Dubai, 16 December 2008
England opener returns to top 20 in Reliance Mobile ICC Test Player Rankings; India’s Zaheer Khan climbs six places; South Africa and Australia players look to improve their rankings as first Test in Perth starts tomorrow
England opener returns to top 20 in Reliance Mobile ICC Test Player Rankings; India’s Zaheer Khan climbs six places; South Africa and Australia players look to improve their rankings as first Test in Perth starts tomorrow
England opening batsman Andrew Strauss has powered his way back into the top
20 of the Reliance Mobile Player Rankings for Test batsmen with two centuries during England’s six-wicket defeat to in Chennai.
The 31-year-old made 123 in his opening innings, following it up with 108 in the second to gain eight places in the rankings and rejoin the top 20.
England batsman Paul Collingwood also moves up the table while captain Kevin Pietersen drops two places. Outside of the top 20, England wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior has risen 12 places to 47
th after scoring 53 in the first innings in Chennai.
For India, VVS Laxman and Gautam Gambhir drop two places but centurion Sachin Tendulkar rises one spot. Meanwhile, Yuvraj Singh climbs eight places to 56th on the rankings table following his important contribution of 85 not out in the second innings.
Despite New Zealand drawing its first Test against West Indies in Dunedin, Black Caps batsmen Daniel Flynn and Jesse Ryder have risen up the rankings. Flynn’s 95 in the first innings sees him jump 16 places to 64th and Ryder climbs 14 to 70th. Following his maiden Test century, West Indies’ Jerome Taylor gains 14 places to 86th place in the rankings.
Australia hosts South Africa in the first Test in Perth on Wednesday and Michael Hussey will be looking to make inroads towards the top two batsmen in the rankings, West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara.
India’s Zaheer Khan has gained six places on the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers. The 30-year-old fast bowler took match figures of 5-81 during India’s victory over England.
Khan’s team-mate Yuvraj Singh has gained 14 places to go to 74th in the table alongside England bowler Graeme Swann who was making his Test debut in Chennai.
Elsewhere in the top 20, England’s Andrew Flintoff gains one position to 16th while India’s Harbhajan Singh drops three places to 10th and New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has risen three places to 11th.
While Taylor’s exceptional batting has helped him gain points in the batting rankings, he has slipped five places to 18th in the bowling list after the first Test against New Zealand.
India’s Ishant Sharma is still pushing his way up towards the top 20 bowlers. The 20-year-old fast bowler is now 24th on the rankings table having gained six places after another solid performance in Chennai.
The table is still headed by Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralidaran but South Africa’s Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini will be looking to narrow the gap between themselves and the top bowler during the upcoming series in Australia.
Australia’s Stuart Clark, ranked third in the table, is ruled out of the first Test giving team-mate Brett Lee a chance to improve on his fifth place position and helping Ntini’s chances of advancing further up the table.
West Indies captain and all-rounder Chris Gayle is on the cusp of joining the top five in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders after gaining three places to sixth. The 29-year-old Jamaican took match figures of 3-42 and managed 74 with the bat in the first innings against New Zealand before the game was drawn in Dunedin.
There is no change in the top five all-rounders with South Africa’s Jacques Kallis still heading the table ahead of his side’s first Test against Australia tomorrow.
Reliance Mobile ICC Test Rankings (as of 16 December)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) S.Chanderpaul WI 894 ! 49.25 894 v NZ at Dunedin 2008
2 ( - ) K Sangakkara SL 886 54.79 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
3 ( - ) Mohd Yousuf Pak 880 55.49 933 v WI at Karachi 2006
4 ( - ) Mike Hussey Aus 855 64.18 921 v WI at Kingston 2008
5 ( - ) M Jayawardena SL 837 52.41 847 v Ind at Colombo (SSC) 2008
6 (+1) Ricky Ponting Aus 806 57.18 942 v Eng at Adelaide 2006
7 (+1) Yunus Khan Pak 799 49.14 856 v Eng at Headingley 2006
8 (-2) Kevin Pietersen Eng 784 49.30 905 v WI at Headingley 2007
9 ( - ) Graeme Smith SA 772 49.95 783 v Ban at Bloemfontein 2008
10 ( - ) Virender Sehwag Ind 763 51.85 854 v SA at Kolkata 2004
11 ( - ) Michael Clarke Aus 750 47.01 761 v Ind at Melbourne 2007
12 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 748 55.06 935 v NZ at Centurion 2007
13 ( - ) Matthew Hayden Aus 734 51.87 935 v Eng at Brisbane 2002
