Silva, Eranga, Lakmal achieve career-best positions
Mahela Jayawardena has jumped five places to 13th in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen following his unbeaten knock of 203, against Bangladesh in the first Test at Mirpur.
Jayawardena’s seventh career double hundred helped Sri Lanka register an innings and 248 runs win, to thereby take a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series on Thursday.
Jayawardena, named player of the match, is now on 714 ratings points, just two behind Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews, who is in 12th place with 716 ratings points.
Of the other centurions in the Mirpur Test, Kaushal Silva has jumped 12 places to a career-best 48th following his knock of 139, while Kithuruwan Vithanage’s maiden Test hundred (103 not out) has seen him rocket 52 places into the top 100, to 98th position.
The other batsmen to move up the rankings include Mushfiqur Rahim in 37th (up by two) and Dinesh Chandimal in 44th (up by one).
There was no movement inside the top ten of the batting table, which is still topped by AB de Villiers, with West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul in second and Ross Taylor in third place.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s pacemen Shaminda Eranga and Suranga Lakmal have claimed career-best positions on the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers.
Eranga, who jumped eight places to 33rd, had claimed figures of four for 49 in the first innings. Lakmal ended with a match haul of six for 105, and has moved up 11 places to 52nd.
Dilruwan Perera’s match-winning spell of five for 109 in the second innings has helped him rise 36 places to 92nd, moving into the top 100 for the first time in his career.
Sri Lanka’s Rangana Herath is now down a place to fifth, just five ratings points behind fourth-ranked Saeed Ajmal on 787.
The bowlers’ table is headed by South Africa’s Vernon Philander, with teammate Dale Steyn in second position and Ryan Harris in third place.
Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Tests (as of 31 January, after the Mirpur Test)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( – ) AB de Villiers SA 912! 51.71 912 v Ind at Durban 2013
2 ( – ) S.Chanderpaul WI 876 51.93 901 v NZ at Napier 2008
3 ( – ) Ross Taylor NZ 871! 47.51 871 v WI at Hamilton 2013
4 ( – ) Hashim Amla SA 868 51.34 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
5 ( – ) C Pujara Ind 851*! 66.25 851 v SA at Durban 2013
6 ( – ) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 824! 48.75 824 v SL at Sharjah 2014
7 ( – ) K Sangakkara SL 821 56.45 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
8 ( – ) Michael Clarke Aus 817 51.40 900 v SL at Melbourne 2012
9 ( – ) Graeme Smith SA 785 49.56 843 v Eng at Johannesburg 2010
10 ( – ) Younus Khan Pak 759 51.38 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
12 ( – ) Angelo Mathews SL 716! 46.12 716 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
13 (+5) M Jayawardena SL 714 50.38 883 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2009
33 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 587 37.03 603 v WI at Khulna 2012
37 (+2) Mushfiqur Rahim Ban 561 32.62 584 v Eng at Chittagong 2010
39 (-5) Tamim Iqbal Ban 559 37.30 707 v Eng at Old Trafford 2010
40 (-4) Mominul Haque Ban 558* 71.33 584 v NZ at Mirpur 2013
44 (+1) D Chandimal SL 514* 46.75 571 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
45 (-3) Nasir Hossain Ban 513* 42.47 550 v NZ at Chittagong 2013
48 (+12) Kaushal Silva SL 491*! 40.76 491 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
77 (+1) Dilruwan Perera SL 380*! 51.50 380 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
78 (+3) D Karunaratne SL 379*! 31.05 379 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
98 (+52) K Vithanage SL 304*! 87.00 304 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( – ) Vernon Philander SA 909 18.00 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
2 ( – ) Dale Steyn SA 901 22.90 908 v Pak at Johannesburg 2013
3 ( – ) Ryan Harris Aus 866*! 21.56 866 v Eng at Sydney 2014
4 (+1) Saeed Ajmal Pak 787 27.46 855 v Zim at Harare 2013
5 (-1) Rangana Herath SL 782 30.02 838 v NZ at Colombo (PSS) 2012
6 ( – ) Peter Siddle Aus 779 28.68 816 v Eng at Old Trafford 2013
7 ( – ) R Ashwin Ind 759 28.50 808 v WI at Mumbai 2013
8 ( – ) Mitchell Johnson Aus 743 28.33 825 v Eng at Cardiff 2009
9 ( – ) Pragyan Ojha Ind 741 30.26 773 v Eng at Kolkata 2012
10= ( – ) Stuart Broad Eng 729 30.31 783 v WI at Lord’s 2012
( – ) Trent Boult NZ 729*! 26.54 729 v WI at Hamilton 2013
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
21 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 608 33.12 680 v WI at Mirpur 2011
33 (+8) Shaminda Eranga SL 466*! 31.57 466 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
39 (-2) Sohag Gazi Ban 410* 36.97 459 v NZ at Chittagong 2013
52 (+11) Suranga Lakmal SL 324*! 48.02 324 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
63 (-3) Robiul Islam Ban 255* 38.56 321 v Zim at Harare 2013
86 ( – ) Abdur Razzak Ban 167* 67.30 169 v NZ at Mirpur 2013
91 ( – ) Rubel Hossain Ban 149* 81.23 161 v Zim at Harare 2013
92 (+36) Dilruwan Perera SL 147*! 37.50 147 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
97 (+2) Angelo Mathews SL 119*! 68.57 119 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating
1 ( – ) R Ashwin Ind 388*/ 419 v WI at Mumbai 2013
2 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 357 404 v Pak at Mirpur 2011
3 ( – ) Vernon Philander SA 335*/ ! 335 v Ind at Durban 2013
4 ( – ) Stuart Broad Eng 291 382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012
5 ( – ) Shane Watson Aus 260/* 394 v SA at Johannesburg 2011
