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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Australia slip to fifth place in Test rankings


The Ponting led side has slipped to fifth place in the ICC rankings for Test teams.

Following the 2-0 clean-sweep by India in the 2-match Test series, the Ponting led Australian team has slipped to fifth place in the ICC rankings for Test teams.

India had entered the series ranked number one and even if they had lost both matches to the Australians, they would still have been ranked number one.

India entered the series with 127 rating points, and they now have 130 points following their series win.

South Africa, who are second in the ICC rankings, are on 119 points followed by Sri Lanka with 115 points and England who have 112 points.

Australia, who started the Test series against India with 113 points, lost 3 points following their losses.

ICC rankings for Test teams at the end of the India-Australia series:


RankingTeamMatchesRating Points
1India34130
2South Africa29119
3Sri Lanka23115
4England39112
5Australia37110
6Pakistan2383
7West Indies2179
8New Zealand2578
9Bangladesh197


Meanwhile, Sachin Tendulkar, thanks to his brilliant performance in this series, regained the number one spot on the ICC ranking for Test batsmen. He was ranked number three before the start of the series. On the other hand, Michael Clarke, who was in the 8th position before the series, is now out of the top ten.

ICC ranking for batsmen (Tests):


RankingPlayerRating Points
1Sachin Tendulkar891
2Kumar Sangakkara874
3Virender Sehwag819
4Shivnarine Chanderpaul807
4Mahela Jayawardane807
6Jacques Kallis791
7Graeme Smith787
8V.V.S. Laxman767
9Ross Taylor766
10A.B. de Villiers762


Zaheer Khan, who was ranked fifth prior to the start of the Australia series, has moved up to the fourth place, while Mitchell Johnson, who was in fourth, has now slipped to the 7th spot in the ICC Test rankings for bowlers. Harbhajan Singh, who was in the 9th place before the start of the series, has also moved up a place.

ICC ranking for bowlers (Tests):


RankingPlayerRating Points
1Dale Steyn887
2Graeme Swann858
3Mohammad Asif753
4Zaheer Khan744
4James Anderson744
6Morne Morkel739
7Mitchell Johnson735
8Harbhajan Singh679
9Doug Bollinger659
10Mohammad Aamer658

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