Hayden, Tendulkar, Clarke, Dravid and Sehwag all slip as Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma rocket up bowling list
Australia ’s Michael Hussey has returned to the top of the Reliance Mobile ICC Play
er Rankings for Test batsmen after he scored 177 runs in the match, including a knock of 146 in the first innings.Hussey (33) was placed third before this match, just behind Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka and the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2008 Shivnarine Chanderpaul of the West Indies . But his efforts in Banglalore have put him back on top, a position he held for a short time earlier this year during his side’s tour of the Caribbean .
Hussey’s team-mate Ricky Ponting stays in fourth spot in the rankings despite scoring his maiden Test century in India . However, that innings has piled the pressure on those above the Australia captain and means that it is a very close battle with just 19 ratings points separating the top five batsmen in the world.
It isn’t all good news for the batsmen though with Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke and Rahul Dravid all slipping two places. Hayden now lies in ninth spot with Clarke further back in 15th position and Dravid managing to stay in the top 20 in 18th.
VVS Laxman gains one place to 14th position but Virender Sehwag falls back one spot to 11th and Sachin Tendulkar drops back another place to 24th.
Things look better for man of the match Zaheer Khan who has gained no fewer than seven places in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers. The 30-year-old took six wickets in the match, including 5-96 in the first innings. He now sits in 11th spot in the rankings.
Anil Kumble is not so fortunate as he has lost eight places in the bowling rankings, plummeting from 10th position to 18th. The India captain bowled 51 overs in the match without picking up a wicket.
Australia ’s Mitchell Johnson is another big mover among the bowlers, gaining six places to 34th spot after a good game for the 26-year-old Queenslander in which he claimed five wickets.
India pacer Ishant Sharma also proved to be a tricky customer in Bangalore and has gained a place on the rankings for each of the seven wickets he took in the match. He now sits in 40th position and ready to make an assault on the top end of the ladder during the rest of the series.
That ladder is still led by Muttiah Muralidaran of Sri Lanka, followed closely by Stuart Clark of Australia and South Africa’s Dale Steyn.
Meanwhile, Brett Lee has moved up one place to seventh in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders. The list is headed by South Africa ’s Jacques Kallis followed in second position by Black Caps’ captain Daniel Vettori.
Reliance Mobile ICC Test Rankings (as of 14 October)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 (+2) Mike Hussey Aus 899 69.50 921 v WI at Kingston 2008
2 (-1) S.Chanderpaul WI 890 ! 49.08 890 v Aus at Bridgetown 2008
3 (-1) K.C.Sangakkara SL 886 54.79 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
4 ( - ) Ricky Ponting Aus 884 58.50 942 v Eng at Adelaide 2006
5 (-1) Mohd Yousuf Pak 880 55.49 933 v WI at Karachi 2006
6 ( - ) M.Jayawardena SL 837 52.41 847 v Ind at Colombo (SSC) 2008
7 (+1) Kevin Pietersen Eng 829 50.51 905 v WI at Headingley 2007
8 (+1) Yunus Khan Pak 799 49.14 856 v Eng at Headingley 2006
9 (-2) Matthew Hayden Aus 796 52.91 935 v Eng at Brisbane 2002
10 (+1) Jacques Kallis SA 774 55.46 935 v NZ at Centurion 2007
11 (-1) Virender Sehwag Ind 765 52.08 854 v SA at Kolkata 2004
12 ( - ) Graeme Smith SA 739 49.23 759 v Eng at Edgbaston 2008
13 (+1) Andrew Symonds Aus 693* 44.65 718 v WI at Antigua 2008
14 (+1) VVS Laxman Ind 692 43.78 753 v Aus at Sydney 2004
15 (-2) Michael Clarke Aus 687 45.48 761 v Ind at Melbourne 2007
16 ( - ) Alastair Cook Eng 686 42.88 707 v SL at Galle 2007
17 (+1) AB de Villiers SA 679 ! 41.61 679 v Eng at The Oval 2008
18 (-2) Rahul Dravid Ind 674 53.65 892 v Pak at Kolkata 2005
19= ( - ) R.R.Sarwan WI 659 40.40 697 v Eng at Old Trafford 2004
( - ) Ashwell Prince SA 659 42.23 756 v Pak at Centurion 2007
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Econ HS Rating
1 ( - ) M.Muralidaran SL 895 21.96 920 v Ban at Kandy 2007
2 ( - ) Stuart Clark Aus 860* 22.06 863 v WI at Bridgetown 2008
3 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 847 22.51 897 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2008
4 ( - ) Brett Lee Aus 786 29.69 811 v WI at Antigua 2008
5 ( - ) Makhaya Ntini SA 760 28.22 863 v Ind at Durban 2006
6 ( - ) Ryan Sidebottom Eng 738* 25.68 769 v SA at Lord's 2008
7= ( - ) Chaminda Vaas SL 684 29.31 800 v Ind at Chennai 2005
( - ) Shoaib Akhtar Pak 684 25.69 855 v NZ at Wellington 2003
9 ( - ) Shane Bond NZ 668* 22.39 778 v WI at Auckland 2006
10 ( - ) Monty Panesar Eng 653 31.95 721 v WI at Chester-le-St 2007
11 (+7) Zaheer Khan Ind 643 33.70 689 v Pak at Delhi 2007
12 ( - ) Harbhajan Singh Ind 630 31.17 765 v NZ at Wellington 2002
13 ( - ) Jerome Taylor WI 628*! 34.69 628 v Aus at Bridgetown 2008
14 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 620 ! 34.51 620 v SA at The Oval 2008
15 ( - ) Mohammad Asif Pak 619* 23.13 710 v SA at Cape Town 2007
16 ( - ) Andrew Flintoff Eng 615 32.21 810 v Pak at Multan 2005
17 ( - ) Danish Kaneria Pak 614 33.90 723 v Eng at Multan 2005
18 (-8) Anil Kumble Ind 611 29.60 859 v SL at Bangalore 1994
19 ( - ) M’thew Hoggard Eng 593 30.50 795 v SL at Edgbaston 2006
20 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 592 31.22 742 v Eng at Headingley 2003
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points HS Rating
1 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 458 616 v Pak at Durban 2002
2 ( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ 324 360 v Eng at Lord's 2008
3 ( - ) Andrew Flintoff Eng 302 501 v Pak at Multan 2005
4 ( - ) Dwayne Bravo WI 295 /*! 295 v Aus at Bridgetown 2008
5 ( - ) Chaminda Vaas SL 281 300 v WI at Guyana 2008
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