Proteas leaping forward on the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Test rankings - Cricket News Update
On the heels of the their emphatic victory at the Oval against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, the South African batsmen have steadily progressed on the International Cricket Council (ICC) ratings, narrowing the point-gap on the top Test position, currently held by Sri Lankan
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779.
The Proteas are not just vying for the top Test team spot, but now their batters are also en route to become the best Test batsman. The South African trio of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 struck impressive centuries in their recent outing
and gained significant points to advance in the ICC Top 10 Test batsmen list.
Four Proteas batsmen are among the prestigious list with Kallis at number 2, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 respectively.
Amla, who became the first South African to score a triple century in Test cricket, has moved three places up to the third spot, while his skipper, Smith, who became only the seventh man to have struck a century on his 100th Test, moved from the
10th to the 6th spot.
Kallis, with his 43rd Test ton, rose two places to 2nd and is now only 18 points shy of becoming the new number one Test batsman in the world. De Villiers, who is yet to open his batting account in the ongoing Investec Test series against
England, moved down two spaces to occupy the 5th spot.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 is the only English batsman who moved ahead from 9th to the 8th seat after scoring a ton at the Oval, and remains the only batsman from his country to be in the top ten.
On the Test bowling list, the Proteas again fared well with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BW-Hilfenhaus-c1204 at 6.
All English bowlers faced a dropped in their rankings with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 suffered a free fall down to the 9th from his 3rd position, which he held prior to
the Oval Test.
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