Tim Southee in action against Australia. Photo by NZPA
Black Caps batsman Ross Taylor and pace bowler Tim
Southee have climbed the world cricket rankings, after the
five-match Chappell-Hadlee series against Australia.
Southee took his six wickets in the series, including 4-36 in
the final match to lift 15 places to a career-best 38th.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori kept his spot at the top
of the rankings.
Shane Bond, who bagged nine wickets against Australia, has
moved past injured teammate Kyle Mills to fifth, with Mills
now sixth.
Bond is seven points behind fourth-placed Nuwan Kulasekara of
Sri Lanka.
Taylor returned to the top 20 after improving his batting
ranking by four places. He is now 18th, after scoring 177
runs in the series.
Scott Styris, who scored 199 runs against Australia, climbed
three places to 37th, while second-ranked Australian Michael
Hussey narrowed the gap to ranking leader Mahendra Singh
Dhoni of India to just eight points after scoring 198 runs in
the New Zealand series.
New Zealand opener Brendon McCullum dropped one place to
19th.
Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson returned to the top 10
after he took 12 wickets in the series to lift him four
places to 10th.
He became Australia's highest-ranked bowler after Doug
Bollinger slipped two places to 14th spot after managing just
four wickets in the five ODIs.
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