July 19 (CRICKETNMORE) - Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath has climbed to second position in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers after grabbing his eighth 10-wicket match haul and helping win the one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Colombo by four wickets on Tuesday.
In the latest rankings update, which also includes performances in the second Test between England and South Africa which the latter won by 340 runs at Trent Bridge on Monday to level the four-match series 1-1, Herath has leapfrogged Ravichandran Ashwin to move within 32 points of Ravindra Jadeja, making it a 1-2 for left-arm spinners.
The 39-year-old Herath, who is the most successful left-arm spinner in Tests with a tally of 384 wickets in 81 matches, finished with a match haul of 11 for 249 in Colombo to move up a list in which England’s James Anderson and Australia’s Josh Hazlewood are the highest ranked pace bowlers in joint-fourth position.
ICC Test Bowler Rankings (as on 19 July)
ICC Test Bowler Rankings (as on 19 July)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts
1 ( - ) R. Jadeja Ind 898
2 (+1) R. Herath SL 866
3 (-1) R. Ashwin Ind 865
4= (+1) J. Anderson Eng 826
( - ) J. Hazlewood Aus 826
6= (+1) Kagiso Rabada SA 785*
( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 785
8 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 779
9 (+1) V. Philander SA 767
10 (-1) Neil Wagner NZ 745
ICC Media Release