Joe Root has become England’s highest-ranked batsman in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen after hitting his fourth century of his career in the Trent Bridge Test against India, which ended in a draw on Sunday.
Joe Root became the highest ranked English batsman after scoring his fourth century against India. Photo: WICB
The 23-year-old from Yorkshire scored a fine 154 not out and featured in a record 198-run last wicket stand with James Anderson (81). For this achievement, Root, who represented England in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2010 in New Zealand, has been rewarded with a jump of 10 places which has put him in a career-high 16th position.
Ian Bell is England’s second highest-ranked batsman in 20th position, while captain Alastair Cook is in 25th position.
Root had started the season in 38th position and after three Tests, he has moved into 16th position, thus, gaining 22 places on the batting table. Given he is still in the qualification period for batsmen, it is likely that he will move even further up the ladder if he performs strongly in the remaining four Tests of the series.
Also making good progress in the latest rankings are England’s other young guns – Gary Ballance and Sam Robson.
Ballance, who scored 71, has gained 13 places and is now in 70th position while Robson’s 59 has helped him rise 16 places to 78th.
For India, opener Murali Vijay has shown upward movement. The 30-year-old from Chennai scored 146 and 52 and has jumped 12 places to 30th position. He is now India’s fourth highest-ranked batsman after Cheteshwar Pujara (eighth), Virat Kohli (13th) and Mahenda Singh Dhoni (27th).
In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers, England’s Stuart Broad and India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar are the biggest movers.
Broad returned match figures of four for 103, which has helped him rise four places to 10th position. Kumar picked up five for 82 in England’s only innings which has allowed him to break into the top 50 for the first time in his career. He now sits in 46th spot after jumping 27 places.
Sri Lanka v South Africa Test series
Meanwhile, the two-Test series between Sri Lanka and South Africa starts in Galle on Wednesday with the tourists in with a chance to reclaim their number-one position on the Reliance ICC Test Team Table.
To regain the spot which South Africa lost to Australia after the annual update on 1 May, it needs to win the series which will be enough to put Hashim Amla’s men ahead of Michael Clarke’s charges. In this scenario, South Africa will move one ratings point ahead of Australia, while a 2-0 series win will put the visitors on 126 ratings points.
On the other hand, if Sri Lanka wins the series then it will leapfrog England into fifth position while a 2-0 win will mean it will finish ahead of Pakistan and England in fourth spot.
The series will feature the top three batsmen in the world – number-one ranked AB de Villiers, second-ranked Kumar Sangakkara and third-ranked Hashim Amla – and two of the three best bowlers – number-one ranked Dale Steyn and third-ranked Vernon Philander.
Forthcoming Tests:
Sri Lanka v South Africa
16-20 July – 1st Test, Galle
24-28 July – 2nd Test, Colombo
England v India
17-21 July – 2nd Test, Lord’s
27-31 July – 3rd Test, Southampton
7-11 August – 4th Test, Manchester
15-19 August – 5th Test, The Oval
To find out exactly how the forthcoming series will affect the Rankings Table, please click here. The Test Rankings tables, unlike the ODI and T20I Rankings Table, are updated after every series.
Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings table (as on 14 July, before the start of England-India and Sri Lanka-South Africa series. The table will be updated after the conclusion of Sri Lanka-South Africa Test series)
Rank Team Rating
1 Australia 123
2 South Africa 123
3 Pakistan 103
4 India 102
5 England 100
6 Sri Lanka 96
7 New Zealand 93
8 West Indies 74
9 Zimbabwe 40
10 Bangladesh 21
(Developed by David Kendix)
Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings (as on 3 November and after India-Australia ODI series, after two ODIs between Pakistan and South Africa but before Sunday’s third ODI between Bangladesh and New Zealand)
Batsmen (top 20)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( – ) AB de Villiers SA 922 51.94 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
2 ( – ) K.Sangakkara SL 896 58.63 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
3 ( – ) Hashim Amla SA 873 51.35 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
4 ( – ) David Warner Aus 871! 46.54 871 v SA at Cape Town 2014
5 ( – ) S.Chanderpaul WI 854 51.88 901 v NZ at Napier 2008
6 ( – ) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 824! 48.75 824 v SL at Sharjah 2014
7 (+1) Michael Clarke Aus 818 51.50 900 v SL at Melbourne 2012
8 (-1) C.Pujara Ind 812* 58.10 851 v SA at Durban 2013
9 ( – ) Ross Taylor NZ 795 46.43 871 v WI at Hamilton 2013
10 (+1) Angelo Mathews SL 761! 48.40 761 v Eng at Headingley 2014
11 (+1) Younus Khan Pak 759 51.38 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
