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LG ICC Test rankings: Dravid at No. 2

Dubai: Rahul Dravid hung on to the second spot, while Anil Kumble is the lone Indian bowler in the top 10 in the LG ICC Test rankings released on Tuesday.

Dravid is behind Australian skipper Ricky Ponting, who continues to lead the pack and Kumble, who is in the eighth spot, holds a 16-point lead over his nearest rival Shane Bond of New Zealand in the bowlers' list.

India continues to be fourth, just two points behind third-placed England in the Championship table.

Meanwhile, Pakistan has two batsmen in the top five following its drawn encounter with England at Lord's.

Inzamam third

Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has climbed one place to third after two half-centuries and he has been joined in the top five by Mohammad Yousuf, who made 202. Yousuf is up two spots to the fifth place and now has his best-ever ranking and the highest tally of rating points.

Completing a trio of Pakistan batsmen in the top 10 is Younis Khan, who missed the Lord's Test through injury. He is seventh in the table.

England, by contrast, has just one batsman in the top 10 in Kevin Pietersen, who is ranked 10th.

Andrew Strauss's ninth Test hundred has seen him jump two places to 12th, overtaking teammate Marcus Trescothick, while Paul Collingwood's Test-best score of 186 has boosted him to joint 34th position with Shahid Afridi.

Murali on top

The rankings for Test bowlers have seen no changes in the top 20 with England's Matthew Hoggard still the highest-placed player from either side. The seamer remains in the fifth spot, ahead of injured teammate Andrew Flintoff (sixth) and Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar in seventh position.

Further down the list, leg-spinner Danish Kaneria is holding firm in 13th place, while Stephen Harmison remains 17th.

Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is on top in the bowlers list, followed by South African Makhaya Ntini.

In the rankings for Test all-rounders, Jacques Kallis is still in lead, ahead of Flintoff. Pakistan's Abdul Razzaq has moved up to the 11th place, ahead of Afridi (12th).

LG ICC Test rankings (top 10 batsmen): 1. Ricky Ponting (Aus) 931, 2. Rahul Dravid (Ind) 882, 3. Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 846, 4. Jacques Kallis (SA) 832, 5. Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 828, 6. Matthew Hayden (Aus) 808, 7. Younis Khan (Pak) 788, 8. Mike Hussey (Aus), 9. Brian Lara (WI) 732, 10. Kevin Pietersen (Eng) 724.

LG ICC Test rankings (top 10 bowlers): 1. Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) 901, 2. Makhaya Ntini (SA) 841, 3. Shane Warne (Aus) 813, 4. Glenn McGrath (Aus) 811, 5. Matthew Hoggard (Eng) 776, 6. Andrew Flintoff (Eng) 759, 7. Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) 743, 8. Anil Kumble (Ind) 736, 9. Shane Bond (NZ) 720, 10.Chaminda Vaas (SL) 700.

LG ICC Test rankings (top five all-rounders): 1. Jacques Kallis (SA) 486, 2. Andrew Flintoff (Eng) 454, 3.Shaun Pollock (SA) 302, 4. Daniel Vettori (NZ) 290, 5. Chaminda Vaas (SL) 271.

LG ICC Test championship: 1. Australia (130), 2. Pakistan (120), 3. England (113), 4. India (111), 5. Sri Lanka (99), 6. South Africa (98), 7. New Zealand (92), 8. West Indies (72), 9. Zimbabwe (28), 10. Bangladesh (2). — UNI

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