Jacob Oram climbed the top of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI all-rounders after a brilliant outing in Bangladesh.

The big 30-year-old from Palmerston North scored 135 runs in the three matches at an average of 67.50 and took four wickets at an equally impressive average of 12.50 and the niggardly economy-rate of just 2.38.

In the process he has gained two places in the latest rankings, overtaking Andrew Flintoff of England and Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik to register the