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India slips to third spot in the ICC's annual Test ranking
Dubai, Jul 10 (PTI) - South Africa leapfrogged India to the second spot, pushing Anil Kumble's men to the third place in the annual update of the I.C.C. Test Championship table issuedhere Wednesday.
England too lost a place and slipped to fourth but if Michael Vaughan's men can beat the South Africans in the four-match Test series starting Thursday, India would benefitfrom the outcome and regain its second place.
However, Australia continues to be the table topper, thanks to their 2-0 win against the West Indies in theCaribbeans.
The annual update is carried out to ensure the table continues to reflect recent and current form with resultsolder than last three years being discarded.
The new table no longer reflects series concluded before August 1, 2005 and that benefits South Africa because it means losing series against Sri Lanka (0-1), India (0-1) and England(1-2) no longer feature in the calculations.
For India, a narrow series loss at home to Australia (1-2), that series win over South Africa and a drawn serieswith Pakistan (1-1) no longer count.
To retain second place, South Africa needs to avoid defeat in the series against England. But if England wins the series 1-0 or 2-1, then India and South Africa will swapplaces.
A win for England by 2-0, 3-1 or 3-0 will leave India second, but see England go third, with South Africa slippingback to fourth.
A 4-0 clean sweep for England would lift its rating to 114 and into second place, with India third (at its current mark of 113 points) and South Africa further adrift on 106points.
If the series is tied, South Africa and India would be level on 113 points but the Proteas would retain second placewhen the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.
Among the bowlers, Indian Test skipper Anil Kumble continues to be the lone Indian in the top 10, at the eight position. However, South African pacer Dale Steyn is within a touching distance of replacing Muttiah Muralidaran to be the new numero uno as just five rating points separates him fromthe Sri Lankan.
England has four players while South Africa has the two highest ranked players in the I.C.C. Player Rankings for Testbowlers.
While no Indian batsman figures in the table, Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka is at the top followed by Shivnarine Chanderpaul of West Indies and Aussie batsman Mike Hussey isin the third spot.
South African Jacques Kallis is the top all-rounder in the I.C.C. Player Rankings with Flintoff in third place, sandwiched by New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori. PTI ATK
England too lost a place and slipped to fourth but if Michael Vaughan's men can beat the South Africans in the four-match Test series starting Thursday, India would benefitfrom the outcome and regain its second place.
However, Australia continues to be the table topper, thanks to their 2-0 win against the West Indies in theCaribbeans.
The annual update is carried out to ensure the table continues to reflect recent and current form with resultsolder than last three years being discarded.
The new table no longer reflects series concluded before August 1, 2005 and that benefits South Africa because it means losing series against Sri Lanka (0-1), India (0-1) and England(1-2) no longer feature in the calculations.
For India, a narrow series loss at home to Australia (1-2), that series win over South Africa and a drawn serieswith Pakistan (1-1) no longer count.
To retain second place, South Africa needs to avoid defeat in the series against England. But if England wins the series 1-0 or 2-1, then India and South Africa will swapplaces.
A win for England by 2-0, 3-1 or 3-0 will leave India second, but see England go third, with South Africa slippingback to fourth.
A 4-0 clean sweep for England would lift its rating to 114 and into second place, with India third (at its current mark of 113 points) and South Africa further adrift on 106points.
If the series is tied, South Africa and India would be level on 113 points but the Proteas would retain second placewhen the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.
Among the bowlers, Indian Test skipper Anil Kumble continues to be the lone Indian in the top 10, at the eight position. However, South African pacer Dale Steyn is within a touching distance of replacing Muttiah Muralidaran to be the new numero uno as just five rating points separates him fromthe Sri Lankan.
England has four players while South Africa has the two highest ranked players in the I.C.C. Player Rankings for Testbowlers.
While no Indian batsman figures in the table, Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka is at the top followed by Shivnarine Chanderpaul of West Indies and Aussie batsman Mike Hussey isin the third spot.
South African Jacques Kallis is the top all-rounder in the I.C.C. Player Rankings with Flintoff in third place, sandwiched by New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori. PTI ATK
