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[TH=“align: left”]Rank
[/TH]
[TH=“align: left”]Name
[/TH]
[TH=“class: tdpadn, align: left”]Country
[/TH]
[TH=“class: tdpadn, align: left”]Rating
[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR=“class: rankings”]
1
K.C. Sangakkara
SL
850
[/TR]
[TR=“class: rankings”]
2
J.H. Kallis
SA
846
[/TR]
[TR=“class: rankings”]
3
M.J. Clarke
AUS
821
[/TR]
[TR=“class: rankings”]
4
A.B. de Villiers
SA
815
[/TR]
[TR=“class: rankings”]
5
A.N. Cook
ENG
795
[/TR]
[TR=“class: rankings”]
6
I.J.L. Trott
ENG
780
[/TR]
[TR=“class: rankings”]
7
T.T. Samaraweera
SL
775
[/TR]
[TR=“class: rankings”]
8
Misbah-ul-Haq
PAK
771
[/TR]
[TR=“class: rankings”]
9
S. Chanderpaul
WI
766
[/TR]
[TR=“class: rankings”]
10
Younus Khan
PAK
762
[/TR]
**Batting
**http://www.espncricinfo.com/rankings/content/page/211270.html
re: ICC Test Player Rankings - Misbah, Younis, Ajmal and Rehman in top 10
**Bowling
**[TABLE="class: ratingstable"]
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[TH="align: left"]Rank
[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Name
[/TH]
[TH="class: tdpadn, align: left"]Country
[/TH]
[TH="class: tdpadn, align: left"]Rating
[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: rankings"]
1
D.W. Steyn
SA
896
[/TR]
[TR="class: rankings"]
2
Saeed Ajmal
PAK
812
[/TR]
[TR="class: rankings"]
3
J.M. Anderson
ENG
787
[/TR]
[TR="class: rankings"]
4
P.M. Siddle
AUS
768
[/TR]
[TR="class: rankings"]
5
S.C.J. Broad
ENG
760
[/TR]
[TR="class: rankings"]
6
G.P. Swann
ENG
750
[/TR]
[TR="class: rankings"]
7
B.W. Hilfenhaus
AUS
726
[/TR]
[TR="class: rankings"]
8
M. Morkel
SA
715
[/TR]
[TR="class: rankings"]
9
Abdur Rehman
PAK
710
[/TR]
[TR="class: rankings"]
10
Zaheer Khan
IND
697
[/TR]
re: ICC Test Player Rankings - Misbah, Younis, Ajmal and Rehman in top 10
**ICC Test Championship
**Despite Pakistan having already won their seventh series out of 11 against England since 1983-84, there is still a lot to play for in the third and final Test which starts in Dubai on Friday. For England, the equation is very simple and straightforward – they have to win the Test to be guaranteed a number-one spot at the 1 April cut-off date and with it a $175,000 prize which is presented annually to the side which tops the ICC Test Championship table at the cut-off date. If England win the Test, they will finish on 120 ratings points and will top the table irrespective of how South Africa’s three-Test series in New Zealand, to be played from 7-27 March, pans out. However, England’s failure to win the Dubai Test will give South Africa a chance to not only reclaim the number-one spot but will also win the $175,000 prize. If England loses the Dubai Test and with it the series 3-0, they will finish on 118 ratings points and can be overtaken by South Africa by a ratings point, provided South Africa sweep the series in New Zealand. If England salvage a draw, then they will end on 119 ratings points but will be beaten by South Africa by 0.01 of a ratings point, again if the Proteas win all the three Tests against New Zealand.
The incentive for Pakistan is to win the Test and the series 3-0 is also high. They have the opportunity to narrow the gap with India and Australia to just three ratings points. The two sides are currently sitting on 111 ratings points each, but India are ranked third by a fraction of a point following the home side’s 4-0 series win. A 2-1 series win will mean they will finish on 105 ratings points, while a 2-0 series win will earn them eight ratings points and they will finish on 107 ratings points.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012\01\30\story_30-1-2012_pg2_13
re: ICC Test Player Rankings - Misbah, Younis, Ajmal and Rehman in top 10
That $175,000 check is a joke. Based on a FULL year's performance. And it's not $175,000 for each member, but $175,000 for the WHOLE team.
Compare that to the winner of Australian Open Tennis, who must've got around $1.5 million, just for himself, for a tournament lasting 2 weeks.