Trent Boult has moved to top spot in the one-day bowling rankings.

Black Caps bowler Trent Boult will start the Pakistan one-day series as the world's best bowler in the 50-over format.

Boult dethroned Mitchell Starc by virtue of the big Australian missing the recent series against India through injury.

Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan also passed Starc to move into second.

Matt Henry is the only other New Zealand bowler in the top 10, coming in at seventh even though he has been in and out of the team.

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Mitchell McClenaghan is 19th, while Tim Southee is 35th and Adam Milne is 40th.

In the series against Pakistan, New Zealand will have an opportunity to move ahead of third-ranked South Africa in the team rankings.

However, to make it happen, they will have to win all three matches against Pakistan, starting on Monday at the Basin Reserve.

The batting rankings see no change in the top four, with Kane Williamson still holding down fourth spot, although Indian Rohit Sharma has surged up eight places to fifth following his series aggregate of 441 runs in five matches against Australia.

Australia's dominant performance in the series is reflected in the fact that Glenn Maxwell and Steve Smith have improved their rankings, while David Warner, Mitchell Marsh and John Hastings have achieved a career-high ranking.

Martin Guptill and Ross Taylor still hold down ninth and 10th spot respectively, although the latter might struggle to stay where he is with a stint on the sidelines coming up.