Roach Achieves Career-best Test Ranking

Dubai: Kemar Roach achieved a career-best ranking of 18th position after producing a MoM performance in the second Test against Australia which ended in a draw on Friday, ICC said in a statement.

Roach recorded figures of 27-5-105-5 and 18-4-41-5 which not only won him the man of the match award but also earned him a jump of 16 places to put him in 18th position.

Sachin Tendulkar held on to the joint 12th spot to be the highest-ranked Indian batsman in the latest ICC Test rankings.

In the bowling list, pacer Zaheer Khan is the highest-ranked Indian in the list at the 12th spot.

The 23-year-old is now the West Indies' highest-ranked bowler with captain Darren Sammy and Fidel Edwards occupying 22nd and 27th positions, respectively.

South Africa's Dale Steyn leads Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal by a distance in the rankings for Test bowlers, with England's James Anderson in third position.

In the rankings for Test batsmen, Shivnarine Chanderpaul has swapped places with Australia captain Michael Clarke.

Chanderpaul, who scored 94 in the first innings, has moved up two places to third position while Clarke has dropped two places to fifth spot after scoring 45 and 15.

AB de Villiers of South Africa is the number-one ranked batsman in the world, followed by teammate Jacques Kallis.

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