Tendulkar up at second place in Test rankings

Sachin Tendulkar, who hit 193 to help India crush England by an innings and 46 runs in the third Test in Leeds which ended on Monday, has climbed three places to second in the latest world Test batting rankings.

Tendulkar's team mate Anil Kumble has risen to sixth in the bowling rankings, his highest placing for nearly three years, after the leg-spinner picked up seven wickets in the Leedsvictory.

England paceman Matthew Hoggard has dropped two places to eighth.

Latest PricewaterhouseCoopers Test ratings:

Top 10 batsmen

Team, Points, Average
1. Adam Gilchrist - Australia, 881, 60.00
2. Sachin Tendulkar - India, 863, 57.99
3. Inzamam-ul-Haq - Pakistan, 852, 49.40
4. Brian Lara - West Indies, 837, 49.49
5. Matthew Hayden - Australia, 836, 49.04
6. Jacques Kallis - South Africa, 783, 47.27
7. Mahele Jayawardene - Sri Lanka, 780, 48.89
8. Andy Flower - Zimbabwe, 776, 52.30
9. Herschelle Gibbs - South Africa, 764, 40.49
10. Kumar Sangakkara - Sri Lanka, 751, 49.05

Top 10 bowlers

1. Glenn McGrath - Australia, 908, 21.91
2. Muttiah Muralitharan - Sri Lanka, 899, 23.32
3. Shaun Pollock - South Africa, 874, 20.72
4. Shane Warne - Australia, 764, 26.52
5. Saqlain Mushtaq - Pakistan, 710, 28.52
6. Anil Kumble - India, 703, 27.87
7. Waqar Younis - Pakistan, 695, 22.98
8. Matthew Hoggard - England, 670, 30.32
9. Chris Cairns - New Zealand, 667, 28.80
=10. Darren Gough - England, 661, 27.57
Jason Gillespie - Australia, 661, 26.05

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