ICC Test Rankings: De Kock and Wood rise in latest standings

Quinton de Kock made significant gains in the ICC Test Rankings after the final Test against England in Johannesburg.

De Kock makes his charge due to his bold but ultimately futile innings in the 191-run defeat that consigned the Proteas to a 3-1 series defeat.

De Kock still highest ranked Proteas batsman

The Proteas wicketkeeper claimed his 200th Test dismissal in Johannesburg and moved back towards the top 10 for batsmen after his scores of 76 and 39 took him up two places to 11th. His Proteas teammate Anrich Nortje gained 20 places to reach 53rd position on the bowlers’ rankings.

Vernon Philander retired as the fifth-ranked all-rounder and 11th among bowlers after a decade-long career that saw him top both lists. Philander has retired from the international game and signed on as a Kolpak player for English County Somerset.

Philander spent 11 Tests as the top-ranked Test bowler between December 2013 and February 2014. He took over from Dale Steyn after taking four for 61 and three for 68 against India at Johannesburg in December 2013. That performance brought him up to 912 rankings points, which is the joint-seventh best of all time, and the best for a South Africa bowler.

Wood was named Player of the Match at the Wanderers and has moved up 19 places to 38th position among bowlers after he claimed figures of nine for 100. The England quick also progressed to 142nd from 151st among batsmen after scores of 35 not out and 18 in his 15th Test match.

Man of the series Ben Stokes gained two slots to reach 27th on the rankings for Test bowlers.

Three Lions batsmen Ollie Pope also moved up the rankings climbing six places to 55th while opener Dom Sibley progressed nine places to hold 67th in the latest update.

The update also takes into account the drawn second Test between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka in Harare.

Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza’s Man of the Match effort in Harare helped him advance in the rankings. Raza took eight wickets, including a seven-wicket haul in the first innings, a performance that lifts him 21 places to 51st among bowlers. With the willow in hand, knocks of 72 and 34 see him rise to 57th among batsmen. Zimbabwe wicketkeeper-batsman Brendan Taylor has moved up to 22nd and skipper Sean Williams to 61st.

Sri Lanka’s match-saving hero Kusal Mendis’s fighting 116 took him to 23rd position from 26th before the match.

ICC Test Rankings

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avge	Highest Rating
1	( – )	Virat Kohli	India	928	54.97	937 v Eng at Southampton 2018
2	( – )	Steve Smith	Aus	911	62.84	947 v SA at Durban 2018
3	( – )	M Labuschagne	Aus	827*!	63.43	827 v NZ at Sydney 2020
4	( – )	K Williamson	NZ	814	51.44	915 v Ban at Hamilton 2019
5	( – )	David Warner	Aus	793	48.94	880 v NZ at Perth 2015
6	( – )	C Pujara	India	791	49.48	888 v SL at Nagpur 2017
7	( – )	Babar Azam	Pak	767!	42.67	767 v SL at Karachi 2019
8	(+1)	Joe Root	Eng	764	48.40	917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
9	(-1)	Ajinkya Rahane	India	759	43.74	825 v NZ at Indore 2016
10	( – )	Ben Stokes	Eng	718	36.54	745 v SA at Port Elizabeth 2020

 
Other selected ICC Test rankings

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avge	Highest Rating
11	(+2)	Q de Kock	SA	706	39.12	802 v NZ at Hamilton 2017
22	(+8)	Brendan Taylor	Zim	632	36.21	684 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
23	(+3)	Kusal Mendis	SL	628	36.97	693 v WI at St Lucia 2018
54	(+5)	O Fernando	SL	493*	43.66	509 v Pak at Karachi 2019
55	(+6)	Ollie Pope	Eng	492*!	47.77	492 v SA at Johannesburg 2020
57	(+13)	Sikandar Raza	Zim	490*	35.07	547 v WI at Bulawayo 2017
61=	(+22)	Sean Williams	Zim	485*!	33.47	485 v SL at Harare 2020
61=	(+9)	Dom Sibley	Eng	471*!	40.22	471 v SA at Johannesburg 2020

 
Bowlers (top 10)

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avge	Highest Rating
1	( – )	Pat Cummins	Aus	904	21.82	914 v Eng at Old Trafford 2019
2	( – )	Neil Wagner	NZ	852	26.63	859 v Aus at Melbourne 2019
3	( – )	Jason Holder	WI	830!	26.37	830 v Afg at Lucknow 2019
4	( – )	Kagiso Rabada	SA	802	22.95	902 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2018
5	( – )	Mitchell Starc	Aus	796	26.97	806 v NZ at Perth 2019
6	( – )	Jasprit Bumrah	India	794*	19.24	835 v WI at Jamaica 2019
7	( – )	J Anderson	Eng	775	26.83	903 v India at Lord’s 2018
8	( – )	R Ashwin	India	772	25.36	904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016
9	(+1)	M Shami	India	771	27.09	790 v Ban at Indore 2019
10	(+1)	J Hazlewood	Aus	769	26.20	863 v India at Bengaluru 2017

Other selected ICC Test rankings

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avge	Highest Rating
27	(+2)	Ben Stokes	Eng	567	32.68	606 v WI at St Lucia 2019
38	(+19)	Mark Wood	Eng	439*!	31.41	439 v SA at Johannesburg 2020
51	(+21)	Sikandar Raza	Zim	340*!	39.58	340 v SL at Harare 2020
53	(+20)	Anrich Nortje	SA	325*!	35.10	325 v Eng at Johannesburg 2020
94=	(+10)	Victor Nyauchi	Zim	151*!	31.60	151 v SL at Harare 2020

All-rounders (top five)

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Highest Rating
1	( – )	Jason Holder	WI	473!	473 v Afg at Lucknow 2019
2	( – )	Ben Stokes	Eng	407	411 v SA at Port Elizabeth 2020
3	( – )	R Jadeja	India	406	438 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2017
4	(+1)	R Ashwin	India	308	492 v Eng at Mohali 2016
5	(-1)	V Philander	SA	305	377 v SL at Galle 2018

*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after playing 40 Test innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating when he reaches 100 Test wickets.

!indicates career-highest rating

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