Taylor and Warner achieve career-best rankings
New Zealand’s Ross Taylor and Australia opener David Warner have achieved career-best rankings, while Darren Bravo of the West Indies has returned to the top 20 of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, which were updated after the Adelaide and Dunedin Tests.
Taylor scored 217 and 16 not out against the West Indies for which he has been rewarded with a jump of five places that has put him in seventh position, while Warner’s 29 and 83 not out against England have given him lifted him three places to 14th spot.
Bravo scored 40 and 218 in Dunedin, which has helped him return to the top 20 in 15th position, rising 10 places. He has now become the second highest-ranked West Indies batsman after Shivnarine Chanderpaul who has slipped two places to fifth position.
Australia captain Michael Clarke is also on the move and has gained one place to third after scoring 148 in the first innings in Adelaide. For his contribution in the second Test, Clarke has been awarded 14 ratings points, which means he now trails number-one ranked AB de Villiers by 25 ratings points and second ranked Hashim Amla by 14 ratings points.
Other batsmen to head in the right direction include Joe Root in 26th (up by six places), Brendon McCullum in 32nd (up by two places), Brad Haddin in 34th (up by eight places) and Darren Sammy in 61st (up by five places).
In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers, Australia’s Peter Siddle, Shane Shillingford of the West Indies, Mitchell Johnson of Australia and New Zealand’s Tim Southee are some of the bowlers who have improved their rankings.
Siddle has moved up one place to seventh after returning match figures of five for 91, Shillingford has gained one place and is now in 15th position after match figures of five for 164, Johnson’s haul of seven for 40 and one for 73 has provided him a boost of two places to 17th, and Southee has moved into 18th position after returning figures of six for 153.
Southee’s new ball partner Trent Boult has climbed four places to sit just outside the top 20 in 21st position after he recorded figures of three for 40 and two for 81.
Dale Steyn of South Africa leads the field with team-mate Vernon Philander in second spot and Sri Lanka’s spinner Rangana Herath in third place.
There is no change in the top five of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test All-rounders, which is headed by Ravichandaran Ashwin of India. England’s Stuart Broad is in fourth spot, Shane Watson of Australia is in sixth position, Sammy is ranked ninth and Southee is in 13th position.
The player rankings will next be updated after the conclusion of the third Test between Australia and England, which starts in Perth on Friday.
Reliance ICC Test Rankings (as of 10 December, after the first Test between New Zealand and West Indies, and the second Test between Australia and England)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 909! 51.44 909 v Pak at Dubai 2013
2 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 898 52.32 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
3 (+1) Michael Clarke Aus 884 52.58 900 v SL at Melbourne 2012
4 (+1) K.Sangakkara SL 866 56.98 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
5 (-2) S.Chanderpaul WI 863 51.58 901 v NZ at Napier 2008
6 ( - ) C.Pujara Ind 801*! 65.50 801 v WI at Mumbai 2013
7 (+5) Ross Taylor NZ 794! 45.55 794 v WI at Dunedin 2013
8 (-1) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 783! 46.03 783 v SA at Dubai 2013
9 (-1) Graeme Smith SA 771 49.36 843 v Eng at Johannesburg 2010
10 (-1) Younus Khan Pak 769 51.17 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
11 ( - ) Ian Bell Eng 738 46.49 822 v Ind at The Oval 2011
12 (+1) Jacques Kallis SA 704 55.44 935 v NZ at Centurion 2007
13 (-3) Alastair Cook Eng 703 47.20 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
14 (+3) David Warner Aus 690! 41.12 690 v Eng at Adelaide 2013
15 (+10) Darren Bravo WI 685 46.67 709 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 2012
16 (-2) Kevin Pietersen Eng 683 47.83 909 v WI at Headingley 2007
17= (-2) Jonathan Trott Eng 660 46.45 856 v SL at Cardiff 2011
(-1) Asad Shafiq Pak 660* 39.11 680 v SA at Cape Town 2013
19 (-1) M.Jayawardene SL 639 49.56 883 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2009
