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Panesar spins into the top 20
June 12, 2007

England's [Images] Monty Panesar [Images] shot up 14 places in the latest LG ICC [Images] Player Rankings for Test bowlers following his ten-wicket haul in the third Test against the West Indies [Images] at Old Trafford.

The 25-year-old left-arm spinner moved up from 26th position to 12th and is now closing in on a place in the top ten with team-mate Andrew Flintoff [Images] and Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar [Images] not far above him.

His match figures of 10-187 were his best to date and included six wickets in the second innings as England won a closely fought match by 60 runs. He is now the third ranked slow bowler in the world behind Muttiah Muralidaran of Sri Lanka [Images] and India's Anil Kumble.

Despite losing the match, there was some consolation for the West Indies.

Corey Collymore moved up two places in the bowling rankings and into the top ten. The 29-year-old seamer has been a consistent performer and the three wickets he took in the first innings at Old Trafford were enough for him to overtake Flintoff and Akhtar.

There was no other movement in the top ten with Muralidaran still way out in front, South Africa's Makhaya Ntini [Images] second and Kumble occupying joint-third spot with Ntini's Proteas team-mate Shaun Pollock [Images].

England's Ryan Sidebottom is enjoying his return to Test cricket and his good form has taken him into the top 50, where he currently lies in 43rd position.

On the batting front, the main movers in the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen were Shivnarine Chanderpaul [Images] of the West Indies and England's Alistair Cook.

In an interesting symmetry, both players scored 166 runs during the Old Trafford Test, including a century and half-century apiece, and both moved up eight places in the rankings as a result.

Chanderpaul holds a slight advantage in 13th position over Cook, who lies in a career-best 14th spot.

It was not good news for everyone involved in the match though. England opener Andrew Strauss [Images] has slipped out of the top 20 for the first time since December 2004 following a disappointing series so far for the Middlesex left-hander.

Kevin Pietersen [Images] retains his third position overall but has just dipped below the 900 ratings point mark. He currently lies behind Australia captain Ricky Ponting [Images] in first position and Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf [Images] in second.

There is no movement in the top five of the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders with Jacques Kallis [Images] of South Africa still out in front, followed by Flintoff in second position and Pollock third.

LG ICC Test Player Rankings (as of 12 June, after third Test between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford)

Batsmen
Rank (+/-)PlayerTeamPointsAveHS Ranking
1 Ricky PontingAus93659.29942 v Eng at Adelaide 2006
2 Mhd YousufPak91556.00933 v WI at Karachi 2006
3 Kevin PietersenEng89253.72909 v WI at Leeds 2007
4 K.C.SangakkaraSL85750.64857 v NZ at Wellington 2006
5 Mike HusseyAus842*79.85842 v Eng at Sydney 2007
6 Matthew Hayden [Images]Aus82853.00935 v Eng at Brisbane 2002
7 Jacques KallisSA82055.09896 v Eng at Cape Town 2005
8 Rahul Dravid [Images]Ind80157.46892 v Pak at Kolkata 2005
9 Younis KhanPak78948.21856 v Eng at Leeds 2006
10 Ashwell PrinceSA75542.85756 v Pak at Centurion 2007
11 Inzamam-ul-Haq [Images]Pak73550.07870 v Eng at Lahore [Images] 2005
12 M.JayawardeneSL71048.37836 v Eng at Birmingham 2002
13(+8)S.ChanderpaulWI69445.59811 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2005
14(+8)Alastair Cook [Images]Eng689*48.79689 v WI at Manchester 2007
15(-1)Stephen FlemingNZ67439.64702 v Ban at Chittagong 2004
16=(-1)S.R.TendulkarInd67255.44898 v Zim at Nagpur 2002
 (-1)Graeme Smith [Images]SA67247.08756 v NZ at Wellington 2004
18(-5)P.D.CollingwoodEng66943.23730 v Aus at Adelaide 2006
19 Ian Bell [Images]Eng66544.73679 v WI at Lord's 2007
20(-2)Adam Gilchrist [Images]Aus66248.66874 v SA at Cape Town 2002

Bowlers
Rank(+/-)PlayerTeamPointsAveHS Ranking
1 M.MuralidaranSL91321.73915 v Pak at Lahore 2002
2 Makhaya NtiniSA85627.48863 v Ind at Durban 2006
3= Anil KumbleInd73028.59859 v SL at Bangalore 1994
  Shaun PollockSA73023.19909 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999
5 Shane Bond [Images]NZ722*22.10778 v WI at Auckland 2006
6 Stuart ClarkAus720*17.80720 v Eng at Sydney 2007
7 Mohammad Asif [Images]Pak710*20.12710 v SA at Cape Town 2007
8 M'thew HoggardEng70130.30795 v SL at Birmingham 2006
9(+2)Corey CollymoreWI699*31.73700 v Eng at Lord's 2007
10(-1)Shoaib AkhtarPak69825.29855 v NZ at Wellington 2003
11(-1)Andrew FlintoffEng68732.02810 v Pak at Multan 2005
12(+14)Monty PanesarEng671*29.93671 v WI at Manchester 2007
13(-1)Chaminda Vaas [Images]SL66329.44800 v Ind at Chennai 2005
14(-1)Danish KaneriaPak66232.36723 v Eng at Multan 2005
15(-1)Brett Lee [Images]Aus64431.60658 v WI at Perth 2000
16(-1)James FranklinNZ637*28.19679 v SL at Christchurch 2006
17(-1)Irfan Pathan [Images]Ind618*30.79761 v SL at Delhi 2005
18 Steve HarmisonEng61130.59875 v WI at The Oval 2004
19(-2)Umar GulPak608*30.62627 v WI at Karachi 2006
20(-1)Daniel Vettori [Images]NZ59834.28681 v Aus at Auckland 2000

All-rounders
Rank(+/-)PlayerTeamPointsHS Ranking
1 Jacques KallisSA462616 v Pak at Durban 2002
2 Andrew FlintoffEng392501 v Pak at Multan 2005
3 Shaun PollockSA356490 v Eng at The Oval 2003
4 Daniel VettoriNZ329329 v SL at Wellington 2006
5 Chaminda VaasSL253281 v Ind at Chennai 2005

*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.

For more information on the LG ICC Player Rankings go to http://www.lgiccrankings.com/


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