Will No.1 position in ODI change for the first time?

yes there are many chances for teams like india,south africa to regain the 1st spot as australian team is showing fatigue after many years and it is good for the cricket.

yeah it is all most done. south africa won the last oddi. and thus sa had created histroy in beating aus 4-1 in the series to retain the no:1 in icc oddi rankings

I think, that's rather difficult to say. You are riht when you say 'for the first time.' But you know, Aussies have an uncanny habit of winning matches either when there are only a few seconds or a few minutes left or they win at least 1 match to avoid a whitwash. The Ashes some 3-4 years back is the proof of what I am saying. So has happened in this series. The Australians have won one match and now are facing this risk of losing the No. 1 spot. So, chances are that they will rise to the occasion. Ponting too has played some good knocks in this series, and I think he has 2 back to back half-centuries. But both his half-centuries were in vain, unlike Dhoni where Mahi helped India win against Sri Lanka. Now chances are that the Aussies will again rise to the occassion and save their No. 1 spot. But really speaking I will like the OZ to lose that spot to SA and then SA losing it to India. Well said na?

Definitely there will be a change in the No.1 position. India will become the world No.1 soon. The competition is between India and SA.

i guess if they win against Australia they will gain the top icc ranking...but there's a chance of India getting the first spot if they manage to win the current Odi series against Srilanka..and being an Indian i will certainly wish that India gains that spot.