7 Jan 2016 | Cricket
England's duo of Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes have made impressive gains in the latest ICC Test Player Rankings after stellar performances in the Cape Town Test against South Africa.
Bairstow scored 150 not out, his maiden Test century, and 30 not out which have helped him vault 11 places to a career-high 32nd position. He is now England's third highest-ranked batsman after Joe Root (fourth) and Alastair Cook (12th).
Stokes has also been rewarded for his career-best 258, which was followed by 26, with a jump of 15 places that has now put him in 38th position. He trails Bairstow by 32 points and six places.
Also heading in the right direction are AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla, who have gained one place each. De Villiers is now third and 18 points behind number-one ranked Steve Smith, while Amla is seventh after scoring 201.
Outside the top 20, there were movements for Faf du Plessis to 29th (up by one place), Kraigg Brathwaite to 33rd (up by three places), Moeen Ali to 52nd (up by four places) and Denesh Ramdin to 58th (up by six places).
South Africa's Temba Bavuma and the West Indies' Carlos Brathwaite were the biggest movers in the latest updates.
Bavuma, who scored 102 not out, has rocketed 27 places to 82nd spot while Brathwaite has also jumped 27 places to 83rd after scoring 69 in the rain-affected Sydney Test against Australia.
In the ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers, Australia's James Pattinson has continued to make upward movement. The fast bowler is now in 23rd position after gaining two places following figures of two for 76.
The bowlers' list is headed by India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, with Dale Steyn second and Stuart Broad third. Steyn and Broad are separated by just five points.
Meanwhile, in the ICC Test Championship table, both Australia and West Indies have retained their pre-series rankings and points. Australia had started the series in third place on 109 points while the West Indies was eighth on 76 points.
The ICC Test Championship table will now be updated at the conclusion of South Africa-England series, while the Test player rankings will be updated after the Johannesburg Test, which starts on 14 January.
ICC Test Championship table (as on 7 January after the conclusion of Australia-West Indies Test series)
Rank Team Points
1 South Africa 114
2 India 110
3 Australia 109
4 Pakistan 106
5 New Zealand 99
6 England 99
7 Sri Lanka 89
8 West Indies 76
9 Bangladesh 47
10 Zimbabwe 5
(Developed by David Kendix)
ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 7 January after the conclusion of Australia-West Indies Test series)
Batsmen (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) Steve Smith Aus 899 57.90 936 v Eng at Lord's 2015
2 ( - ) Kane Williamson NZ 889 49.93 893 v Aus at Perth 2015
3 (+1) AB de Villiers SA 881 51.52 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
4 (-1) Joe Root Eng 873 54.16 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
5 ( - ) David Warner Aus 854 51.34 880 v NZ at Perth 2015
6 ( - ) Younus Khan Pak 826 53.94 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
7 (+1) Hashim Amla SA 823 51.13 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
8 (-1) Angelo Mathews SL 808 50.18 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014
9 ( - ) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 764 48.89 842 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2014
10= (+1) AjinkyaRahane Ind 753! 44.97 753 v SA at Delhi 2015
(+1) Adam Voges Aus 753*! 85.66 753 v WI at Sydney 2016
Other selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge HS Rating
12 (-3) Alastair Cook Eng 735 46.77 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
25 (-2) Darren Bravo WI 639 41.50 709 v Aus at Trinidad 2012
28 ( - ) Dean Elgar SA 614*! 38.90 614 v Eng at Cape Town 2016
29 (+1) Faf du Plessis SA 609 42.35 710 v WI at Port Elizabeth 2014
32 (+11) Jonny Bairstow Eng 578*! 33.67 578 v SA at Cape Town 2016
33 (+3) K. Brathwaite WI 574 34.40 591 v Eng at Grenada 2015
38 (+15) Ben Stokes Eng 546* 33.73 594 v Aus at Lord's 2015
40 (-1) Usman Khawaja Aus 533*! 46.36 533 v WI at Sydney 2016
45 (-3) Marlon Samuels WI 510 33.53 672 v Zim at Barbados 2013
48 (-1) JP Duminy SA 491 32.80 586 v SL at Galle 2014
49 (-1) J. Blackwood WI 479* 33.33 575 v Eng at Barbados 2015
52 (+4) Moeen Ali Eng 455* 26.84 517 v Aus at The Oval 2015
54 (-3) Joe Burns Aus 450* 43.07 467 v NZ at Brisbane 2015
58 (+6) Denesh Ramdin WI 430 25.87 493 v NZ at Barbados 2014
63 (-1) Nick Compton Eng 413* 35.42 443 v NZ at Wellington 2013
68 (-1) Jason Holder WI 388* 27.30 415 v Aus at Jamaica 2015
69 (-8) James Taylor Eng 387* 29.44 420 v SA at Durban 2015
Bowlers (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge HS Rating
1 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 871! 25.39 871 v SA at Delhi 2015
2 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 858 22.53 909 v WI at Centurion 2014
3 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 853 28.95 859 v SA at Durban 2015
4 ( - ) Yasir Shah Pak 846*! 24.17 846 v Eng at Sharjah 2015
5 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 828 29.07 847 v WI at Barbados 2015
6 ( - ) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 789*! 23.76 789 v SA at Delhi 2015
7 ( - ) Trent Boult NZ 787 28.28 825 v Eng at Lord's 2015
8 ( - ) Josh Hazlewood Aus 741* 24.54 792 v WI at Hobart 2015
9= ( - ) Vernon Philander SA 731 22.08 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
(+1) Tim Southee NZ 731 31.47 799 v WI at Jamaica 2014
Other selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge HS Rating
12 (-1) Morne Morkel SA 711 29.51 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
15 (-1) Nathan Lyon Aus 665 33.42 674 v WI at Melbourne 2015
19 ( - ) Steven Finn Eng 587 28.53 624 v NZ at Headingley 2013
20 (+1) Ishant Sharma Ind 579 36.90 671 v WI at Dominica 2011
21 (-1) Kemar Roach WI 574 30.23 774 v SA at Centurion 2014
23 (+2) James Pattinson Aus 555* 26.14 573 v Ind at Hyderabad 2013
26 (-3) Moeen Ali Eng 521* 38.21 557 v SA at Durban 2015
27 ( - ) Jerome Taylor WI 515* 34.46 717 v Eng at Jamaica 2009
43 (-1) Ben Stokes Eng 394* 41.93 442 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2015
All-rounders (top five)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating
1 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 406 419 v WI at Mumbai 2013
2 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 384 419 v Zim at Khulna 2014
3 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 324 382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012
4 ( - ) Vernon Philander SA 287*/ 376 v Aus at Cape Town 2014
5 ( - ) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 259*/*! 259 v SA at Delhi 2015