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Johnson keen to remove Steyn
JOHANNESBURG: Fast bowler Mitchell Johnson from Australia has joined South Africa’s Dale Steyn in second place of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers after taking 4-115 in the second Test between the two countries in Durban.
The 27-year-old left-armer has taken a total of 12 wickets for 252 runs so far this series and the final Cape Town Test could be the chance for the Queenslander to overtake Steyn as the sole holder of the number-two spot in the rankings table; the number-one place is still held by Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralidaran.
Further down the top 20 there has been some movement, with Pakistan’s Umar Gul climbing five places to take 13th position, while Gul’s team-mate Danish Kaneria has dropped four spots to 17th position. India’s Ishant Sharma has re-entered the top 20, after South Africa’s Paul Harris dropped to 22nd place.
Outside of the 20, Australia’s Peter Siddle has climbed eight places to 31st while Siddle’s team-mate Andrew McDonald has jumped 11 places to 55th. England’s Graeme Swann, who took a total of 19 wickets in his side’s series defeat to the West Indies, has gained seven places to take 34th place.
England’s defeat in the West Indies has had repercussions for it in the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship. Andrew Strauss’s men have dropped down to sixth on the ladder to the benefit of Pakistan which has assumed fifth place. The victory for Chris Gayle’s men was their first Test series win over England since 2004, but they have not risen above their seventh place position on the table.
As reported yesterday, Australia continues its stronghold at the top of the table after their series win over South Africa, with one Test still to play in Cape Town on 19 March. Crucially, Ricky Ponting’s team will now definitely be number one in the world when the annual cut-off date comes along on 1 April ensuring the Test Championship mace and a cheque for US$175,000 will return with them to Australia.
In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen, the West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul has reclaimed the number one ranking after an impressive 147 not out in the final Test against England at Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad.
Ponting has climbed up one place to take fourth position, while Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardena has dropped down to fifth. South Africa’s Jacques Kallis has risen one place to 11th in the rankings after an impressive 93 runs in the second innings of the Durban Test against Australia, Kallis overtakes India’s Virender Sehwag who has dropped one place to 12th.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s Thilan Samaweera has entered the top 20 for the first time and claimed his highest ranking to date of 17th place. The 32-year-old from Colombo scored two double-centuries in as many matches and that effort has pushed him six places higher in the rankings. India’s Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman are currently tied in 18th place alongside Gayle who has risen in the rankings after an enjoyable time of it against the England bowlers.
Outside of the top 20, India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni has risen one place to 32, while England wicketkeeper Matt Prior has climbed eight spots to take 38th place alongside New Zealand’s Jacob Oram.
Australia’s newest batting star, Philip Hughes has climbed a substantial 20 places to 41st in the rankings after scoring two centuries in the Durban Test. The 20-year-old New South Welshman is currently averaging 87.5 from his two Test match performances for Australia as he gets his career off to a flying start.
South Africa’s Jean-Paul Duminy is also heading in the right direction after his performances with the bat have seen him rise another 24 places in the rankings to 45th position, the best ranking of his career to date. Another notable addition to the top 100 is West Indies’ Brendan Nash who has risen 14 places to claim 51st position.
In the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders there has been no change at the top, with South Africa’s Kallis still leading the way. Gayle has re-joined the top five, however, pushing out Sri Lanka’s Charminda Vaas in the process.
