Friday, 29 March 2013

Prior enters ranking

               Prior climbed from 14th to 10th on the back of his unbeaten century in the drawn third and final Test against New Zealand at Eden Park.The Test player rankings for bowlers has brought a lot of success for spinners Rangana Herath, Shane Shillingford, Nathan Lyon, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.The right-handed Ian Bell, who scored 75 in the second innings in Auckland, has risen one position to 17th and host skipper Brendon McCullum has ascended to 19th - thanks to 38 and 67 not out in the series decider.Sri Lanka's Herath, the West Indies' Shillingford, Australia's Lyon and India's Ashwin and Jadeja have moved to third, 23rd, 21st, sixth and 27th respectively - in the wake of series completed this week.Batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, meanwhile, has achieved a career-best seventh position after his unbeaten 82 helped India secure a six-wicket win - and four-nil series triumph - over Australia in Delhi.

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