Kallis, Steyn top ICC Test Rankings

Sangakkara secures third spot:

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ICC Test player rankings (rank, player, team, rating points, average):

Batting

1 Jacques Kallis (RSA) 883 57.43
2 Jonathan Trott (ENG) 840 61.21
3 Kumar Sangakkara (SRI) 838 56.18
4 Sachin Tendulkar (IND) 832 56.68
5 Alastair Cook (ENG) 783 48.53
6 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WIS) 775 49.04
7 Venkatsai Laxman (IND) 771 47.19
8 Thilan Samaraweera (SRI) 766 54.08
9 AB de Villiers (RSA) 760 47.41
10 Virender Sehwag (IND) 759 53.43

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Bowling

1 Dale Steyn (RSA) 899 23.21
2 James Anderson (ENG) 800 30.74
3 Graeme Swann (ENG) 780 28.13
4 Morne Morkel (RSA) 751 30.23
5 Zaheer Khan (IND) 735 31.78
6 Mitchell Johnson (AUS) 727 29.71
7 Ishant Sharma (IND) 665 32.72
8 Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) 648 32.09
9 Chris Tremlett (ENG) 638 25.67
10 Daniel Vettori (NZL) 623 33.98

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England’s Jonathan Trott and James Anderson have risen to second place in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings respectively after their side’s 196-run win over India at Lord’s. Trott has climbed two places, above India’s Sachin Tendulkar and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, to second spot in the batting rankings, after innings of 70 and 22 during the 2000th Test in history, which was also the opening game of a four-match series.

Anderson’s seven-wicket haul in the match, including his 11th five-wicket Test return of five for 65 in the second innings, saw him overtake team-mate Graeme Swann in the bowling rankings. Meanwhile, England fast bowler Chris Tremlett went into ninth place on the back of his four wickets at Lord’s. India still have two bowlers in the top ten, with Zaheer Khan who suffered a hamstring injury at Lord’s and Ishant Sharma lying in fifth and seventh place respectively. As well as Tendulkar, India have Venkatsai Laxman (seventh) and Virender Sehwag (tenth) in the batting top 10 although Sehwag was left hanging on to his place among the elite after missing the Lord’s Test with a shoulder injury.

Tendulkar, who needs one more century to become the first batsman to score a 100 international hundreds, dropped down to fourth place after scores of 34 and 12 at Lord’s. The South Africa pair of Jacques Kallis and Dale Steyn remained top of the batting and bowling rankings respectively.

AFP