Flintoff climbs bowling rankings

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**Flintoff climbs bowling rankings **](BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | Flintoff climbs bowling rankings)

England’s Andrew Flintoff has moved up to fourth in the Test bowling rankings following the ICC Super Series.

Flintoff took seven wickets for an ICC World XI against Australia to jump two places in the LG ICC ranking list.

Steve Harmison picked up four wickets in the same game but he remains 14th behind new number one Glenn McGrath.

Australia’s Matthew Hayden is the biggest mover in the batting rankings, rising 10 places to sixth after scoring 111 and 77 in the Super Test.

Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Strauss are England’s highest ranked batsmen in eighth and 10th positions with Flintoff, who was recently voted joint international Player of the Year, dropping one to 24th.

TEST BATTING RANKINGS TOP 10

1 J Kallis (SA) 894 pts
2 B Lara (WI) 855
2= R Ponting (Aus) 855
4 R Dravid (Ind) 851
5 V Sehwag (Ind) 825
6 M Hayden (Aus) 803
7 S Chanderpaul (WI) 789
8 M Trescothick (Eng) 778
9 Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pkn) 773
10 A Strauss (Eng) 760

TEST BOWLING RANKINGS TOP 10

1 G McGrath (Aus) 881
2 S Warne (Aus) 874
3 M Muralitharan (SrL) 871
4 A Flintoff (Eng) 793
5 S Pollock (SA) 787
6 M Ntini (SA) 784
7= C Vaas (SrL) 770
7=Shoaib Akhtar (Pkn) 770
9 M Hoggard (Eng) 762
10 I Pathan (Ind) 756

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Re: Flintoff climbs bowling rankings

I am not surprised at all. I see him in top two spots very soon. A bowler who can do away and reverse swing on consistant basis on his will deserves to be at top.

Shoaib and Sami, learn something!

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Re: Flintoff climbs bowling rankings

If they wanted to, they would’ve done while playing in the team with legends (Ws).

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Re: Flintoff climbs bowling rankings

Irfan Pathan at number 10 after destroying mighty Zimbabweans and Bangladeshis:D . He was unfit when he faced Australians at home, got fit again to destroy Bangladesh, wasn't fit (according to former Indians. coaches etc) againt Pakistan again and then got fitter to destroy Zimbabwe again:p :p .

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