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29 March 2024

Evergreen Kallis ranked No.1 all-rounder

Kallis scored his first Test double century in South Africa’s victory over India in the Centurion Test. (AP)

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There has been a significant shake-up in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings after the conclusion of the Ahmedabad, Galle and Mirpur Tests, while the second Test between Australia and South Africa, starting in Adelaide on Thursday, may lead to changes at the top of the batting and bowling tables.

India defeated England by nine wickets in Ahmedabad, with Cheteshwar Pujara picking up the man of the match award. Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 10 wickets in Galle, with Rangana Herath collecting the player of the match award, and Kieran Powell was adjudged man of the match in Mirpur where the West Indies overpowered Bangladesh by 77 runs.

Herath has achieved a career-best rating of 828 points on the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers following his match figures of 11 for 108, while Pujara and Powell have earned career-best rankings to storm up the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen.

Pujara has rocketed 35 places to 24th position after scoring an unbeaten 206, while Powell has been rewarded for becoming the first West Indian to score two centuries in a Test against Bangladesh and eighth overall with a jump of 19 places which has put him in 51st spot.

But Pujara and Powell are not the only batsmen to make upward movements in latest rankings which were released on Monday evening.

England captain Alastair Cook, who scored a gutsy 176 in his side’s second innings, has returned to the top 10 by rising four places to seventh, Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has jumped six places to 13th position after scoring a classy 91 in the first innings, Matt Prior has become the fifth England batsman inside the top 20 after achieving a career-best ranking of 18th, Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews’ contribution of 79 runs in a 156-run sixth wicket partnership with Jayawardene has given him a career-best ranking of 28th, New Zealand’s Daniel Flynn’s contributions of 53 and 20 has allowed him to improve his ranking by five places and he is now in 63rd position, Denesh Ramdin’s third career century for the West Indies has vaulted him seven places to 68th position while Bangladesh’s Nasir Hossain’s effort of 96 and 21 has lifted him from 85th spot to 69th position.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who scored 203 not out, has not improved his ranking but has gained 27 ratings points which has put him just one rating point behind fourth-ranked Australia captain Michael Clarke, whereas Virender Sehwag is now in 22nd position after gaining one place following his 23rd Test century.

India’s left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha leads the bowlers’ charge.

The 26-year-old, who recorded match figures of 77.2-24-165-9, has broken into the top five for the first time in his career after jumping nine places in the bowler rankings, New Zealand’s Tim Southee has moved up 10 places to 30th after his first innings performance of four for 46, Ravi Rampaul’s five wickets for the West Indies has lifted him eight places to 33rd spot while Bangladesh’s debutant Sohag Gazi has entered the rankings in 51st position after match figures of 70.2-9-219-9.

Meanwhile, South Africa’s Jacques Kallis will enter the Adelaide Test against Australia as the number-one ranked Test all-rounder, while team-mates Hashim Amla and Vernon Philander will have opportunities to top the batting and bowling tables, respectively.

Kallis has regained the number-one ranking after Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan conceded 21 ratings points and slipped one place to second position after scoring 91 runs and taking two wickets against West Indies. Also losing ground is England’s Stuart Broad, who has dropped behind New Zealand’s fourth-ranked Daniel Vettori.

While Kallis will be eyeing to cement his number-one spot in the Adelaide Test, Amla will be aiming to leapfrog Sri Lanka’s number-one ranked Kumar Sangakkara, and Philander will have his new ball partner and number-one ranked Dale Steyn firmly within his sights.

Amla, who is already enjoying his career-best rating, trails Sangakkara by just four ratings points and a good performance with the bat will mean that he will become one of the very few batsmen to top both the Test and ODI batting tables at the same time.

Philander is 19 ratings points behind Steyn, who has been holding the number-one spot since July 2009. Philander has played a total of 11 Tests, in which he has taken 63 wickets. As such, he is still in the qualification period for bowlers as a bowler qualifies for a full rating when he reaches 100 Test wickets.

This means Philander could potentially overtake number one Steyn, depending on how both the bowlers perform in Adelaide.

Forthcoming Tests

  • 21-25 Nov – Bangladesh v West Indies (2nd Test), Kulna
  • 22-26 Nov – Australia v South Africa (2nd Test), Adelaide
  • 23-27 Nov – India v England (2nd Test), Mumbai
  • 25-29 Nov – Sri Lanka v New Zealand (2nd Test), Colombo

For more information go to www.reliancemobileiccrankings.com.

Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 20 November, after the Ahmedabad, Galle and Mirpur Tests, and before the start of Khulna and Adelaide Tests)

Batsmen

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) K.Sangakkara SL 880 56.44 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
2 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 876! 50.37 876 v Aus at Brisbane 2012
3 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 859 57.3 935 v NZ at Centurion 2007
4 ( - ) Michael Clarke Aus 857! 50.84 857 v SA at Brisbane 2012
5 ( - ) S.Chanderpaul WI 856 50.94 901 v NZ at Napier 2008
6 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 810 49.02 821 v Eng at The Oval 2012
7 (+4) Alastair Cook Eng 787 48.71 836 v Ind at Edgbaston 2011
8 (-1) Younus Khan Pak 761 51.69 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
9 (-1) Azhar Ali Pak 753! 45.27 753 v SL at Pallekele 2012
10 ( - ) Graeme Smith SA 741 49.39 843 v Eng at Johannesburg 2010
11 (+2) Mike Hussey Aus 725 50.5 921 v WI at Kingston 2008
12 (+2) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 720 45.68 771 v Eng at Abu Dhabi 2012
13= (+6) M.Jayawardene SL 715 50.62 883 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2009
(-4) Kevin Pietersen Eng 715 48.93 909 v WI at Headingley 2007
15 (-1) T.Samaraweera SL 708 50.96 775 v SA at Cape Town 2012
16 (-4) Ross Taylor NZ 701 41.8 775 v Pak at Wellington 2009
17 ( - ) Sachin Tendulkar Ind 700 54.93 898 v Zim at Nagpur 2002
18 (+3) Matt Prior Eng 698! 43.33 698 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2012
19 (-3) Jonathan Trott Eng 682 48.96 856 v SL at Cardiff 2011
20 (-2) Ian Bell Eng 676 46.24 822 v Ind at The Oval 2011

Selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
21 (-1) Ricky Ponting Aus 673 52.54 942 v Eng at Adelaide 2006
22 (+1) Virender Sehwag Ind 667 50.89 866 v SL at Galle 2010
24 (+35) C. Pujara Ind 632*! 71.25 632 v Eng at Ahmedabad 2012
25 (+1) Darren Bravo WI 628* 44.41 709 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 2012
26 (+2) B.McCullum NZ 625 35.92 673 v Pak at Hamilton 2011
27 (-3) Chris Gayle WI 617 42.06 755 v SL at Galle 2010
28= (-1) Tamim Iqbal Ban 612 38.02 707 v Eng at Old Trafford 2010
(+5) Angelo Mathews SL 612! 40.05 612 v NZ at Galle 2012
30 (-1) Alviro Petersen SA 605* 41.86 613 v Eng at Headingley 2012
31 (-6) Marlon Samuels WI 602 34.22 632 v NZ at Kingston 2012
32 (-2) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 593 35.12 596 v Pak at Mirpur 2011
34 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 589*! 40.88 589 v Eng at Ahmedabad 2012
36 (-1) Shane Watson Aus 579 37.54 729 v Eng at Perth 2010
37 (+1) Gautam Gambhir Ind 556 44.36 886 v SL at Kanpur 2009
38 (-2) Mahendra Dhoni Ind 555 38.11 662 v SA at Kolkata 2010
39 (-2) Martin Guptill NZ 542 32.98 597 v WI at Kingston 2012
43 (-3) Mushfiqur Rahim Ban 520 29.03 584 v Eng at Chittagong 2010
46 (-1) N.T.Paranavitana SL 504 33.05 547 v Pak at Sharjah 2011
47 ( - ) David Warner Aus 496* 39.6 568 v Ind at Perth 2012
48 (-6) Kane Williamson NZ 495* 29.8 571 v SA at Wellington 2012
49 (-1) Ed Cowan Aus 494*! 38 494 v SA at Brisbane 2012
50 (-1) P.Jayawardena SL 473 31.12 510 v Eng at Galle 2012
51 (+19) Kieran Powell WI 468 *! 33.13 468 v Ban at Mirpur 2012
63 (+5) Daniel Flynn NZ 409 * 28.32 432 v Ind at Hamilton 2009
68 (+7) Denesh Ramdin WI 385 24.91 438 v Eng at Lord's 2007
69= (+16) Nasir Hossain Ban 379 *! 36.22 379 v WI at Mirpur 2012

