AB on top of the world again

AB de Villiers is on top of the world again.

 De Villiers has regained the top spot as the ICC's leading batsman in One Day International (ODI) cricket.

 The Proteas ODI skipper is presently taking a self-imposed sabbatical from Test cricket while the Proteas contest a three-Test series in New Zealand.

 He just recently led the South Africans to a 3-2 ODI Series victory over the Black Caps and also emerged as the leading run-scorer in that Series, with 262.

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De Villiers eclipses Australian kingpin David Warner at the top of the rankings.

 De Villiers is on 875 points, that's four points ahead of Warner and 23 clear of India's Virat Kohli.

 * It is for the 10th time that the 33-year-old De Villiers is at the top of the rankings since first taking the spot in May 2010.

 * He has never been ranked outside the top five since September 2009.

With Imran Tahir listed as the top ODI bowler, South Africans now top both the ODI bowling and batting rankings. Tahir is also presently the top-ranked T20 bowler.

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*Statistics ESPN cricinfo

 Summary of SA players in the Latest ICC Rankings (Top 10):

 Test Batsmmen

 Top 3 - Steve Smith (Aus), Joe Root (Eng), Virat Kohli (Ind)

 Hashim Amla 7th

 Quinton de Kock 10th

 Test Bowlers:

 Top 3 -- Ravindra Jadeja (Ind), Ravi Ashwin (Ind), Josh Hazlewood (Aus)

 Kagiso Rabada 5th

 Dale Steyn 6th

 Vernon Philander 9th

 Test Allrounders:

 Top 3 -- Shakib Al-Hasan (Bang), Ravi Ashwin (Ind), Ravindra Jadeja (Ind)

 Vernon Philander 9th

 ODI Batsmen

 Top 3 -- AB de Villiers (SA), David Warner (Aus), Virat Kohli (Ind)

 Faf du Plessis 5th

 Quinton de Kock 6th

 ODI Bowlers:

 Top 3 -- Imran Tahir (SA), Sunil Narine (Windies), Mitchell Starc (Aus)

 Kagiso Rabada 5th

 ODI Allrounders

 Top 3 -- Shakib Al-Hasan (Bang), Mohammad Nabi (Afg), Angelo Mathews (SL).

 T20 Batsmen

 Top 3 - Virat Kohli (Ind), Aaron Finch (Aus), Kane Williamson (NZ)

 Faf du Plessis 6th

 T20 Bowlers:

 Top 3 -- Imran Tahir (SA), JJ Bumrah (Ind), S Badree (Windies)

 T20 Allrounders

 Top 3 -- Shakib Al-Hasan (Bang), Glenn Maxwell (Aus), Shahid Afridi (Pak -ret)

 JP Duminy 8th

 Women's ODI Batting (SA Rankings only):

 Lizelle  Lee - Joint 7th

 Women's ODI Bowling (SA Rankings only):

 Marizanne Kapp (SA) - 1st

 Women's ODI Allrounders (SA Rankings only):

Marizanne Kapp - 3rd, Dane van Niekerk 4th

 Women's T20 Batting (SA Only):

 Mignon du Preez - 10th

Women's T20 Bowling (SA Only)

 Shabnim  Ismail - 8th

 Women's T20 Allrounders (SA Only):

 Dane' van Niekerk -- Joint 3rd