Bangalore: South Africa's One-day International (ODI) series victory over Sri Lanka has strengthened its second place in the International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI Championship Table and if results go its way in the first half of December, it could even overtake leaders Australia, according to an official press release.There is likely to be more movement at the top of the ODI Championship Table when South Africa and Pakistan go head to head in five ODI matches starting in Durban on Sunday.Pakistan marginally improved its position by virtue of a comfortable series win over Zimbabwe. A convincing series win will see Pakistan overhaul South Africa but a poor series would see it lose ground on the leaders."South Africa has benefited from a winning series against Sri Lanka but the nature of the new rankings system means that it will have to be similarly successful against Pakistan to hold on to second place in the table," ICC general manager - cricket David Richardson said.The South Africa versus Pakistan ODI series will be refereed by Clive Lloyd with Neil Mallender from the Emirates international panel of umpires standing in all five matches, the release added. ODI Championship Table

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