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South Africa's Shaun Pollock has signed off from one-day cricket in style by reaching the 500-mark in the all-rounders' chart in the ICC ODI rankings.
Pollock, who has retired after 303 appearances on Sunday after inspiring his side to a 5-0 win over the West Indies, grabbed six wickets and scored 43 runs in the series that helped him finish on 501 points - an impressive 128 points clear of second-placed Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka.
England's Andrew Flintoff is ranked third in the list while Pakistan captain Shoaib Malek is in fourth position after breaking into the top five following a good series against Zimbabwe in which he scored 158 runs and picked up 11 wickets.
Pollock also finished off as the top bowler in the ODI rankings. However, the 34-year-old missed the coveted 900-mark by one point - something he achieved couple of years ago and reached as high as 920 points after the fifth and last ODI against Pakistan at Johannesburg in 2007.
Pollock's 393 wickets, 4,056 runs and a third place in the all-time ODI bowlers list behind Joel Garner of the West Indies and Sir Richard Hadlee of New Zealand, makes him one of the greatest ODI all-rounders in the history of the game.
Right moves
Pollock's teammates Graeme Smith, A.B. de Villiers and Jacques Kallis have also reaped the fruit of their good form against the West Indies by making moves in the right direction in the rankings for ODI batsmen.
Smith, who scored 198 runs, leapfrogged Kevin Pietersen of England, Matthew Hayden of Australia and Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan to sit on third place while de Villiers' series effort of 142 runs has helped him rise three places to 13th position.
Kallis, who was the joint leading run-getter with JP Duminy with 227 runs, has jumped three places to 15th spot, while Duminy stays in 69th position despite achieving his career-high ranking.
For the West Indies, Shivnarine Chanderpaul has held his ground in 10th place, while Ramnaresh Sarwan and Chris Gayle, who both missed the series because of injury, have slipped to 16th and 17th positions respectively.
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