West Indies captain Darren Sammy moved up 10 places to 29th in the latest Reliance ICC Test Bowling Rankings following his Man-of-the-Match performance in the team’s 40-run win over Pakistan in Guyana over the weekend. Sammy, who had figures of seven for 45 (2-16 & 5-29), earned 129 rating points to move to 460, the best position in his career. Fast bowler Ravi Rampaul (187) also made a big gain, jumping from 90th to 58th with his haul of seven for 75 (3-27 & 4-48). The regional team’s highest rated bowler is Jerome Taylor in 16th with 557 points while Dwayne Bravo is 23rd on 515.
With just two wickets, Kemar Roach fell three places to 27th, where he is tied with offspinner Sulieman Benn. Debutant legspinner Devendra Bishoo (81st) entered the top 100 with four wickets for 124 runs. The world’s best bowler is South African quick Dale Steyn on 899 points with the top five rounded out by England offspinner Graeme Swann (793), his fast-bowling teammate James Anderson (776), South African pacer Morne Morkel (751) and Indian Zaheer Khan (748) respectively. In the batting, Shivnarine Chanderpaul moved up one spot to seventh after his knocks of 27 and 36 not out against Pakistan.
Chris Gayle (19th) is West Indies next highest batsman followed by Ramnaresh Sarwan (34th), Brendan Nash (45th) and Dwayne Bravo (48th). Down the list are Narsingh Deonarine (64th), Darren Bravo (70th), Travis Dowlin (70th), Devon Smith (72nd), Adrian Barath (89th) and Lendl Simmons (99th). The number one position is shared between Indian Sachin Tendulkar (883) and South African Jacques Kallis (883) with Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara in third on 882. The fourth to sixth spots are occupied by England’s Jonathan Trott (826) and Alastair Cook (803) and Indian Virender Sehwag (790) respectively. Kallis is also the top allrounder while Dwayne Bravo is West Indies’ best rated player in seventh with Gayle in 10th and Sammy in 25th.
RANKINGS
Batting
1= Sachin Tendulkar (IN) 883
1= Jacques Kallis (SA) 883
3 Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 882
4 Jonathan Trott (ENG) 826
5 Alastair Cook (ENG) 803
6 Virender Sehwag (IND) 790
7 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) 787
8 Mahela Jayawardena (SL) 781
9 VVS Laxman (IND) 774
10 Thilan Samaraweera (SL) 763
34 Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI) 609
45 Brendan Nash (WI) 496
70 Darren Bravo (WI) 349
72 Devon Smith (WI) 348
Bowlers
1 Dale Steyn (SA) 899
2 Graeme Swann (ENG) 793
3 James Anderson (ENG) 776
4 Morne Morkel (SA) 751
5 Zaheer Khan (IND) 748
6 Mitchell Johnson (AUS) 727
7 Harbhajan Singh (IND) 672
8 Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) 648
9 Daniel Vettori (NZ) 623
10 Stuart Broad (ENG) 606
27 Kemar Roach (WI) 480
29 Darren Sammy (WI) 460
58 Ravi Rampaul (WI) 187
81 Devendra Bishoo (WI) 84