14 (+1) Ashwell Prince SA 731 45.68 756 v Pak at Centurion 2007
15 (+8) Andrew Strauss Eng 716 42.59 769 v SA at Johannesburg 2005
16= (+1) Sachin Tendulkar Ind 713 54.68 898 v Zim at Nagpur 2002
(-2) VVS Laxman Ind 713 44.97 753 v Aus at Sydney 2004
18 (+2) P Collingwood Eng 677 42.51 730 v Aus at Adelaide 2006
19 (-3) Alastair Cook Eng 675 42.48 707 v SL at Galle 2007
20 (-2) Gautam Gambhir Ind 672*! 44.28 672 v Eng at Chennai 2008
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) M Muralidaran SL 895 21.96 920 v Ban at Kandy 2007
2 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 816 22.67 897 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2008
3 ( - ) Stuart Clark Aus 806* 22.96 863 v WI at Bridgetown 2008
4 ( - ) Makhaya Ntini SA 797 27.69 863 v Ind at Durban 2006
5 ( - ) Brett Lee Aus 744 30.11 811 v WI at Antigua 2008
6 ( - ) Ryan Sidebottom Eng
730* 25.68 769 v SA at Lord's 2008
7= (+1) Chaminda Vaas SL 684 29.31 800 v Ind at Chennai 2005
(+1) Shoaib Akhtar Pak 684 25.69 855 v NZ at Wellington 2003
(+1) Mitchell Johnson Aus 684*! 29.39 684 v NZ at Adelaide 2008
10 (-3) Harbhajan Singh Ind 675 30.98 765 v NZ at Wellington 2002
11 (+3) Daniel Vettori NZ 665 32.98 681 v Aus at Auckland 2000
12 ( - ) Shane Bond NZ 635* 22.39 778 v WI at Auckland 2006
13 (-2) Monty Panesar Eng 628 32.58
721 v WI at Chester-le-St 2007
14 (+6) Zaheer Khan Ind 624 34.12 689 v Pak at Delhi 2007
15 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 622 ! 34.61 622 v Ind at Chennai 2008
16 (+1) Andrew Flintoff Eng 620 32.13 810 v Pak at Multan 2005
17 (-1) Mohammad Asif Pak 619* 23.13 710 v SA at Cape Town 2007
18 (-5) Jerome Taylor WI 615* 35.10 628 v Aus at Bridgetown 2008
19 (-1) Danish Kaneria Pak 614 33.90 723 v Eng at Multan 2005
20 (-1) Jacques Kallis SA 600 30.92 742 v Eng at Headingley 2003
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points HS Rating
1 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 449 616 v Pak at Durban 2002
2 ( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ 356 369 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
3 ( - ) Andrew Flintoff Eng 292 501 v Pak at Multan 2005
4 ( - ) Dwayne Bravo WI 289 /* 295 v Aus at Bridgetown 2008
5 ( - ) Chaminda Vaas SL 281 300 v WI at Guyana 2008
20 of the Reliance Mobile Player Rankings for Test batsmen with two centuries during England’s six-wicket defeat to in Chennai.The 31-year-old made 123 in his opening innings, following it up with 108 in the second to gain eight places in the rankings and rejoin the top 20.
England batsman Paul Collingwood also moves up the table while captain Kevin Pietersen drops two places. Outside of the top 20, England wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior has risen 12 places to 47
th after scoring 53 in the first innings in Chennai.
For India, VVS Laxman and Gautam Gambhir drop two places but centurion Sachin Tendulkar rises one spot. Meanwhile, Yuvraj Singh climbs eight places to 56th on the rankings table following his important contribution of 85 not out in the second innings.
Despite New Zealand drawing its first Test against West Indies in Dunedin, Black Caps batsmen Daniel Flynn and Jesse Ryder have risen up the rankings. Flynn’s 95 in the first innings sees him jump 16 places to 64th and Ryder climbs 14 to 70th. Following his maiden Test century, West Indies’ Jerome Taylor gains 14 places to 86th place in the rankings.
Australia hosts South Africa in the first Test in Perth on Wednesday and Michael Hussey will be looking to make inroads towards the top two batsmen in the rankings, West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara.
India’s Zaheer Khan has gained six places on the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers. The 30-year-old fast bowler took match figures of 5-81 during India’s victory over England.
Khan’s team-mate Yuvraj Singh has gained 14 places to go to 74th in the table alongside England bowler Graeme Swann who was making his Test debut in Chennai.
Elsewhere in the top 20, England’s Andrew Flintoff gains one position to 16th while India’s Harbhajan Singh drops three places to 10th and New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has risen three places to 11th.
While Taylor’s exceptional batting has helped him gain points in the batting rankings, he has slipped five places to 18th in the bowling list after the first Test against New Zealand.
India’s Ishant Sharma is still pushing his way up towards the top 20 bowlers. The 20-year-old fast bowler is now 24th on the rankings table having gained six places after another solid performance in Chennai.
The table is still headed by Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralidaran but South Africa’s Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini will be looking to narrow the gap between themselves and the top bowler during the upcoming series in Australia.
