The Lord’s Test also saw Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara and Angelo Mathews score their maiden Test centuries at that venue.
Sangakkara, who won the ICC Cricketer of the Year as well as ICC Test Cricketer of the Year awards in Colombo in 2012, has regained the number-two position from West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul following scores of 147 and 61.
England’s Joe Root and Gary Ballance have achieved their career-best rankings to date in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen after hitting fine centuries against Sri Lanka in the first Test, which ended in an exciting draw at Lord’s on Monday.
Root hit a Test-best 200 not out that helped England recover from 120 for four to 575 all out in the first innings. For this achievement, the 23-year-old from Yorkshire not only won the man of the match award but was rewarded with a jump of 15 places, which has put him in 23rd position.
Root now has his captain Alastair Cook firmly within his sights. Cook is in 19th position and leads the young batsman by 29 ratings points, but trails 17th ranked Ian Bell by nine ratings points.
Ballance had scores of 23 and 104 not out, which have lifted him 44 places to break into the top 100, in 89th position. The left-handed batsman will be aiming for further improvement in his ranking when he takes guard in the second Test, which starts at Headingley, Leeds, on Friday.
However, the West Indian, who won the ICC Cricketer of the Year award in 2008, can reclaim the second spot if he performs strongly in the ongoing second Test in Port of Spain.
Angelo Mathews, who scored 102 and 18, has earned five ratings points to 711, which has helped him narrow the gap with Australia’s 12th ranked Steven Smith to 26 ratings points.
South Africa’s AB de Villiers leads the batting table with 922 ratings points.
Meanwhile the only change in the top 20 of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers is James Anderson, who has swapped places with Pakistan’s Abdur Rehman. Anderson had match figures of seven for 118 runs, and he has now moved ahead of the Pakistan spinner into 13th position.
Outside the top 20, Shaminda Eranga of Sri Lanka has gained two places and is now in 27th position. Eranga had figures of three for 163 and three for 63.
Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Tests (as on 17 June, after Lord’s Test):
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 ( – ) AB de Villiers SA 922 51.94 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
2 (+1) K Sangakkara SL 891 58.55 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
3 (-1) S Chanderpaul WI 881 52.19 901 v NZ at Napier 2008
4 ( – ) Hashim Amla SA 873 51.35 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
5 ( – ) David Warner Aus 871! 46.54 871 v SA at Cape Town 2014
6 ( – ) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 824! 48.75 824 v SL at Sharjah 2014
7 ( – ) C Pujara Ind 819* 58.92 851 v SA at Durban 2013
8 ( – ) Michael Clarke Aus 818 51.50 900 v SL at Melbourne 2012
9 ( – ) Ross Taylor NZ 817 46.51 871 v WI at Hamilton 2013
10 ( – ) Virat Kohli Ind 784! 46.51 784 v NZ at Wellington 2014
11 ( – ) Younus Khan Pak 759 51.38 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
12 ( – ) Steven Smith Aus 737*! 40.02 737 v SA at Cape Town 2014
13 ( – ) A Mathews SL 711 46.69 716 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
14 (+1) B McCullum NZ 696 37.71 724 v Ind at Wellington 2014
15 (-1) M Jayawardena SL 688 50.18 883 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2009
16 (+2) Chris Rogers Aus 675* 38.14 694 v Eng at Sydney 2014
17 (-1) Ian Bell Eng 668 45.24 822 v Ind at The Oval 2011
18 (+1) Kevin Pietersen Eng 667 47.28 909 v WI at Headingley 2007
19 (-2) Alastair Cook Eng 659 46.24 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
20 ( – ) K Williamson NZ 654! 37.12 654 v WI at Kingston 2014
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
23 (+15) Joe Root Eng 630*! 43.33 630 v SL at Lord’s 2014
31 (-1) Matt Prior Eng 590 41.04 745 v NZ at Auckland 2013
46 (+6) Kaushal Silva SL 506*! 40.58 506 v Eng at Lord’s 2014
62 (+1) Stuart Broad Eng 404 24.48 505 v Ind at The Oval 2011
73 ( – ) D Karunaratne SL 370* 29.90 379 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
89 (+44) Gary Ballance Eng 318*! 50.66 318 v SL at Lord’s 2014
90 (RE) L Thirimanne SL 307* 29.44 359 v Ban at Galle 2013
126 (NEW) Moeen Ali Eng 157*! 26.00 157 v SL at Lord’s 2014
158 (NEW) Sam Robson Eng 71*! 10.00 71 v SL at Lord’s 2014
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave 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 ( – ) V Philander SA 865 20.11 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
4 ( – ) M Johnson Aus 844! 27.42 844 v SA at Cape Town 2014
5 ( – ) Tim Southee NZ 799! 29.56 799 v WI at Kingston 2014
6 ( – ) Saeed Ajmal Pak 787 27.46 855 v Zim at Harare 2013
7 ( – ) Rangana Herath SL 752 30.38 838 v NZ at Colombo (PSS) 2012
8 ( – ) R Ashwin Ind 744 28.50 808 v WI at Mumbai 2013
9= ( – ) Trent Boult NZ 733* 27.43 767 v Ind at Wellington 2014
9 ( – ) Peter Siddle Aus 733 29.37 816 v Eng at Old Trafford 2013
11 ( – ) Stuart Broad Eng 730 30.26 783 v WI at Lord’s 2012
12 ( – ) Pragyan Ojha Ind 726 30.26 773 v Eng at Kolkata 2012
13 (+1) J Anderson Eng 722 30.40 813 v Ind at Edgbaston 2011
14 (-1) Abdur Rehman Pak 705* 27.75 739 v Eng at Dubai 2012
15 ( – ) Kemar Roach WI 639* 28.19 712 v NZ at Kingston 2012
16 ( – ) Morne Morkel SA 637 30.97 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
17 ( – ) S Shillingford WI 625* 32.64 652 v NZ at Dunedin 2013
18 ( – ) Junaid Khan Pak 623*! 29.07 623 v SL at Sharjah 2014
19 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 613 33.36 680 v WI at Mirpur 2011
20 ( – ) Nathan Lyon Aus 607 32.99 648 v Eng at Melbourne 2013
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
23 (-1) Steven Finn Eng 546* 29.40 624 v NZ at Headingley 2013
( – ) Tim Bresnan Eng 507* 32.73 657 v WI at Edgbaston 2012
27 (+2) S Eranga SL 503*! 32.40 503 v Eng at Lord’s 2014
78 (NEW) Chris Jordan Eng 147*! 27.20 147 v SL at Lord’s 2014
104 (RE) Liam Plunkett Eng 27* 42.84 285 v WI at Headingley 2007
107 (NEW) Moeen Ali Eng 15*! 91.00 15 v SL at Lord’s 2014
130 (RE) N Kulasekara SL 150* 14.48 196 v Eng at Lord’s 2006
175 (-6) Nuwan Pradeep SL 40*! 5.57 40 v Eng at Lord’s 2014
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points HS Rating
1 ( – ) V Philander SA 376*/ ! 376 v Aus at Cape Town 2014
2 ( – ) R Ashwin Ind 373*/ 419 v WI at Mumbai 2013
3 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 364 404 v Pak at Mirpur 2011
4 ( – ) Stuart Broad Eng 295 382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012
5 ( – ) Mitchell Johnson Aus 280 384 v Eng at Cardiff 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
