Chanderpaul replaced by Sangakkara as world's top batsman

Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara has knocked veteran West Indies left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul off the top of the International Cricket Council's Test batting rankings.

Sri Lankan Sangakkara [left] replaces West Indian Chanderpaul [right] at top batting ranking

In the latest rankings released on Thursday, Sangakkara had crept ahead of Chanderpaul to move to 892 ratings points.

Chanderpaul is 36 points adrift in second, with South African AB de Villiers in third on 821 points.

Selected positions from the latest International Cricket Council Test player rankings released on Thursday:

Batting

1 Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 892

2 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) 856

3 AB de Villiers (SA) 821

4 Jacques Kallis (SA) 819

5 Younus Khan (PAK) 796

6 Michael Clarke (AUS) 771

7 Hashim Amla (SA) 763

8 Ross Taylor (NZ) 761

9 Alastair Cook (ENG) 756

10 Graeme Smith (SA) 753

Bowling

1 Dale Steyn (SA) 886

2 Saeed Ajmal (PAK) 813

3 James Anderson (ENG) 785

4 Rangana Herath (SL) 765

5 Vernon Philander (SA) 764

6 Stuart Broad (ENG) 758

7 Ben Hilfenhaus (AUS) 756

8 Graeme Swann (ENG) 742

9 Peter Siddle (AUS) 740

10 Morne Morkel (SA) 733

16 Kemar Roach (WI) 620


Via Trinidad Express Newspapers

ICC Test Rankings : Sri Lankan Sangakkara closes in on number-one batting spot

Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara’s match-winning unbeaten knock of 199 against Pakistan in the first Test in Galle has helped him vault three places to second in the latest ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen, which were released by the ICC on Tuesday. 

Sangakkara now trails number-one placed West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul by just six points and can potentially regain the top spot with another solid performance in the second Test, which starts in Colombo on Saturday. 

The ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers is still headed by South Africa’s Dale Steyn with Saeed Ajmal of Pakistan and England’s James Anderson in second and third positions, respectively. 

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