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LONDON, Sunday (Reuters) - New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond has moved into the top-10 in the latest edition of test cricket's bowling ratings published on Sunday.

Bond took match figures of seven for 99 as New Zealand beat India by 10 wickets inside three days on Saturday in the first match of their two-test series.

Bond moved up to eighth in the rankings, the first time he has entered the top 10.

New Zealand opening batsman Mark Richardson, the man-of-the-match in Wellington moved up to 16th -- his highest ever ranking -- after he scored 89 in the first innings and hit the winning runs in the second.

There were no changes in the top-10 of the batting ranks with India's Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid holding on to third and 10th place respectively.

Test ratings

(Batsmen) Player Country Points Average 1. Matthew Hayden Australia 928 53.14 2. Ricky Ponting Australia 864 49.35 3. Sachin Tendulkar India 852 58.07 4. Jacques Kallis South Africa 843 50.00 5. Adam Gilchrist Australia 842 57.95 6. Michael Vaughan England 820 47.71 7. Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan 818 49.52 8. Brian Lara West Indies 804 49.49 9. Damien Martyn Australia 792 49.64 10. Rahul Dravid India 790 54.03

Bowlers 1. Glenn McGrath Australia 921 21.35 2. Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 874 23.52 3. Shaun Pollock South Africa 853 20.85 4. Shane Warne Australia 840 25.71 5. Harbhajan Singh India 751 26.74 6. Jacques Kallis South Africa 725 28.34 7. Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistan 723 28.12 8. Shane Bond New Zealand 712 22.84 9. Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan 696 27.18 10. Anil Kumble India 695 28.00 

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