ICC Rankings

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TEST BOWLERS
9 S.R. Clark AUS 682

hmmmmmmmmmm...................

[Adelaide Hawk]

It's amazing how we went from dominant leaders in the Test rankings to fourth in one year. I suppose losing to India in India, South Africa here and England in England makes a huge difference, despite the last two were 2-1 defeats.

By international cricket standards, losing to England places us in the Third World category

[The Cadet]

Test Batting

1 877 G. Gambhir
2 836 D.P.M.D. Jayawardena
3 835 K.C. Sangakkara
4 804 V. Sehwag
5 793 Mohammad Yousuf
6 782 M.J. Clarke
7 769 Younus Khan
8 765 S. Chanderpaul
9 763 J.H. Kallis
9 763 R.L. Taylor

Test Bowlers

1 823 D.W. Steyn
2 809 M.G. Johnson
3 756 G.P. Swann
4 752 M. Muralidaran
5 720 Mohammad Asif
6 712 Harbhajan Singh
7 697 S.C.J. Broad
8 685 M. Ntini
9 682 S.R. Clark
10 676 S.E. Bond

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Graeme Swann, the England offspinner, has jumped 15 places to a career-best third spot in the ICC one-day bowling rankings after his successful series against Pakistan in which he bagged 11 wickets. The other big gainer in the rankings was Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul, who climbed 18 places to the 23rd spot after topping the series bowling charts with 12 wickets in the five ODIs.

There was also a further sign of Eoin Morgan's increasing importance to England's limited-overs sides as his match-winning 107 in the deciding ODI helped him become the highest-ranked England batsman at 14th. His captain, Andrew Strauss, who was Man of the Series after making a hundred and two half-centuries against Pakistan is one spot behind him, having gained 10 places.

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Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman have moved up in the ICC Test rankings after their superb performances in the Mohali Test, which India won by one wicket. Tendulkar is in third place, his highest ranking since the Hamilton Test against New Zealand in December 2002, while Laxman moves up four places to a career-best No. 8.

Test Rankings
1 K.C. Sangakkara SL 874
2 V. Sehwag IND 851
3 S.R. Tendulkar IND 838
4 S. Chanderpaul WI 807
4 D.P.M.D. Jayawardena SL 807
6 J.H. Kallis SA 791
7 G.C. Smith SA 787
8 V.V.S. Laxman IND 775
8 M.J. Clarke AUS 775
10 R.L. Taylor NZ 766

1 D.W. Steyn SA 887
2 G.P. Swann ENG 858
3 Mohammad Asif PAK 753
4 M.G. Johnson AUS 748
5 Zaheer Khan IND 745
6 J.M. Anderson ENG 744
7 M. Morkel SA 739
8 D.E. Bollinger AUS 666
9 Harbhajan Singh IND 663
10 Mohammad Aamer PAK 658

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Sachin Tendulkar has surged to the top spot in the ICC Test rankings for batsmen, for the first time since 2002. Tendulkar's heroics in the Test series against Australia earned him 82 rating points, taking him to 891, 17 clear of Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara in the second spot

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Reliance Mobile Test Championship Team Matches Points Rating
1 India 38 4893 129
2 South Africa 32 3712 116
3 England 39 4355 112
4 Australia 37 4061 110
5 Sri Lanka 27 2951 109
6 Pakistan 26 2275 88
7 West Indies 25 2128 85
8 New Zealand 29 2318 80
9 Bangladesh 19 131 7


Reliance Mobile ODI Championship
Team Matches Points Rating
1 Australia 36 4595 128
2 India 39 4713 121
3 Sri Lanka 33 3892 118
4 South Africa 25 2873 115
5 England 28 3147 112
6 Pakistan 27 2704 100
7 New Zealand 29 2651 91
8 West Indies 18 1207 67
9 Bangladesh 32 2121 66
10 Ireland 11 425 39
11 Zimbabwe 34 1272 37
12 Netherlands 6 103 17
13 Kenya 8 1 0

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If the following happens...

