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Friday, December 16, 2011

TEST PLAYER RANKING

12:52 AM  Unknown  

ALL-ROUNDER  |  ICC BATSMAN  |  ICC BOWLER  |   T20
  ALL-ROUNDER   |  ICC BATSMAN  |  ICC BOWLER  |   ODI  

TEST BATSMAN RANKING

   ID   Rat    Name Nat. Career Best Rating
   01 880 K.C. Sangakkara SL 938 v England, 01/12/2007
   02 851 J.H. Kallis SA 935 v New Zealand, 18/11/2007
   03 823 A.N. Cook ENG 836 v India, 10/08/2011
   04 822 I.R. Bell ENG 822 v India, 18/08/2011
   05 787 H.M. Amla SA 842 v India, 14/02/2010
   05 787 Younus Khan PAK 880 v Sri Lanka, 21/02/2009
   07 785 S.R. Tendulkar IND 898 v Zimbabwe, 21/02/2002
   08 776 I.J.L. Trott ENG 856 v Sri Lanka, 26/05/2011
   09 773 R. Dravid IND 892 v Pakistan, 16/03/2005
   10 770 K.P. Pietersen ENG 909 v West Indies, 28/05/2007

TEST BOWLER RANKING

   ID    Rat    Name Nat. Career Best Rating
   01    898 D.W. Steyn SA 902 v Australia, 09/11/2011
   02    811 J.M. Anderson ENG 813 v India, 10/08/2011
   03    760 M. Morkel SA 776 v Australia, 09/11/2011
   04    755 G.P. Swann ENG 858 v Pakistan, 26/08/2010
   05    744 S.C.J. Broad ENG 744 v India, 18/08/2011
   06      692 Zaheer Khan IND 752 v South Africa, 26/12/2010
   07    654 D.L. Vettori NZ 681 v Australia, 11/03/2000
   08    651 Saeed Ajmal PAK 651 v Bangladesh, 09/12/2011
   09    629 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 680 v West Indies, 29/10/2011
   10    626 H.M.R.K.B. Herath SL 626 v Pakistan, 03/11/2011

TEST ALL ROUNDER RANKING


   ID    Rat   Name Nat. Career Best Rating
   01   414 J.H. Kallis SA 616 v Pakistan, 26/12/2002
   02   385 D.L. Vettori NZ 412 v Pakistan, 11/12/2009
   03   379 S.R. Watson AUS 394 v South Africa, 17/11/2011
   04   376 S.C.J. Broad ENG 376 v India, 18/08/2011
   05   345 Shakib Al Hasan       BAN 375 v West Indies, 29/10/2011
   06   255 G.P. Swann  ENG 327 v Bangladesh, 12/03/2010
   07   238 T.T. Bresnan  ENG 238 v India, 18/08/2011
   08   207 D.W. Steyn  SA 207 v Australia, 17/11/2011
   09   206 D.J.J. Bravo  WI 295 v Australia, 12/06/2008
   10      201 M.G. Johnson  AUS 384 v England, 08/07/2009

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South Africa dominate on day one

12:11 AM  Unknown  



South Africa reached 90-1 after bowling Sri Lanka out for 180 on the first day of the Test series at Centurion.

Vernon Philander claimed his third five-wicket haul in just his third Test appearance as the tourists struggled to get to grips with difficult early batting conditions.

South Africa captain Graeme Smith had no hesitation putting Sri Lanka into bat on a pitch that contained more than a tinge of green.

Dale Steyn was responsible for the first dismissal of the morning but not in the circumstances anticipated.

On a wicket conducive to seam bowling, Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan attempted a hoik to the leg-side more akin to Twenty20 cricket.

Philander took a simple catch at mid-on to put the tourists on the back-foot.

That wicket gave Steyn 250 Test victims in just his 48th match – only Australian legend Dennis Lillee has achieved the feat in less games.

Philander then struck in the next over when an awkward lifting delivery was fended to Jacques Kallis at second slip by Kumar Sangakkara.

Tharanga Paranavitana (32) and Mahela Jayawardene (30) then batted sensibly in a third-wicket stand of 54 before the former was bowled through the gate by a Philander delivery that swung back into the left-hander.

Jayawardene went soon into the middle session when he played a loose shot away from his body and edged to Smith at first slip.

Morne Morkel thought he had struck in the next over but video replays showed he had bowled a no ball when Thilan Samaraweera edged to third slip on 13.

That let-off allowed Samaraweera (36) to continue a flourishing stand with Angelo Mathews (38) in the most fluent passage of batting in the innings.

Only the use of technology split the pair after a sixth-wicket partnership of 65.

Hot Spot decreed that Samaraweera got a thin edge off Philander after umpire Rod Tucker had turned down the original appeal.

Incredibly, Kaushal Silva was dismissed in the very same manner off the next delivery when Hot Spot detected he gloved a catch down the leg-side.

Imran Tahir continued the clatter of wickets in the next over when Thisara Perera edged onto Mark Boucher's leg and Kallis took a fine one-handed catch at slip off the rebound.

Philander got his fifth wicket when Mathews showed his attacking intentions by advancing down the wicket but could only fend a lifting delivery to second slip.

Steyn then cleaned up the remaining two wickets off successive deliveries to finish with 4-18.

Philander's 5-53 means he has now taken 19 victims at 13.05 in his fledgling Test career.

Smith took the lead role in the South African response as he raced to his 50 off 80 balls, clipping the ball to long-on to reach the landmark.

The left-hander fell just before the close when a Dilhara Fernando inswinger hit the batsman on the back-pad in front of middle stump.

Nightwatchman Steyn (0 not out) helped Jacques Rudolph (27 not out) see their side to the close without further mishap.

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