Dubai, Sep 10 (CRICKETNMORE) - England veteran seamer James Anderson has replaced Indian left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja at the top of the Test cricklet bowling rankings, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Sunday.
Anderson's career-best figures of seven for 42 in an innings and a match haul of nine wickets in the third and final Test at Lord's helped England win by nine wickets to seal a 2-1 series victory over the Windies.
"The 35-year-old overtook Jadeja, who he now leads by 12 points. The third and fourth places are also taken by spinners with India's Ravichandran Ashwin and Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath taking those positions," ICC said in a release.
Anderson, who was the top-ranked bowler in August 2016, has reclaimed the spot to become the oldest bowler to be number-one ranked since Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralidaran in July 2009 and the oldest pace bowler to be at the top since Australia's Glenn McGrath in January 2006.
England's leading wicket-taker Anderson has 506 wickets from 129 Tests. He is sixth in the highest wicket-takers' list in Test cricket.
Top 10 Bowlers (as on 10 September, after the third and final Test between England and the Windies at Lord’s):
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts
1 (+1) J. Anderson Eng 896
2 (-1) R. Jadeja Ind 884
3 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 852
4 ( - ) R. Herath SL 809
5 ( - ) J. Hazlewood Aus 794
6 ( - ) K. Rabada SA 785
7 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 763
8 ( - ) Nathan Lyon Aus 752
9 ( - ) V. Philander SA 751
10 (+1) Neil Wagner NZ 745
ICC Media Release