Mathews climbs three places as Prasad rockets the rankings; Azhar and Yasir continue ascent despite loss
A fine all-round display inspired Sri Lanka to a seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the second Test which concluded in Colombo on Monday.
In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakarra has dropped one place to fourth, but the biggest mover inside the top 10 is Angelo Mathews who has climbed three places to fifth after scoring 77 and 43 not out. Mathews now holds a 32-point advantage over England’s Joe Root.
Other major movers from the Colombo Test match are Pakistan’s Azhar Ali who has climbed seven places to 12th after scoring 26 and 117, which was incidentally the Lahore man’s ninth Test century, while Kaushal Silva has moved up six places to a career high 27th after scoring 80. Opener Dimuth Karunaratne has also risen eight places to 41st after scores of 28 and 50.
Meanwhile, Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah, playing in what was only his ninth Test, claimed match figures of eight for 151 runs to elevate the 29-year-old five places to a career high ninth in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers and he now lies 10 points behind Rangana Herath who is in eighth place in the rankings.
Dhammika Prasad has rocketed 17 places to a career high 35th after claiming career best match figures of seven for 135. The right-arm paceman is now three wickets short of the 50 mark in his 19 Tests to date. In what was a strong all-round display by Mathews, the Sri Lanka skipper has also moved up six places to a career high 77th, while Tharindu Kaushal’s five-wicket haul in the first innings has propelled him 28 places into the top 100 for the first time and he now sits in 94th position.
Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan continues to lead the all-rounder rankings on 381 points and he holds a 40 point advantage over South Africa’s Vernon Philander.
The series is poised at one-all as both sides chase victory in the third and final Test which starts in Kandy on Friday.
The Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings predictor function is available here. The Test rankings table, unlike the ODI & T20I tables, is updated after the series.
Forthcoming Tests:
Sri Lanka v Pakistan
3-7 July – 3rd Test, Kandy
Reliance ICC Test Championship table (as on 30 June, after second Test between Sri Lanka-Pakistan)
Rank Team Points
1 South Africa 130
2 Australia 111
3 New Zealand 99
4 India 97
5 England 97
6 Pakistan 97
7 Sri Lanka 96
8 West Indies 81
9 Bangladesh 41
10 Zimbabwe 5
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Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 30 June, after second Test between Sri Lanka-Pakistan)
Batsmen (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( – ) Steven Smith Aus 913! 56.23 913 v WI at Jamaica 2015
2 ( – ) AB de Villiers SA 908 52.09 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
3 (+1) Hashim Amla SA 891 52.78 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
4 (-1) K. Sangakkara SL 883 58.04 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
5 (+3) Angelo Mathews SL 847 51.33 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014
6 ( – ) Joe Root Eng 815 54.11 872 v NZ at Lord’s 2015
7 ( – ) K. Williamson NZ 813 45.70 860 v Eng at Lord’s 2015
8 (-3) Younus Khan Pak 808 53.33 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
9 ( – ) David Warner Aus 757 46.82 880 v Ind at Adelaide 2014
10 (+1) Virat Kohli Ind 755 45.73 784 v NZ at Wellington 2014
Selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
12 (+7) Azhar Ali Pak 732 44.48 753 v SL at Pallekele 2012
14 (-5) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 725 47.98 842 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2014
18 (-6) Asad Shafiq Pak 713 42.56 746 v SL at Galle 2015
21 (-5) Sarfraz Ahmed Pak 677* 46.91 715 v SL at Galle 2015
27 (+6) Kaushal Silva SL 638*! 38.06 638 v Pak at Colombo (PSS) 2015
35 (-1) M. Hafeez Pak 569 39.07 609 v Ban at Khulna 2015
37 (+1) Ahmed Shehzad Pak 555*! 46.66 555 v SL at Colombo (PSS) 2015
41 (+8) D. Karunaratne SL 539*! 34.32 539 v Pak at Colombo (PSS) 2015
Bowlers (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( – ) Dale Steyn SA 905 22.55 909 v WI at Centurion 2014
2 ( – ) James Anderson Eng 824 29.42 847 v WI at Barbados 2015
3 ( – ) Trent Boult NZ 814 27.12 825 v Eng at Lord’s 2015
4 ( – ) Ryan Harris Aus 810 23.52 870 v SA at Cape Town 2014
5 ( – ) M. Johnson Aus 803 27.58 849 v Pak at Dubai 2014
6 ( – ) Stuart Broad Eng 782 29.77 783 v WI at Lord’s 2012
7 ( – ) V. Philander SA 780 21.95 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
8 (-1) Rangana Herath SL 760 30.17 851 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2014
9 (+5) Yasir Shah Pak 750*! 25.11 750 v SL at Colombo (PSS) 2015
10 (-1) Morne Morkel SA 727 29.35 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
Selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
18 (-1) Abdur Rehman Pak 594* 29.39 739 v Eng at Dubai 2012
20 (-1) Junaid Khan Pak 557* 31.73 652 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2014
26 (-1) Dilruwan Perera SL 511* 30.90 531 v Pak at Galle 2014
30 ( – ) S. Eranga SL 469* 34.86 541 v Eng at Headingley 2014
34 (-1) Zulfiqar Babar Pak 443* 37.40 501 v NZ at Dubai 2014
35 (+17) D. Prasad SL 437*! 43.89 437 v Pak at Colombo (PSS) 2015
36 (-1) M. Hafeez Pak 432*! 33.90 432 v SL at Colombo (PSS) 2015
42 ( – ) C. Welegedara SL 382* 41.32 492 v SA at Durban 2011
45 (-2) Ajantha Mendis SL 378* 34.77 572 v Ban at Chittagong 2009
46 (-5) Wahab Riaz Pak 375* 32.05 389 v SL at Galle 2015
48 (-1) Rahat Ali Pak 361* 36.67 376 v NZ at Sharjah 2014
49 (-1) Suranga Lakmal SL 356* 48.28 363 v NZ at Wellington 2015
77 (+6) Angelo Mathews SL 214*! 52.56 214 v Pak at Colombo (PSS) 2015
94 (+28) T. Kaushal SL 133*! 46.42 133 v Pak at Colombo (PSS) 2015
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts S Rating
1 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 381 419 v Zim at Khulna 2014
2 ( – ) V. Philander SA 341*/ 376 v Aus at Cape Town 2014
3 ( – ) R. Ashwin Ind 336*/ 419 v WI at Mumbai 2013
4 ( – ) M. Johnson Aus 283 384 v Eng at Cardiff 2009
5 ( – ) Stuart Broad Eng 267 382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012
*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after a minimum of 40 started innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating after he has conceded 1,500 runs.
!indicates career-highest rating