England win by 1 test (1-0, 2-1) England 114, Aus 108
Drawn (1-1, 2-2) England 111, Aus 110
Australia win (2-1) Aus 112, Eng 109

Drawn (1-1) India 128, SA 117
South Africa win by 1 test (1-0, 2-1) India 125, SA 120
India win by 1 test (1-0, 2-1) India 130, SA 115
SA win by 2 test (2-0) India 124, SA 122
SA win by 3 test (3-0) India & SA 123

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Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallis share the No.1 spot in the latest ICC player rankings for Test batsmen following the conclusion of the Cape Town Test on Thursday. Both Tendulkar and Kallis have 883 rating points, just one ahead of Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara at No.3.

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Bangladesh have risen to eighth spot in the latest ICC one-day rankings, moving ahead of West Indies, who have sunk to their lowest position. Bangladesh's elevation comes on the back of two series wins - against New Zealand in October and Zimbabwe in December - and West Indies' 2-0 loss to Sri Lanka in the recent one-day series.

West Indies have had a terrible run in one-dayers since August 2008, the period the rankings cover - not winning a series against a Test nation in that time, and they haven't beaten a Test team in an ODI since June 2009. Their performance was also hampered by the strike action by their entire first-choice team for nearly six months starting July 2009

Australia 131
India 119
Sri Lanka 119
South Africa 118
England 109
Pakistan 100
New Zealand 91
Bangladesh 66
West Indies 66
Ireland 39
Zimbabwe 37
Netherlands 17
Kenya 0

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TOP 10 TEST BATTING
1 883 S.R. Tendulkar IND
1 883 J.H. Kallis SA
3 856 I.J.L. Trott ENG
3 856 K.C. Sangakkara SL
5 818 A.N. Cook ENG
6 790 V. Sehwag IND
7 779 S. Chanderpaul WI
8 774 V.V.S. Laxman IND
9 760 A.B. de Villiers SA
10 749 D.P.M.D. Jayawardena SL

TOP 10 TEST BOWLERS
1 899 D.W. Steyn SA
2 825 G.P. Swann ENG
3 789 J.M. Anderson ENG
4 751 M. Morkel SA
5 748 Zaheer Khan IND
6 727 M.G. Johnson AUS
7 672 Harbhajan Singh IND
8 648 Shakib Al Hasan BAN
9 623 D.L. Vettori NZ
10 604 S.C.J. Broad ENG

Wouldve been a while (if ever) since no Aussies in either Top 10

[Gozu]

Mitchell Johnson 6th in bowling by the looks of it.

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Mitchell Johnson 6th in bowling by the looks of it.

Read that well didnt I

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Top 10 Test Batsmen
1 883 J.H. Kallis SA
2 838 K.C. Sangakkara SL
3 836 A.N. Cook ENG
4 808 S.R. Tendulkar IND
5 784 I.J.L. Trott ENG
6 775 S. Chanderpaul WI
7 767 I.R. Bell ENG
8 766 T.T. Samaraweera SL
9 760 A.B. de Villiers SA
10 744 H.M. Amla SA

Top 10 Test Bowlers
1 899 D.W. Steyn SA
2 803 J.M. Anderson ENG
3 751 M. Morkel SA
4 727 M.G. Johnson AUS
5 726 S.C.J. Broad ENG
5 726 G.P. Swann ENG
7 720 Zaheer Khan IND
8 652 Shakib Al Hasan BAN
9 625 C.T. Tremlett ENG
10 623 D.L. Vettori NZ

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Top 10 ODI Batsmen

1 867 H.M. Amla SA
2 804 A.B. de Villiers SA
3 758 S.R. Watson AUS
4 757 K.C. Sangakkara SL
5 748 M.E.K. Hussey AUS
6 738 V. Kohli IND
7 737 I.J.L. Trott ENG
8 711 M.S. Dhoni IND
9 706 M.J. Clarke AUS
9 706 T.M. Dilshan SL

Top 10 ODI Bowlers

1 707 G.P. Swann ENG
2 701 D.L. Vettori NZ
3 678 R.W. Price ZIM
4 673 Saeed Ajmal PAK
5 663 D.W. Steyn SA
6 661 M. Morkel SA
7 654 M.G. Johnson AUS
8 652 L.L. Tsotsobe SA
9 641 Harbhajan Singh IND
10 636 Abdur Razzak BAN

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England, the reigning World Twenty20 champions, have topped the ICC's inaugural rankings for the shortest format of the game. England batsman Eoin Morgan tops the batting ratings, Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis is the top bowler and Australia's Shane Watson the No. 1 allrounder.

