Dubai: Centurions of the Wellington and Mohali Tests have made impressive gains in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen released on Tuesday.
In Wellington, England’s Nick Compton’s 100 was his second successive century, and his teammate Jonathan Trott scored 121 in a drawn encounter against New Zealand. In Mohali, openers Murali Vijay scored 153 and debutant Shikhar Dhawan hit 187 to set up their side’s six-wicket victory over Australia, which gave India a 3-0 lead in the four-Test series.
Compton has risen 13 places to 56th position, Trott has jumped three places to 10th place, Vijay is now at a career-best 43rd spot after moving up 16 places and Dhawan has entered the rankings in 61st position.
Other batsmen inside the top 20 to progress are England’s Matt Prior in 14th (up by one) and India batsman Virat Kohli in 20th (up by four). These are their career-best batting rankings to date.
Outside the top 20 the batsmen to move upwards include Australia’s David Warner in 29th (up by one), New Zealand’s Kane Williamson in 35th (up by two), Australia opener Ed Cowan in 38th (up by seven), team mate Phil Hughes in 50th (up by four) and New Zealander Hamish Rutherford in 53rd (up by four).
The batting table is still headed by South Africa’s Hashim Amla with his teammate AB de Villiers sitting in second place and West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul in third position.
Australia captain Michael Clarke is now ranked fourth after dropping 21 ratings points and two places following the Mohali Test.
Meanwhile, in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers, West Indies’ Kemar Roach in 11th (up by one) and England pace bowler Stuart Broad in 13th (up by one) are the only bowlers inside the top 20 to improve their rankings.
Outside the top 20, India’s Ravindra Jadeja has moved into 35th place (up by six), West Indies’ Shane Shillingford is in 41st (up by 19) and Zimbabwe’s Kyle Jarvis is now 56th (up by 12).
The bowlers’ table is still headed by South Africa’s Dale Steyn with his teammate Vernon Philander in second place and Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal in third.
There is no change to the top three in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders with Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan sitting in top spot, followed by South Africa's Jacques Kallis in second place and India’s Ravichandran Ashwin sharing third place with Vernon Philander.
Upcoming fixtures
20-24 Mar – West Indies v Zimbabwe, Roseau (Dominica), second Test
22-26 Mar – New Zealand v England, Auckland, third Test
22-26 Mar – India v Australia, New Delhi, fourth Test
Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 19 March after Bridgetown, Wellington and Mohali Tests)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Ranking
1 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 903! 52.11 903 v Pak at Centurion 2013
2 (+1) AB de Villiers SA 879! 50.50 879 v Pak at Centurion 2013
3 ( - ) S.Chanderpaul WI 872 51.54 901 v NZ at Napier 2008
4 (-2) Michael Clarke Aus 869 52.33 900 v SL at Melbourne 2012
5 ( - ) K Sangakkara SL 850 56.54 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
6 ( - ) Alastair Cook Eng 817 49.38 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
7 (+1) Jacques Kallis SA 756 56.10 935 v NZ at Centurion 2007
8 (-1) Ross Taylor NZ 750 43.37 785 v SL at Colombo (PSS) 2012
9 ( - ) Younus Khan Pak 748 50.74 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
10 (+3) Jonathan Trott Eng 733 50.60 856 v SL at Cardiff 2011
11 ( - ) Kevin Pietersen Eng 730 49.01 909 v WI at Headingley 2007
