Cummins rockets up to No.3 in rankings

Australian quick Pat Cummins has moved up to third in the latest ICC Test bowling rankings after his career-best 10-wicket haul against Sri Lanka in Brisbane.

And West Indies skipper Jason Holder has been rewarded for his extraordinary performance against England in Barbados and is now the world’s top-ranked Test allrounder.

Cummins jumped from fourth to third spot, moving ahead of Proteas quick Vernon Philander, to be behind just South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada and England’s Jimmy Anderson on the bowling rankings.

Windies quick Kemar Roach also gained ground, moving up five spots to be 20^th after his starring role with the ball at Kensington Oval.

There was little movement at the top of the batting rankings (India’s Virat Kohli retains top spot), but Holder was the big winner, jumping ahead of Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan and India’s Ravi Jadeja to be the top-ranked allrounder following his incredible double hundred against England.

Australian pair Travis Head (up 17 spots to 43rd) and Marnus Labuschagne (up 21 to 84th) both made gains after top-scoring for the Aussies at the Gabba.

ICC Test Rankings

BATTING

1) Virat Kohli (Ind) – 922 points

2) Kane Williamson (NZ) – 897

3) Cheteshwar Pujara (Ind) – 881

4) Steve Smith (Aus) – 866

5) Joe Root (Eng) – 775

6) David Warner (Aus) – 764

7) Henry Nicholls (NZ) – 763

8) Aiden Markram (SAF) – 741

9) Hashim Amla (SAF) - 711

10) Dimuth Karunaratne (SL) – 694

BOWLING

1) Kagiso Rabada (SAF) – 882 points

2) James Anderson (Eng) – 875

3) Pat Cummins (Aus) – 866

4) Vernon Philander (SAF) -  809

5) Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) – 794

6) Trent Boult (NZ) – 771

7) Mohammad Abbas (Pak) – 770

8) Tim Southee (NZ) – 767

9) Ravi Ashwin (Ind) – 763

10) Jason Holder (WI) – 759

ALLROUNDERS

1) Jason Holder (WI) – 440 points

2) Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) – 415

3) Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) – 387

4) Ben Stokes (Eng) – 344

5) Vernon Philander (SA) - 341

Domain Test Series v Sri Lanka

Australia: Tim Paine (c/wk), Joe Burns, Pat Cummins, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Kurtis Patterson, Will Pucovski, Jhye Richardson, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis

Sri Lanka: Dinesh Chandimal (c), Dimuth Karunaratne, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dhananjaya de Silva, Roshen Silva, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Kusal Perera, Dilruwan Perera, Lakshan Sandakan, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Pradeep, Lahiru Kumara, Dushmantha Chameera, Kasun Rajitha

First Test: Australia won by an innings and 40 runs

Second Test: February 1-5, Canberra