Bowlers

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge HS Rating
1 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 859 23.86 902 v SL at Centurion 2011
2 ( - ) Vernon Philander SA 840* 17.6 852 v Eng at Lord's 2012
3 ( - ) Saeed Ajmal Pak 832 27.09 836 v SL at Galle 2012
4 ( - ) Rangana Herath SL 828! 30.26 828 v NZ at Galle 2012
5 (+9) Pragyan Ojha Ind 764*! 30.38 764 v Eng at Ahmedabad 2012
6= (-1) James Anderson Eng 741 30.59 813 v Ind at Edgbaston 2011
( - ) Ben Hilfenhaus Aus 741* 28.48 757 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2012
8 (-1) Peter Siddle Aus 734 29.76 768 v Ind at Adelaide 2012
9 ( - ) Morne Morkel SA 721 30.59 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
10 ( - ) Kemar Roach WI 705* 27.69 712 v NZ at Kingston 2012
11 ( - ) Abdur Rehman Pak 704* 28.4 739 v Eng at Dubai 2012
12 ( - ) Graeme Swann Eng 699 29.65 858 v Pak at Lord's 2010
13 (-5) Stuart Broad Eng 694 31.58 783 v WI at Lord's 2012
14 (+1) Zaheer Khan Ind 665 32.02 752 v SA at Durban 2010
15 (-2) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 646* 32.32 680 v WI at Mirpur 2011
16 ( - ) Steven Finn Eng 615* 28.15 621 v SA at Lord's 2012
17 ( - ) Chris Martin NZ 610 33.97 669 v SA at Hamilton 2012
18 ( - ) R.Ashwin Ind 595*! 28.22 595 v Eng at Ahmedabad 2012
19 ( - ) Umar Gul Pak 584 33.66 642 v Eng at Dubai 2012
20 ( - ) Ryan Harris Aus 581* 23.63 614 v WI at Bridgetown 2012

Selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge HS Rating
22 (+1) Shane Watson Aus 565* 28.91 633 v SA at Cape Town 2011
23 (+1) Mitchell Johnson Aus 560 31.29 825 v Eng at Cardiff 2009
24 (+1) Harbhajan Singh Ind 543 32.22 765 v NZ at Wellington 2002
25 (-3) Tim Bresnan Eng 540* 31.33 657 v WI at Edgbaston 2012
26 ( - ) James Pattinson Aus 537*! 20.77 537 v SA at Brisbane 2012
28 ( - ) Darren Sammy WI 514* 34.45 568 v Aus at Bridgetown 2012
30= (+10) Tim Southee NZ 487*! 37.85 487 v SL at Galle 2012
( - ) Fidel Edwards WI 487 38.37 590 v Eng at Lord's 2009
32 ( - ) Nathan Lyon Aus 477*! 29.26 477 v SA at Brisbane 2012
33 (+8) Ravi Rampaul WI 470*! 34.79 470 v Ban at Mirpur 2012
34 (-1) Jacques Kallis SA 469 32.73 742 v Eng at Headingley 2003
38 (-1) Monty Panesar Eng 438 33.33 721 v WI at Chester-le-St 2007
41 (-10) Doug Bracewell NZ 423* 30.57 538 v WI at Kingston 2012
42 (+3) N.Kulasekara SL 404*! 32.34 404 v NZ at Galle 2012
45 (+3) Umesh Yadav Ind 379* 32.5 385 v Aus at Melbourne 2011
46 (-2) Suraj Randiv SL 372* 37.05 387 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2012
47 (+2) Jeetan Patel NZ 361* 45.18 368 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2009
48 (+1) James Franklin NZ 347* 33.77 679 v SL at Christchurch 2006
51 (NEW) Sohag Gazi Ban 327 *! 24.33 327 v WI at Mirpur 2012

All-rounders

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating
1 (+1) Jacques Kallis SA 403 616 v Pak at Durban 2002
2 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 383 /* 404 v Pak at Mirpur 2011
3 ( - ) Shane Watson Aus 327 /* 394 v SA at Johannesburg 2011
4 (+1) Daniel Vettori NZ 302 412 v Pak at Napier 2009
5 (-1) Stuart Broad Eng 296 382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012

* 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

For more information go to www.relianceiccrankings.com.