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[caption id="attachment_1111" align="alignright" width="116" caption="ICC Rankings"][/caption] India regained the second spot in the ICC One-day rankings following their tri-series triumph in Sri Lanka and are in with a chance to clinch the top spot if they manage a good show in the Champions Trophy. ICC ODI Championship Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 South Africa

[caption id="attachment_2581" align="alignright" width="104" caption="ICC Cricket Ranking 2009"][/caption] The International Cricket Council(ICC) announced the latest ICC cricket ratings, ICCcricket rankings for test cricket teams, ODI cricket teams, test cricket player rankings, ODI cricket player ratings. ICC Test Ranking On 30 Aug 2009 Team Matches Points Rating South Africa 30 3672 122 Sri Lanka 27 3248 120 India 28 3327 119 Australia 31 3600 116 England 39 4102 105 Pakistan 17 1424 84 New Zealand 25 2001 80 West Indies 25 1910 76 Bangladesh 19 255 13 ICC ODI Ranking On 05 Nov 2009 Team Matches Points Rating Australia 38 4907 129 India 36 4443 123 South Africa 21 2550 121 Pakistan 26 2895 111 New Zealand 23 2469 107 England 30 3193 106 Sri Lanka 31 3298 106 West Indies 21 1589 76 Bangladesh 28 1548 55 Zimbabwe 30 791 26 Ireland 6 152 25 Kenya 14 28 2

[caption id="attachment_859" align="alignright" width="129" caption="US Open Federer"][/caption] Roger Federer, a Swiss tennis superstar who still has a passport from his mother's homeland of South Africa, is excited for the nation about the approaching 2010 Fifa World Cup. Federer lay prone on the court with his face buried in his hands after beating Britain's Andy Murray 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 at the National Tennis Center in New York on 8th September. Federer avoided ending the year without a Grand Slam for the first time since 2002. He lost in the finals of the French Open and Wimbledon to Rafael Nadal, who on Aug.

[caption id="attachment_1042" align="alignright" width="119" caption="Leander Paes"][/caption] Leander Paes, India's Tennis pride, was born in Goa on June 17,1973 and brought up in Kolkata. Leander Adrian Paes is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament. He was born to Vece Paes and Jennifer Paes and was raised in Kolkata, India. He captured the 1990 Wimbledon Junior title and was ranked as the No.1 junior player in the world at one time. Leander Paes turned professional in 1991. He rose to the number 1 in the world in the junior

[caption id="attachment_1043" align="alignright" width="135" caption="Nadia Petrova"][/caption] Nadia Petrova is a Russian professional tennis player. Overall, she has won 26 WTA Titles, nine in singles and seventeen in doubles. In singles, Petrova has reached a career high ranking of World No. 3 in May 2006 and has reached the semi-finals of the French Open in 2003 and 2005 and in doubles, won the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in 2004 with Meghann Shaughnessy. Petrova is ranked World No 13 in singles and No 14 in doubles on August 24, 2009. Petrova was born in Moscow. Her parents were both very athletic - her father