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Sunday, 21 February 2010

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HASHIM AMLA has leaped up the ICC Test player rankings to No. 2 after his phenomenal form with the bat in the recently completed Test series against India.

 

He entered the top 10 for the first time when he made an unbeaten double century in the first Test at Nagpur and followed it up with two more centuries in the second Test match at Eden Gardens.

 

His career best ranking of 842 is only 21points behind the new No. 1, Virender Sehwag, who has displaced his Indian opening partner, Gautam Gambhir, at the top of the standings.

 

Sehwag made centuries in the first innings of both Test matches.

Gambhir drops down to No. 5, one place ahead of Sachin Tendulkar who also made two centuries in the series while Jacques Kallis and Graeme Smith are the next best South Africans at No. 8 and No. 9.

 

AB de Villiers (20) is the other South African in the top 20.

Dale Steyn remains the No. 1 bowler and Kallis the No. 1 all-rounder.

Other Proteas’ bowlers in the top 20 are Morne Morkel (10th), Makhaya Ntini (11th) and Paul Harris (13th).

 

Amla said he was delighted with his move up the rankings. “It is always nice for your achievements to be recognized but it is more important to get the team to No. 1 than worry about my own personal achievements.”

ICC Test Player Rankings (as of 20 February)

 

Batsmen

 

Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Points    Ave         HS Rating

 

   1           (+5)         Virender Sehwag  Ind          863 !      53.52     863 v SA at Kolkata 2010

   2           (+8)         Hashim Amla       SA           842 !      47.26     842 v Ind at Kolkata 2010

   3           (-1)          M Jayawardena   SL           836         53.96     883 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2009

   4           (-1)          K Sangakkara      SL           835         55.10     938 v Eng at Kandy 2007

   5           (-4)          Gautam Gambhir                Ind          824         54.86     886 v SL at Kanpur 2009

   6=        (+3)         Sachin Tendulkar                Ind          805         55.56     898 v Zim at Nagpur 2002

                (+1)         Michael Clarke    Aus         805         50.19     855 v Eng at Headingley 2009

   8           (-4)          Jacques Kallis       SA           790         54.76     935 v NZ at Centurion 2007

   9           (-4)          Graeme Smith      SA           786         49.99     843 v Eng at Johannesburg 2010

  10         (-2)          Ricky Ponting       Aus         783         55.67     942 v Eng at Adelaide 2006

  11         ( - )          S.Chanderpaul     WI          765         48.70     901 v NZ at Napier 2008

  12         (+1)         Mohd Yousuf       Pak         761         53.07     933 v WI at Karachi 2006

  13         (+1)         Younus Khan       Pak         754         50.09     880 v SL at Lahore 2009

  14         (+6)         VVS Laxman       Ind          748         46.64     753 v Aus at Sydney 2004

  15         (-3)          Ross Taylor          NZ          744         42.31     775 v Pak at Wellington 2009

  16         ( - )          Rahul Dravid        Ind          713         53.75     892 v Pak at Kolkata 2005

  17         ( - )          Mike Hussey        Aus         709         53.04     921 v WI at Kingston 2008

  18         ( - )          T Samaraweera   SL           707         51.14     747 v Ind at Kanpur 2009

  19         ( - )          Simon Katich       Aus         706         44.91     720 v Eng at Cardiff 2009

  20         (-5)          AB de Villiers        SA           699         42.87     745 v Eng at Centurion 2009

 

Bowlers

 

Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Points    Ave         HS Rating

 

   1           ( - )          Dale Steyn            SA           867         23.51     897 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2008

   2           ( - )          Mitchell Johnson Aus         780         28.45     825 v Eng at Cardiff 2009

   3           ( - )          Mohammad Asif Pak         757*      23.20     792 v Aus at Sydney 2010

   4           ( - )          M Muralidaran    SL           752         22.71     920 v Ban at Kandy 2007

   5           ( - )          Graeme Swann    Eng         732*      30.69     756 v SA at Durban 2009

   6           ( - )          Zaheer Khan        Ind          729 !      32.98     729 v SA at Kolkata 2010

   7           (+5)         Harbhajan Singh Ind          712         30.94     765 v NZ at Wellington 2002

   8           ( - )          Stuart Broad         Eng         673*      35.38     697 v SA at Durban 2009

   9           (+1)         Stuart Clark          Aus         668*      23.86     863 v WI at Bridgetown 2008

  10         (-3)          Morne Morkel      SA           660*      32.91     691 v Eng at Johannesburg 2010

  11         ( - )          Makhaya Ntini    SA           658         28.82     863 v Ind at Durban 2006

  12         (+1)         James Anderson  Eng         639         34.80     710 v Aus at Edgbaston 2009

  13         (-4)          Paul Harris            SA           622*      35.12     705 v Eng at Centurion 2009

  14         (+1)         Daniel Vettori       NZ          618         33.61     681 v Aus at Auckland 2000

  15         (+1)         Danish Kaneria    Pak         599         34.27     723 v Eng at Multan 2005

  16         (+1)         Jerome Taylor      WI          598*      35.64     717 v Eng at Kingston 2009

  17         (+1)         Peter Siddle           Aus         597*      31.53     617 v Eng at The Oval 2009

  18         (-4)          Shakib Al Hasan Ban        592*      31.21     633 v Ind at Chittagong 2010

  19         (+1)         Ryan Sidebottom                Eng         590*      28.24     769 v SA at Lord's 2008

  20         (-1)          Chris Martin         NZ          587         33.78     643 v Eng at Lord's 2004

 

All-rounders

 

Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Points                    HS Rating

 

   1           ( - )          Jacques Kallis       SA           442        616 v Pak at Durban 2002

   2           ( - )          Daniel Vettori       NZ          398        412 v Pak at Napier 2009

   3           (+2)         Shakib Al Hasan Ban        322*/*! 322 v NZ at Hamilton 2010

   4           (-1)          Graeme Swann    Eng         306*/*  307 v SA at Durban 2009

   5           (-1)          Mitchell Johnson Aus         302        384 v Eng at Cardiff 2009

 

*Indicates a provisional rating

 
 
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