This was the final series before the annual update is carried out on 1 May to ensure the table continues to reflect teams’ recent form with older results being discarded

· Babar reaches career-best eighth position, Hafeez back in top-20

· Imad, Amir, Jason Mohammed and Ashley Nurse attain career-best rankings

The West Indies and Pakistan have failed to make the most of the opportunity to strengthen their positions for direct qualification to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 as their One Day International series ended 2-1 in Pakistan’s favour in Guyana on Tuesday.

The West Indies won the first match with its highest ever chase of 309 but failed to maintain the momentum which could have taken it to 87 points with a 3-0 win, ahead of its rival by a fraction. Pakistan could similarly have moved up to 92 points, edging ahead of seventh-placed Bangladesh by a fraction had it won all three matches.

In the end, there was not too much movement as Pakistan gained one point to reach 90 points on the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings to remain in eighth position while the West Indies lost one point to also remain on its pre-series ninth position with 83 points.

England and the seven other top teams on 30 September 2017 will qualify directly for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 with the remaining four teams getting a second chance through a 10-team ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifying tournament in 2018.

This was the final series before the annual update is carried out on 1 May to ensure the table continues to reflect teams’ recent form with older results being discarded. This means that when the ODI team rankings are overhauled on 1 May, the table will reflect all matches from 1 May 2014 with matches played from 1 May 2016 to carry 100 per cent weighting.

The ODI team rankings, unlike the Test rankings, are updated after each match. The ICC ODI predictor function is available here.

Meanwhile, in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings, Pakistan’s middle-order batsman Babar Azam has reached a career-best eighth ranking as his scores of 13, 125 not out and 16 have helped him gain one position. Mohammad Hafeez’s scores of 88, 32 and 81 have lifted him back into the top 20 as he has moved up six slots from 14th position while left-hander Imad Wasim has gained eight positions to reach a career-best 89th ranking.

For the West Indies, Jason Mohammed’s match-winning 91 not out off 58 balls and the subsequent knocks of one and 59 have helped him gain 86 positions to a career-best 93rd place while his team-mate Shai Hope has moved up 33 positions to a career-best 98th rank.

Hafeez has gained 10 slots to reach 27th position among bowlers with three wickets in the series, also moving ahead of Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi to second position in the table for all-rounders. Pace bowler Hasan Ali, who took six wickets in the series including a haul of five for 38 in the second ODI, has gained 14 places to move up to 34th position while Mohammad Amir (up 12 places to 38th) and Imad (up seven places to 39th) have attained career-best rankings

For the “West Indies, Ashley Nurse (up 26 places to 62nd rank) and Shanon Gabriel (up 29 places to 73rdrank) have reached career-best rankings.

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings (as on 12 April, after West Indies-Pakistan series)

Rank Team Points

1. South Africa 119

2. Australia 118

3. New Zealand 113

4. India 112

5. England 108

6. Sri Lanka 98

7. Bangladesh 92

8. Pakistan 90 (+1)

9. West Indies 83 (-1)

10. Afghanistan 52

11. Zimbabwe 48

12. Ireland 42

(Developed by David Kendix)

MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings (as of 12 April 2017 after the West Indies-Pakistan series)

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating

1 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 875 54.28 902 v NZ at Auckland 2015

2 ( - ) David Warner Aus 871 44.84 880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017

3 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 852 53.11 886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014

4 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 787! 47.77 787 v WI at Barbados 2017

5 ( - ) Faf du Plessis SA 781 43.81 791 v SL at Cape Town 2017

6 ( - ) Q. de Kock SA 780 43.64 803 v NZ at Wellington 2017

7 ( - ) Martin Guptill NZ 777 43.66 789 v SA at Hamilton 2017

8 (+1) Babar Azam Pak 762*! 55.08 762 v WI at Guyana 2017

9 (-1) K. Williamson NZ 757 45.90 798 v SA at Centurion 2015

10 (-1) Steve Smith Aus 733 43.67 752 v Pak at Sydney 2017

Other selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating

20 (+6) M. Hafeez Pak 632 32.73 665 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

30 (-1) M. Samuels WI 584 34.30 631 v SL at St. Vincent 2003

36 (+3) Sarfraz Ahmed Pak 575 35.63 581 v WI at Abu Dhabi 2016

45 (+15) Shoaib Malik Pak 539 35.50 685 v Ind at Lahore 2006

82 (+7) Jason Holder WI 451 23.16 457 v Pak at Guyana 2017

89 (+8) Imad Wasim Pak 433*! 42.33 433 v WI at Guyana 2017

93 (+86) J. Mohammed WI 426*! 41.28 426 v Pak at Guyana 2017

98 (+33) Shai Hope WI 411*! 36.00 411 v Pak at Guyana 2017

99 (+11) Kieran Powell WI 409* 25.97 496 v Ire at Jamaica 2014

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating

1 ( - ) Imran Tahir SA 750 23.65 4.63 786 v SL at Johannesburg 2017

2 ( - ) Mitchell Starc Aus 701 19.88 4.81 783 v NZ at Melbourne 2015

3 (+1) Trent Boult NZ 697 24.85 4.98 766 v Ind at Delhi 2016

4 (-1) Sunil Narine WI 690 26.46 4.12 791 v SL at Jamaica 2013

5 ( - ) Kagiso Rabada SA 686*! 25.29 5.11 686 v NZ at Auckland 2017

6 ( - ) J. Hazlewood Aus 684*! 25.18 4.65 684 v NZ at Hamilton 2017

7 ( - ) Chris Woakes Eng 636 ! 32.60 5.60 636 v WI at Barbados 2017

8 ( - ) S. Al Hasan Ban 627 28.54 4.37 717 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

9 ( - ) M. Nabi Afg 622 32.33 4.32 653 v Zim at Harare 2017

10 ( - ) Matt Henry NZ 619* 25.10 5.69 675 v Aus at Hamilton 2016

Other selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating

27 (+10) M. Hafeez Pak 559 36.15 4.12 769 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

34 (+14) Hasan Ali Pak 532* 26.24 5.87 534 v WI at Guyana 2017

38 (+12) M. Amir Pak 522*! 27.14 5.20 522 v WI at Guyana 2017

39 (+7) Imad Wasim Pak 521*! 31.83 4.66 521 v WI at Guyana 2017

62 (+26) Ashley Nurse WI 447*! 24.35 5.07 447 v Pak at Guyana 2017

73 (+29) S. Gabriel WI 422*! 28.35 5.66 422 v Pak at Guyana 2017

All-rounders (top five)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Highest Rating

1 ( - ) S. Al Hasan Ban 377 453 v Zim at Chittagong 2009

2 (+1) M. Hafeez Pak 353 438 v Ind at Kolkata 2013

3 (-1) M. Nabi Afg 330 349 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017

4 ( - ) A. Mathews SL 309 427 v Eng at Colombo (RPS) 2014

5 ( - ) J. Faulkner Aus 308 361 v NZ at Melbourne 2015

*indicates provisional rating;

!indicates career-highest rating