20 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 634* 41.16 648 v Aus at Mohali 2013
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
23 (-4) M. Samuels WI 617 36.28 672 v Zim at Bridgetown 2013
26 (+6) Joe Root Eng 606*! 40.59 606 v Aus at Adelaide 2013
32 (+2) B. McCullum NZ 585 35.38 673 v Pak at Hamilton 2011
34 (+8) Brad Haddin Aus 572 36.09 637 v WI at Perth 2009
38 (-3) Shane Watson Aus 559 35.36 729 v Eng at Perth 2010
45 ( - ) Steven Smith Aus 513* 33.00 526 v Eng at The Oval 2013
47 ( - ) Chris Rogers Aus 486* 31.80 526 v Eng at Chester-le-St 2013
48 ( - ) BJ Watling NZ 477*! 34.84 477 v WI at Dunedin 2013
56 (-5) Kieran Powell WI 442* 29.12 468 v Ban at Mirpur 2012
61 (+5) Darren Sammy WI 426 22.73 452 v Zim at Bridgetown 2013
63 (+1) Peter Fulton NZ 412* 31.27 413 v Eng at Auckland 2013
66 (+6) H. Rutherford NZ 408* 34.92 454 v Eng at Wellington 2013
68 (RE) Kirk Edwards WI 398* 38.10 524 v Aus at Bridgetown 2012
71 (-3) Stuart Broad Eng 383 24.30 505 v Ind at The Oval 2011
75 (+5) N.Deonarine WI 367* 28.16 401 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 2012
83 (-5) Mitchell Johnson Aus 341 22.93 477 v Eng at Lord's 2009
88 (-6) Graeme Swann Eng 328 22.08 418 v Ban at Chittagong 2010
99 (-4) Tim Southee NZ 287 18.74 304 v Eng at Headingley 2013
100 (+19) M. Carberry Eng 282*! 29.66 282 v Aus at Adelaide 2013
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 903 22.65 908 v Pak at Johannesburg 2013
2 ( - ) V.Philander SA 899* 17.50 901 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
3 ( - ) Rangana Herath SL 831 29.52 838 v NZ at Colombo (PSS) 2012
4 ( - ) Saeed Ajmal Pak 824 26.54 855 v Zim at Harare 2013
5 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 808! 27.47 808 v WI at Mumbai 2013
6 ( - ) Ryan Harris Aus 792* 22.06 801 v Eng at Brisbane 2013
7 (+1) Peter Siddle Aus 781 28.75 816 v Eng at Old Trafford 2013
8 (-1) Stuart Broad Eng 764 30.21 783 v WI at Lord's 2012
9 ( - ) Pragyan Ojha Ind 756 30.26 773 v Eng at Kolkata 2012
10 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 710 30.38 813 v Ind at Edgbaston 2011
11 (+1) Abdur Rehman Pak 703* 27.55 739 v Eng at Dubai 2012
12 (+1) Morne Morkel SA 700 30.23 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
13 (-3) Graeme Swann Eng 671 29.67 858 v Pak at Lord's 2010
14 ( - ) Kemar Roach WI 662* 27.71 712 v NZ at Kingston 2012
15 (+1) S.Shillingford WI 652*! 31.39 652 v NZ at Dunedin 2013
16 (-1) Ben Hilfenhaus Aus 646* 28.50 757 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2012
17 (+2) Mitchell Johnson Aus 641 29.53 825 v Eng at Cardiff 2009
18 (+3) Tim Southee NZ 619* 33.74 621 v Eng at Lord's 2013
19 (-2) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 614 32.60 680 v WI at Mirpur 2011
20 (-2) Nathan Lyon Aus 595* 33.29 609 v Eng at Brisbane 2013
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
21 (+4) Trent Boult NZ 589*! 30.24 589 v WI at Dunedin 2013
32 (+1) Darren Sammy WI 491* 35.75 568 v Aus at Bridgetown 2012
36 (-1) Monty Panesar Eng 443 34.56 721 v WI at Chester-le-St 2007
38 (+1) Shane Watson Aus 424* 31.52 633 v SA at Cape Town 2011
44 (+1) Neil Wagner NZ 383*! 37.50 383 v WI at Dunedin 2013
45 (-1) N.Deonarine WI 382 * 28.65 391 v Ind at Mumbai 2013
54 (+1) Tino Best WI 309* 40.28 419 v Ban at Khulna 2012
70 (+1) Marlon Samuels WI 226* 52.14 250 v Zim at Dominica 2013
81 (-20) Shannon Gabriel WI 182* 38.09 360 v Zim at Dominica 2013
83 (+11) Ish Sodhi NZ 177*! 48.30 177 v WI at Dunedin 2013
91 (+5) Corey Anderson NZ 147*! 23.75 147 v WI at Dunedin 2013
96 (+5) Steven Smith Aus 118* 49.66 125 v Eng at Lord's 2013
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating
1 ( - ) R.Ashwin Ind 419*/ ! 419 v WI at Mumbai 2013
2 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 362 404 v Pak at Mirpur 2011
3 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 332 616 v Pak at Durban 2002
4 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 293 382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012
5 ( - ) Vernon Philander SA 283*/* 312 v Pak at Centurion 2013
* indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after playing 40 Test innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating when he reaches 100 Test wickets.
!indicates career-highest rating
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