan didn't bowl last night? Admittedly he's only a part timer but Denly could/should have got a wicket first ball and Rashid was excellent. Seemed to be perfect conditions for leg spin.

    • James replied:
      It's a good point but it was Ali captaining - don't expect any thinking let alone strategic.

  • The serious debate must be around 2 things for the World T20's

    How do we get 3 spinners into the team (Root counts - Malan very risky)?

    Which 3 seamers do we actually play?

    I'd be tempted with Archer, Wood and Curran but Woakes is excellent death bowler too and Jordan mostly delivers

    What we mustn't pretend is Stokes is any kind of T20 bowler at all - both head and skills are not at this level

  • seeing him bat i think he should be one of the openers hes very good

  • And England will try and drop him.

    For the talisman Stokes who isn't even ranked as a batsman and is in the 80's as a bowler.

    ICC rankings aren't perfect but shoehorning your "favourites" (Buttler in tests and Stokes in T20) into formats to which they are not suited is not the way to go selectors.

    Reality is a lot easier for people to understand.

  • he is undroppable in 1t20's at the moment!, tempting to put him, in odi's but not certainty he will replicate in those!,

    for the odi's (without knowing pitch & conditions) i would probably go!,

    buttler
    bairstow
    roy(just needs to get back in form & lay off so give him a bit of time before opening!)
    root(like malan he is busy!)
    morgan
    moeen
    woakes
    rashid
    t.curran
    archer
    wood

    • JOHN11 replied:
      Whilst Roy is injured I like the thought of Buttler opening. Advocated it in last years CWC when Roy was out. Bairstow taking the gloves.

  • Not for catching !

  • personally i would have dawid Malan instead of tom Banton as he seems to be the form batsmen in limited overs and he builds an innings well

  • Crackers. How are billings, banton, Curran and Curran in the odi side ahead of malan?

    • SportsFan replied:
      I agree when you're in you're in it seems, no matter how good someone else is.

  • Interesting that Buttler's ranking has slipped to 28, how does that work based on his last 2 games?

    • matti replied:
      Hes gone up to 28 from 40

  • How many match-winning performances has Malan managed?

    • RememberScarborough replied:
      At least two in the current series - since it's a team sport and all players that are on the winning side have match winning performances...

  • Malan, Root, Bairstow, Ballance, Rashid, Willey, Coad in no particular order.
    Has Duanne Olivier got his English pass yet?

    ODI. You can pick the rest.

  • It's funny how pundits kiss the feet of Buttler, "the greatest T20 player the world has ever seen" (TM), when this guy's average shatters Buttler's.

    • Daimo replied:
      Malan has played 16 T20 internationals to Buttler's 71. Not trying to diminish Malan's record in any way but maybe compare both players' records when Malan has played at least 50 matches.

  • I'm amazed Dawid Malan is only a reserve for the one day series. Surely his form is way above Tom Banton and Sam Billings at the moment

  • Mad that!

  • Malan has frankly surprised most people i suspect - shame he couldn't find consistency in his mid-twenties as he would have played a lot more international cricket.

    However, Tom Curran and his complete and utter shortcomings that are coming to the surface each game he plays - he is becoming jade dernbach version 2 and is a waste of space with a bat in his hands too. Move him on.....please?!

  • English bias strikes again.

    • jasonpeter1986 replied:
      how?

  • Is Malan going to the IPL?

    • simplyveggie replied:
      Searched "mal" and only Malinga came up.

  • Thoroughly deserved, no one else has scored more runs from as many matches as Malan ever. Would like to see him bowled a bit more, he is a decent leggie, good for an over or two in the middle.

    I think the ship has sailed on any test chances, especially as there are younger players in possession but he was the top scorer in the last away ashes for England. Should be given a chance in ODI at least

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