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South Africa captain Graeme Smith replaced India's Sachin Tendulkar as the world's top-ranked one-day batsman after his fine display in the 3-0 series sweep in Bangladesh. Smith totalled 199 runs in the series that ended on Friday and was dismissed...

South Africa captain Graeme Smith replaced India's Sachin Tendulkar as the world's top-ranked one-day batsman after his fine display in the 3-0 series sweep in Bangladesh. Smith totalled 199 runs in the series that ended on Friday and was dismissed only once in three innings. The sweep also enabled South Africa to replace Australia as the number one one-day team. Smith started the series third in the batting list behind Tendulkar and Australia's Ricky Ponting.

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