Australia’s Stuart Clark, ranked third in the table, is ruled out of the first Test giving team-mate Brett Lee a chance to improve on his fifth place position and helping Ntini’s chances of advancing further up the table.
West Indies captain and all-rounder Chris Gayle is on the cusp of joining the top five in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders after gaining three places to sixth. The 29-year-old Jamaican took match figures of 3-42 and managed 74 with the bat in the first innings against New Zealand before the game was drawn in Dunedin.
There is no change in the top five all-rounders with South Africa’s Jacques Kallis still heading the table ahead of his side’s first Test against Australia tomorrow.
Reliance Mobile ICC Test Rankings (as of 16 December)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) S.Chanderpaul WI 894 ! 49.25 894 v NZ at Dunedin 2008
2 ( - ) K Sangakkara SL 886 54.79 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
3 ( - ) Mohd Yousuf Pak 880 55.49 933 v WI at Karachi 2006
4 ( - ) Mike Hussey Aus 855 64.18 921 v WI at Kingston 2008
5 ( - ) M Jayawardena SL 837 52.41 847 v Ind at Colombo (SSC) 2008
6 (+1) Ricky Ponting Aus 806 57.18 942 v Eng at Adelaide 2006
7 (+1) Yunus Khan Pak 799 49.14 856 v Eng at Headingley 2006
8 (-2) Kevin Pietersen Eng 784 49.30 905 v WI at Headingley 2007
9 ( - ) Graeme Smith SA 772 49.95 783 v Ban at Bloemfontein 2008
10 ( - ) Virender Sehwag Ind 763 51.85 854 v SA at Kolkata 2004
11 ( - ) Michael Clarke Aus 750 47.01 761 v Ind at Melbourne 2007
12 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 748 55.06 935 v NZ at Centurion 2007
13 ( - ) Matthew Hayden Aus 734 51.87 935 v Eng at Brisbane 2002
14 (+1) Ashwell Prince SA 731 45.68 756 v Pak at Centurion 2007
15 (+8) Andrew Strauss Eng 716 42.59 769 v SA at Johannesburg 2005
16= (+1) Sachin Tendulkar Ind 713 54.68 898 v Zim at Nagpur 2002
(-2) VVS Laxman Ind 713 44.97 753 v Aus at Sydney 2004
18 (+2) P Collingwood Eng 677 42.51 730 v Aus at Adelaide 2006
19 (-3) Alastair Cook Eng 675 42.48 707 v SL at Galle 2007
20 (-2) Gautam Gambhir Ind 672*! 44.28 672 v Eng at Chennai 2008
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) M Muralidaran SL 895 21.96 920 v Ban at Kandy 2007
2 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 816 22.67 897 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2008
3 ( - ) Stuart Clark Aus 806* 22.96 863 v WI at Bridgetown 2008
4 ( - ) Makhaya Ntini SA 797 27.69 863 v Ind at Durban 2006
5 ( - ) Brett Lee Aus 744 30.11 811 v WI at Antigua 2008
6 ( - ) Ryan Sidebottom Eng
730* 25.68 769 v SA at Lord's 2008
7= (+1) Chaminda Vaas SL 684 29.31 800 v Ind at Chennai 2005
(+1) Shoaib Akhtar Pak 684 25.69 855 v NZ at Wellington 2003
(+1) Mitchell Johnson Aus 684*! 29.39 684 v NZ at Adelaide 2008
10 (-3) Harbhajan Singh Ind 675 30.98 765 v NZ at Wellington 2002
11 (+3) Daniel Vettori NZ 665 32.98 681 v Aus at Auckland 2000
12 ( - ) Shane Bond NZ 635* 22.39 778 v WI at Auckland 2006
13 (-2) Monty Panesar Eng 628 32.58
721 v WI at Chester-le-St 2007
14 (+6) Zaheer Khan Ind 624 34.12 689 v Pak at Delhi 2007
15 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 622 ! 34.61 622 v Ind at Chennai 2008
16 (+1) Andrew Flintoff Eng 620 32.13 810 v Pak at Multan 2005
17 (-1) Mohammad Asif Pak 619* 23.13 710 v SA at Cape Town 2007
18 (-5) Jerome Taylor WI 615* 35.10 628 v Aus at Bridgetown 2008
19 (-1) Danish Kaneria Pak 614 33.90 723 v Eng at Multan 2005
20 (-1) Jacques Kallis SA 600 30.92 742 v Eng at Headingley 2003
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points HS Rating
1 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 449 616 v Pak at Durban 2002
2 ( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ 356 369 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
3 ( - ) Andrew Flintoff Eng 292 501 v Pak at Multan 2005
4 ( - ) Dwayne Bravo WI 289 /* 295 v Aus at Bridgetown 2008
5 ( - ) Chaminda Vaas SL 281 300 v WI at Guyana 2008
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