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Lahore: James Anderson, Joe Root and Gary Ballance have achieved career-best rankings in the Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings after inspiring England to a nine-wicket victory over the West Indies in the second Test, which concluded in St George’s, Gernada, on Saturday,
Anderson returned figures of two for 47 and four for 43 for which he has been rewarded with a jump of three places and puts him alongside Australia’s Ryan Harris in second position. This is Anderson’s career-best ranking to date, while his rating of 826 is also his Test best.
Root not only won the player of the match award for his 182 not out but has also been rewarded with a jump of five places that has put him in a career-best fifth position. At 865 ratings points, he is also enjoying his career-high rating with fourth-ranked Steven Smith firmly within his sights.
Ballance is the other England player to achieve a career-high ranking. His scores of 77 and 81 not out have pushed him up five places to 17th in the latest rankings, which were released on Sunday morning.
Other batsmen to make gains include Alastair Cook 27th (up by two places), Marlon Samuels 28th (up by three places), Darren Bravo 32nd (up by two places) and Kraigg Brathwaite 34th (up by eight places).
The batting table is headed by Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, with South Africa team-mates AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla sitting second and third, respectively.
Bangladesh v Pakistan
Pakistan will be aiming to change its fortunes when it goes head to head with Bangladesh in a two-Test series in Khulna from Tuesday. Pakistan is sitting in fourth position on 103 ratings points while Bangladesh is in ninth spot on 32 ratings points.
This gap of 71 ratings points means Pakistan is expected to win the series convincingly, and because the rankings are weighted to reflect this difference, failure to win comfortably will mean Misbah-ul-Haq’s side will drop points.
If the series ends in a draw, then Pakistan will drop to 99 ratings points while Bangladesh will finish on 37 ratings, and Pakistan will plummet to 96 ratings points if Bangladesh wins the series 1-0.
If Pakistan wins the series 1-0, it will concede one ratings point while it will gain only one ratings point if it wins both the Tests.
To find out exactly how the forthcoming series will affect the rankings table, please click here. The Test rankings table, unlike the ODI and T20I rankings tables, is updated after each match.
In the Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings, Pakistan boasts two batsmen inside the top 10. They are Younus Khan (eighth) and Misbah (10th), while Bangladesh’s highest-ranked batsman is Mominul Haque in 25th spot.
Saeed Ajmal (11th) and Junaid Khan (16th) are the Pakistan bowlers inside the 20 while Shakib Al Hasan in 13th position is not only Bangladesh’s highest-ranked bowler but is also the world’s leading all-rounder.
Forthcoming Tests:
WI v Eng
1-5 May – 3rd Test, Bridgetown, Barbados
BD v Pak
28 April-2 May – 1st Test, Khulna
6-10 May – 2nd Test, Dhaka
Reliance ICC Test Rankings (as on 26 April, after second Test between West Indies and England, and before the start of Bangladesh-Pakistan series):
Rank Team Ratings Points
1. South Africa 124
2. Australia 118
3. England 104
4. Pakistan 103
5. New Zealand 99
6. Sri Lanka 96
7. India 95
8. West Indies 76
9. Bangladesh 32
10. Zimbabwe 18
(Developed by David Kendix)
Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 26 April, after second Test between West Indies and England, and before the start of Bangladesh-Pakistan series):
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 ( – ) K. Sangakkara SL 909 58.66 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
2 ( – ) AB de Villiers SA 908 52.09 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
3 ( – ) Hashim Amla SA 891 52.78 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
4 ( – ) Steven Smith Aus 873! 52.36 873 v Ind at Sydney 2015
5 (+5) Joe Root Eng 865! 57.11 865 v WI at St George’s 2015
6 (-1) Angelo Mathews SL 841 51.50 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014
7 (-1) Kane Williamson NZ 839! 45.96 839 v SL at Wellington 2015
8 (-1) Younus Khan Pak 818 53.37 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
9 ( – ) David Warner Aus 805 48.20 880 v Ind at Adelaide 2014
10 (+1) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 777 49.15 842 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2014
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
11 (-3) S.Chanderpaul WI 775 51.71 901 v NZ at Napier 2008
17 (+5) Gary Ballance Eng 702*! 67.93 702 v WI at St George’s 2015
20 (-1) Asad Shafiq Pak 673 40.23 680 v SA at Cape Town 2013
21 (-2) Ian Bell Eng 656 45.12 822 v Ind at The Oval 2011
22 (-1) Azhar Ali Pak 651 41.31 753 v SL at Pallekele 2012
25 ( – ) Mominul Haque Ban 644*! 63.05 644 v Zim at Chittagong 2014
27 (+2) Alastair Cook Eng 637 46.13 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
28 (+3) Marlon Samuels WI 633 36.28 672 v Zim at Bridgetown 2013
29 (-2) Sarfraz Ahmed Pak 631* 43.78 656 v NZ at Dubai 2014
32 (+2) Darren Bravo WI 599 43.10 709 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 2012
33 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 592 38.31 603 v WI at Khulna 2012
34= (-1) Tamim Iqbal Ban 591 38.09 707 v Eng at Old Trafford 2010
(+8) K.Brathwaite WI 591*! 38.23 591 v Eng at St George’s 2015
38 ( – ) Mushfiqur Rahim Ban 563 33.48 604 v Zim at Mirpur 2014
41 (-4) Jonathan Trott Eng 556 45.01 856 v SL at Cardiff 2011
42 (-1) M.Hafeez Pak 553 37.71 595 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2012
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Econ HS Rating
1 ( – ) Dale Steyn SA 905 22.55 909 v WI at Centurion 2014
2= (+3) James Anderson Eng 826! 29.54 826 v WI at St George’s 2015
( – ) Ryan Harris Aus 826 23.52 870 v SA at Cape Town 2014
4 (-1) Rangana Herath SL 807 29.57 851 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2014
5 (-1) Mitchell Johnson Aus 804 27.84 849 v Pak at Dubai 2014
6 ( – ) Trent Boult NZ 795 27.39 805 v SL at Christchurch 2014
7 ( – ) Vernon Philander SA 780 21.95 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
8 ( – ) Stuart Broad Eng 767 29.97 783 v WI at Lord’s 2012
9 (+1) Tim Southee NZ 743 30.61 799 v WI at Kingston 2014
10 (+1) Morne Morkel SA 727 29.35 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Econ HS Rating
11 (+1) Saeed Ajmal Pak 725 28.10 855 v Zim at Harare 2013
12 (-3) Kemar Roach WI 716 27.12 774 v SA at Centurion 2014
13 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 673 31.42 700 v Zim at Khulna 2014
16 ( – ) Junaid Khan Pak 620* 28.83 652 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2014
31 (+2) Moeen Ali Eng 456*! 27.53 456 v WI at St George’s 2015
33 (-1) Zulfiqar Babar Pak 439* 34.18 501 v NZ at Dubai 2014
40 ( – ) Taijul Islam Ban 378* 27.12 425 v Zim at Khulna 2014
43 ( – ) Sohag Gazi Ban 367* 42.07 459 v NZ at Chittagong 2013
48 ( – ) M.Hafeez Pak 347* 35.23 358 v SA at Cape Town 2013
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points HS Rating
1 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 398 419 v Zim at Khulna 2014
2 ( – ) Vernon Philander SA 341* 376 v Aus at Cape Town 2014
3 ( – ) R.Ashwin Ind 318* 419 v WI at Mumbai 2013
4 ( – ) Mitchell Johnson Aus 291 384 v Eng at Cardiff 2009
5 ( – ) Stuart Broad Eng 275 382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012
