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 Ganguly back in ICC top 20 after 7 years
14th Dec 2007 21:03 IST
Agencies
Following his outstanding performance in the series against Pakistan, Sourav Ganguly entered into the top-20 of ICC Test rankings for batsmen for the first time in seven years.
The left-hander notched up two centuries, one fifty at an average of 89.00 to earn the Player of the Series award and jump four places to 20th in the ICC list.
However, Sachin Tendulkar dropped a rung to 19th.
On the bowling front, India's Test captain Anil Kumble is relishing his time in charge and the veteran leg-spinner took 18 wickets in the three-Test series to move up two places to fifth in the bowlers? list.
Meanwhile, pace spearhead Irfan Pathan's maiden Test hundred has pushed him to the sixth spot in the rankings for all-rounders, behind Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka.
The other big mover from the India-Pakistan Test series is Misbah-ul-Haq. The right-hander began the series in 88th position but is now ranked 25th after scoring 464 runs in six innings at an average of 116.
At the top, Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara and Australia's Ricky Ponting are sharing the number one position in the rankings for batsmen.
The two are locked on 936 ratings points but Sangakkara has the first chance to move ahead again when Sri Lanka and England take the field for the third and final Test of the series in Galle, starting on Tuesday.
Batsmen
1. Ricky Ponting (Australia) and Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 936
3. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 935
4. Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) 880
5. Michael Hussey (Australia) 874
6. Kevin Pietersen (England) 837
7. Matthew Hayden (Australia) 803
8. Younis Khan (Pakistan) 799
9. Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 766
10. Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) 762
Bowlers
1. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) 908
2. Makhaya Ntini (South Africa) 808
3. Dale Steyn (South Africa) 775
4. Stuart Clark (Australia) 769
5. Anil Kumble (India) 732
6. Brett Lee (Australia) and Matthew Hoggard (England) 726
8. Shane Bond (New Zealand) 724
9. Shaun Pollock (South Africa) 701
10. Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan) 684
All-rounders
1. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 551
2. Andrew Flintoff (England) 347
3. Shaun Pollock (South Africa) 329
4. Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) 316
5. Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) 247. |
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