England have 127 points and are ahead of Sri Lanka, who have 126 in the rankings, announced on Monday. If England win their T20 against India at Eden Gardens on October 29, they will have a four-point lead over Sri Lanka. If they lose, though, they will slip below Sri Lanka and India.

Australia are 6th

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Morne Morkel, the South Africa fast bowler, has replaced Graeme Swann as the No. 1 ranked bowler in one-day internationals, giving South Africa the top spot in five categories across Tests and 50-over cricket. Morkel's elevation puts him alongside team-mate Hashim Amla who occupies the top batting position in ODIs. Jacques Kallis is currently the No.1 Test batsman and allrounder while Dale Steyn is the top Test bowler.
Two India spin bowlers, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, played key roles in the England series and their performances are recognised by substantial improvements in their standings. Ashwin has entered the top 20 while Jadeja has gained 12 places to be two points away from a new career-best mark.

Another significant mover is Brendan Taylor, the Zimbabwe captain, whose impressive series against New Zealand where he scored 310 runs including two centuries has boosted him 18 places to No. 17.

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Kumar Sangakkara has replaced Jacques Kallis at the top of the ICC's rankings for Test batsmen, following his strong showing against Pakistan in the UAE. On the bowling front, Dale Steyn extended his lead at the top, while a lethal spell with the ball against South Africa has catapulted Shane Watson into the top ten.

TEST BATSMAN
1 880 K.C. Sangakkara SL
2 873 J.H. Kallis SA
3 823 A.N. Cook ENG
4 822 I.R. Bell ENG
5 806 S.R. Tendulkar IND
6 798 S. Chanderpaul WI
7 790 G.C. Smith SA
8 782 H.M. Amla SA
9 776 I.J.L. Trott ENG
10 770 K.P. Pietersen ENG

TEST BOWLERS
1 902 D.W. Steyn SA
2 811 J.M. Anderson ENG
3 776 M. Morkel SA
4 755 G.P. Swann ENG
5 744 S.C.J. Broad ENG
6 706 Zaheer Khan IND
7 680 Shakib Al Hasan BAN
8 670 D.L. Vettori NZ
9 643 M.G. Johnson AUS
10 633 S.R. Watson AUS

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Shakib Al Hasan, the former Bangladesh captain, has become the No. 1 Test allrounder in the latest ICC rankings following his outstanding performance against Pakistan in Mirpur. Shakib's rise ended Jacques Kallis' lengthy hold on the position. Kallis, who made 31 and went wicketless in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Centurion, was the No. 1 allrounder for 3696 days and will have the chance to reclaim the top position during the final two matches of that series in Durban and Cape Town.

Daniel Vettori, Shane Watson and Stuart Broad complete the top allrounders list in Test cricket.

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Batsmen
1 850 K.C. Sangakkara SL
2 846 J.H. Kallis SA
3 821 M.J. Clarke AUS
4 815 A.B. de Villiers SA
5 795 A.N. Cook ENG
6 780 I.J.L. Trott ENG
7 775 T.T. Samaraweera SL
8 771 Misbah-ul-Haq PAK
9 766 S. Chanderpaul WI
10 762 Younus Khan PAK
Aussies
14 735 Ricky Ponting
16 728 Micheal Hussey
28 598 Shane Watson
39 544 Dave Warner
41 530 Brad Haddin
53 464 Phil Hughes
66 371 Ed Cowan

Bowlers
1 896 D.W. Steyn SA
2 812 Saeed Ajmal PAK
3 787 J.M. Anderson ENG
4 768 P.M. Siddle AUS
5 760 S.C.J. Broad ENG
6 750 G.P. Swann ENG
7 726 B.W. Hilfenhaus AUS
8 715 M. Morkel SA
9 710 Abdur Rehman PAK
10 697 Zaheer Khan IND
Aussies
17 585 Shane Watson
18 583 Mitchell Johnson
22 566 Ryan Harris
29 498 James Pattinson
43 363 Nathan Lyon
57 251 Pat Cummins
72 167 Mitch Starc
79 128 Micheal Clarke
87 95 Micheal Hussey