Alastair Cook moves to No.3 in ICC Test Ranking- Cricket News Update
England opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Test Ranking for Batsmen, after his stellar performance at Edgbaston, which saw England triumph over India by a comfortable margin of 242 runs.
Cook, starred in the Third Test win, scoring a sublime career best knock of 294, which took his side to the summit of Test Cricket, at the expense of their opponents.
With that, the left-hander scooped up another career best No 3 Test spot to his name, overtaking the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 and Ian Bell.
The England ODI captain had a disappointing start to the nPower series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, scoring 20 runs in four innings of the first two matches.
However, his return to form with a gigantic double century could not have been better timed, as it aided the player to notch up 92 points, moving him up to no 3, with 836 points.
South African all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779, are the two players ahead of the 26-year-old in Test Ranking.
While the South African master class sits pretty at the top with 883 points, the former Lankan Lion’s captain’s place looks most threatened, with just 2 points separating Cook from the 2nd Spot.
Apart from that, the injured Trott has moved to no.5 with 784 points. The player did not feature in the third Test match due to a shoulder injury.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032 (52) also move up the ladder, with notable contributions of 63 and 104, respectively.
As for the inform English bowling attack, which has devastated the Indian batters throughout the summer, it has all their front liners in the top 10.
Heading the pack is http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501, who jointly hold the No.5 position, followed by Chris Tremlett at 9.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711, also made a swift move upward, taking 16th position, an improvement of nine places.
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