Reliance Mobile ICC Test Rankings (11 March 2009)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 (+1) S.Chanderpaul WI 886 50.01 901 v NZ at Napier 2008
2 (-1) Younus Khan Pak 880 ! 51.80 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
3 ( - ) K Sangakkara SL 854 54.99 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
4 (+1) Ricky Ponting Aus 825 56.72 942 v Eng at Adelaide 2006
5 (-1) M Jayawardena SL 821 53.23 854 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
6 ( - ) Michael Clarke Aus 802 48.56 825 v SA at Sydney 2009
7 ( - ) Kevin Pietersen Eng 797 51.09 909 v WI at Headingley 2007
8 ( - ) Graeme Smith SA 790 50.33 810 v Aus at Melbourne 2008
9 ( - ) Gautam Gambhir Ind 772*! 49.35 772 v Eng at Mohali 2008
10 ( - ) R Sarwan WI 738 42.57 767 v Eng at Bridgetown 2009
11 (+1) Jacques Kallis SA 734 54.41 935 v NZ at Centurion 2007
12 (-1) Virender Sehwag Ind 729 51.06 854 v SA at Kolkata 2004
13 ( - ) Mike Hussey Aus 712 56.26 921 v WI at Kingston 2008
14 ( - ) Andrew Strauss Eng 707 44.26 769 v SA at Johannesburg 2005
15 ( - ) Ashwell Prince SA 695 45.68 756 v Pak at Centurion 2007
16 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 690 42.43 692 v Aus at Perth 2008
17 (+6) T Samaraweera SL 687 ! 51.07 687 v Pak at Lahore 2009
18= (-1) Sachin Tendulkar Ind 683 54.27 898 v Zim at Nagpur 2002
(-1) VVS Laxman Ind 683 44.45 753 v Aus at Sydney 2004
(+1) Chris Gayle WI 683 40.00 704 v Eng at Antigua 2009
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave Econ HS Rating
1 ( - ) M Muralidaran SL 855 22.18 920 v Ban at Kandy 2007
2= ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 811 23.78 897 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2008
(+1) Mitchell Johnson Aus 811*! 27.61 811 v SA at Durban 2009
4 ( - ) Stuart Clark Aus 767* 22.96 863 v WI at Bridgetown 2008
5 ( - ) Makhaya Ntini SA 758 28.25 863 v Ind at Durban 2006
6 ( - ) Harbhajan Singh Ind 686 30.88 765 v NZ at Wellington 2002
7 ( - ) Jerome Taylor WI 670* 34.29 717 v Eng at Kingston 2009
8 ( - ) Chaminda Vaas SL 664 29.40 800 v Ind at Chennai 2005
9 ( - ) Brett Lee Aus 660 30.81 811 v WI at Antigua 2008
10 ( - ) Ryan Sidebottom Eng 654* 27.70 769 v SA at Lord's 2008
11 ( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ 653 33.09 681 v Aus at Auckland 2000
12 ( - ) Zaheer Khan Ind 631 34.04 689 v Pak at Delhi 2007
13 (+5) Umar Gul Pak 621* 31.34 627 v WI at Karachi 2006
14 (+1) Jacques Kallis SA 617 30.88 742 v Eng at Headingley 2003
15= (+1) James Anderson Eng 609 35.42 622 v Ind at Chennai 2008
(-1) Andrew Flintoff Eng 609 32.07 810 v Pak at Multan 2005
17 (-4) Danish Kaneria Pak 594 34.87 723 v Eng at Multan 2005
18 (-1) Monty Panesar Eng 585 33.72 721 v WI at Chester-le-St 2007
19 ( - ) Chris Martin NZ 567 33.55 643 v Eng at Lord's 2004
20 (+2) Ishant Sharma Ind 562*! 31.59 562 v Eng at Mohali 2008
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points HS Rating
1 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 453 616 v Pak at Durban 2002
2 ( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ 347 369 v Ban at Dhaka 2008
3 ( - ) Mitchell Johnson Aus 303*/* 314 v SA at Johannesburg 2009
4 ( - ) Andrew Flintoff Eng 281 501 v Pak at Multan 2005
5 (+1) Chris Gayle WI 274 /* 282 v Eng at St John's 2009
*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
Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship (as of 11 March)
Rank Team Rating
1 Australia 126
2 South Africa 121
3 India 118
4 Sri Lanka 108
5 Pakistan 100
6 England 98
7 West Indies 89
8 New Zealand 81
9 Zimbabwe 19
10 Bangladesh 0 |
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