12 (+1) Steven Smith Aus 737*! 40.02 737 v SA at Cape Town 2014
13 (-3) Virat Kohli Ind 733 44.35 784 v NZ at Wellington 2014
14 ( – ) Kane Williamson NZ 728! 40.28 728 v WI at Bridgetown 2014
15 ( – ) M.Jayawardene SL 696 50.18 883 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2009
16 (+10) Joe Root Eng 679*! 47.17 679 v Ind at Trent Bridge 2014
17 (-1) Chris Rogers Aus 675* 38.14 694 v Eng at Sydney 2014
18 (-1) Kevin Pietersen Eng 654 47.28 909 v WI at Headingley 2007
19 ( – ) B.McCullum NZ 651 37.10 724 v Ind at Wellington 2014
20 (-2) Ian Bell Eng 649 44.99 822 v Ind at The Oval 2011
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
21 (-1) Faf du Plessis SA 636*! 52.42 636 v Aus at Cape Town 2014
25 (-4) Alastair Cook Eng 619 45.67 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
27 (+2) MS Dhoni Ind 607 38.90 662 v SA at Kolkata 2010
30 (+12) Murali Vijay Ind 601*! 38.51 601 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2014
35 (-3) Matt Prior Eng 570 40.64 745 v NZ at Auckland 2013
37 (-1) Alviro Petersen SA 559 37.05 655 v NZ at Cape Town 2013
44 ( – ) JP Duminy SA 517* 34.71 519 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
46 (-1) Ajinkya Rahane Ind 497* 43.50 513 v NZ at Wellington 2014
49 ( – ) Kaushal Silva SL 485* 37.68 506 v Eng at Lord’s 2014
51 (-1) Shikhar Dhawan Ind 451* 44.23 475 v NZ at Wellington 2014
53 ( – ) P.Jayawardena SL 439 30.51 510 v Eng at Galle 2012
54 ( – ) Vernon Philander SA 435*! 27.45 435 v Aus at Cape Town 2014
62 (-6) Ben Stokes Eng 404* 31.00 441 v Aus at Sydney 2014
67 (+3) Stuart Broad Eng 390 24.22 505 v Ind at The Oval 2011
70 (+13) Gary Ballance Eng 385*! 49.50 385 v Ind at Trent Bridge 2014
78 (+16) Sam Robson Eng 347*! 46.00 347 v Ind at Trent Bridge 2014
83 (-2) Dean Elgar SA 335* 29.54 379 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
99 (-6) Moeen Ali Eng 285* 44.00 308 v SL at Headingley 2014
119 (-2) Quinton de Kock SA 205* 20.50 207 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
Bowlers (top 20)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Rating
1 ( – ) Dale Steyn SA 898 23.01 908 v Pak at Johannesburg 2013
2 ( – ) Ryan Harris Aus 870! 22.56 870 v SA at Cape Town 2014
3 ( – ) Vernon Philander SA 865 20.11 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
4 ( – ) Mitchell Johnson Aus 844! 27.42 844 v SA at Cape Town 2014
5 ( – ) Saeed Ajmal Pak 787 27.46 855 v Zim at Harare 2013
6 ( – ) Tim Southee NZ 783 29.83 799 v WI at Kingston 2014
7 (+1) Rangana Herath SL 739 30.51 838 v NZ at Colombo (PSS) 2012
8= (+1) Trent Boult NZ 737* 27.45 767 v Ind at Wellington 2014
(-1) R.Ashwin Ind 737 28.50 808 v WI at Mumbai 2013
10 (+4) Stuart Broad Eng 734 30.36 783 v WI at Lord’s 2012
11= (-1) Kemar Roach WI 733! 27.04 733 v NZ at Bridgetown 2014
(-1) Peter Siddle Aus 733 29.37 816 v Eng at Old Trafford 2013
13 (-1) James Anderson Eng 727 30.50 813 v Ind at Edgbaston 2011
14 (-1) Pragyan Ojha Ind 719 30.26 773 v Eng at Kolkata 2012
15 ( – ) Abdur Rehman Pak 705* 27.75 739 v Eng at Dubai 2012
16 ( – ) Morne Morkel SA 637 30.97 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
17 ( – ) Junaid Khan Pak 623*! 29.07 623 v SL at Sharjah 2014
18 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 613 33.36 680 v WI at Mirpur 2011
19 ( – ) Nathan Lyon Aus 607 32.99 648 v Eng at Melbourne 2013
20 ( – ) Zaheer Khan Ind 575 32.94 752 v SA at Durban 2010
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Rating
23 ( – ) Ishant Sharma Ind 548 37.79 671 v WI at Dominica 2011
28 (-2) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 468* 28.52 570 v SA at Durban 2013
30 (-1) Chris Tremlett Eng 460* 27.00 638 v Ind at Lord’s 2011
31 ( – ) Ajantha Mendis SL 427* 33.55 572 v Ban at Chittagong 2009
34 (-1) M.Shami Ind 407* 31.86 422 v NZ at Wellington 2014
39 ( – ) Kyle Abbott SA 354*! 16.41 354 v Aus at Cape Town 2014
45 ( – ) Suranga Lakmal SL 315* 49.35 324 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
46 (+27) B.Kumar Ind 304*! 30.21 304 v Eng at Trent Bridge 2014
49 ( – ) Imran Tahir SA 295* 43.08 312 v Pak at Dubai 2013
50= ( – ) Liam Plunkett Eng 284* 38.37 286 v SL at Headingley 2014
(+1) JP Duminy SA 284* 39.03 302 v Eng at Johannesburg 2010
52 (-6) Ben Stokes Eng 283* 37.23 311 v Aus at Sydney 2014
54 (-1) Dilruwan Perera SL 282* 36.27 288 v Ban at Chittagong 2014
81 ( – ) Angelo Mathews SL 143*! 60.66 143 v Eng at Headingley 2014
86 (+12) Moeen Ali Eng 132*! 54.71 132 v Ind at Trent Bridge 2014
95 (-1) Wayne Parnell SA 74* 36.85 172 v Ind at Nagpur 2010
100 ( – ) Dean Elgar SA 47* 54.33 60 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating
1 ( – ) Vernon Philander SA 376*/ ! 376 v Aus at Cape Town 2014
2 ( – ) R. Ashwin Ind 366*/ 419 v WI at Mumbai 2013
3 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 364 404 v Pak at Mirpur 2011
4 (+1) Stuart Broad Eng 286 382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012
5 (-1) Mitchell Johnson Aus 280 384 v Eng at Cardiff 2009
! Indicates career-highest rating
* 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.
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