12 (-2) C Pujara Ind 723* 61.52 740 v Aus at Hyderabad 2013
13 (-1) Azhar Ali Pak 713 42.26 753 v SL at Pallekele 2012
14 (+1) Matt Prior Eng 701! 43.72 701 v NZ at Wellington 2013
15 (-1) Graeme Smith SA 696 48.62 843 v Eng at Johannesburg 2010
16 ( - ) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 687 43.19 771 v Eng at Abu Dhabi 2012
17 (+1) Marlon Samuels WI 672! 37.54 672 v Zim at Bridgetown 2013
18 (-1) Ian Bell Eng 665 46.45 822 v Ind at The Oval 2011
19 ( - ) Darren Bravo WI 657 45.80 709 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 2012
20 (+4) Virat Kohli Ind 648*! 43.57 648 v Aus at Mohali 2013
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Ranking
21 (-2) Sachin Tendulkar Ind 647 54.12 898 v Zim at Nagpur 2002
24 (-3) MS Dhoni Ind 636 39.74 662 v SA at Kolkata 2010
25 ( - ) B McCullum NZ 626 35.72 673 v Pak at Hamilton 2011
26 (-1) Chris Gayle WI 615 42.09 755 v SL at Galle 2010
29 (+1) David Warner Aus 606* 41.83 620 v SL at Melbourne 2012
35 (+2) K Williamson NZ 575 31.86 578 v SL at Colombo (PSS) 2012
38 (+7) Ed Cowan Aus 525*! 33.03 525 v Ind at Mohali 2013
43 (+16) Murali Vijay Ind 500*! 38.84 500 v Aus at Mohali 2013
46 (-4) Dean Brownlie NZ 496* 32.88 503 v SA at Port Elizabeth 2013
47 (-1) Brad Haddin Aus 475 35.50 637 v WI at Perth 2009
50 (+4) Phillip Hughes Aus 463 33.35 599 v Eng at Lord's 2009
53 (+4) H Rutherford NZ 454*! 69.66 454 v Eng at Wellington 2013
55 (+1) Darren Sammy WI 452! 22.64 452 v Zim at Bridgetown 2013
56 (+13) Nick Compton Eng 443*! 47.22 443 v NZ at Wellington 2013
57 (+3) BJ Watling NZ 439*! 32.66 439 v Eng at Wellington 2013
59 (-6) R Ashwin Ind 433* 37.75 490 v Eng at Nagpur 2012
60 (-11) Kieran Powell WI 432* 30.57 468 v Ban at Mirpur 2012
61 (NEW) Shikhar Dhawan Ind 420*! 187.00 420 v Aus at Mohali 2013
63 (+5) Denesh Ramdin WI 405 25.50 438 v Eng at Lord's 2007
69(-5) Stuart Broad Eng 389 25.43 505 v Ind at The Oval 2011
70 (-3) Brendan Taylor Zim 384* 28.37 445 v NZ at Bulawayo 2011
71 (RE) Steven Smith Aus 377* 32.36 380 v Eng at Sydney 2011
76 (+7) Tino Mawoyo Zim 364* 41.44 396 v Pak at Bulawayo 2011
79 (+29) Mitchell Starc Aus 350*! 32.70 350 v Ind at Mohali 2013
87 (RE) V Sibanda Zim 316* 24.78 338 v NZ at Bulawayo 2011
98 (-6) Tim Southee NZ 262* 18.45 289 v Zim at Napier 2012
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Ranking
1 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 905 22.65 908 v Pak at Johannesburg 2013
2 ( - ) V Philander SA 890*! 17.13 890 v Pak at Centurion 2013
3 ( - ) Saeed Ajmal Pak 819 27.60 847 v SA at Cape Town 2013
4 ( - ) Rangana Herath SL 783 30.57 838 v NZ at Colombo (PSS) 2012
5 ( - ) Peter Siddle Aus 782 28.77 806 v SL at Hobart 2012
6 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 752 30.45 813 v Ind at Edgbaston 2011
7 ( - ) Graeme Swann Eng 740 29.13 858 v Pak at Lord's 2010
8 ( - ) R Ashwin Ind 720* 29.56 734 v Aus at Hyderabad 2013
9=( - ) Pragyan Ojha Ind 715* 31.79 773 v Eng at Kolkata 2012
10 (+1) Morne Morkel SA 715 29.97 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
11 (+1) Kemar Roach WI 707* 27.22 712 v NZ at Kingston 2012
12 (-1) Ben Hilfenhaus Aus 700* 28.50 757 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2012
13 (+1) Stuart Broad Eng 688 31.45 783 v WI at Lord's 2012
14 (-1) Abdur Rehman Pak 683* 28.40 739 v Eng at Dubai 2012
15 ( - ) S Al Hasan Ban 635 32.53 680 v WI at Mirpur 2011
16 ( - ) Zaheer Khan Ind 606 32.35 752 v SA at Durban 2010
17 ( - ) Chris Martin NZ 594 33.81 669 v SA at Hamilton 2012
18 ( - ) M Johnson Aus 582 30.63 825 v Eng at Cardiff 2009
19=(+2) Umar Gul Pak 569 34.06 642 v Eng at Dubai 2012
20 ( - ) Steven Finn Eng 569* 29.94 621 v SA at Lord's 2012
