Starc, Hazlewood and Bishoo on the charge

Starc, who was adjudged player of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, has maintained his bowling form to claim match figures of six for 76, which has given him a lift of five places and has put him in a career-high 25th position in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers.

Hazlewood, who was part of the Australia side that won the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand in 2010, has also achieved a career-best ranking of 31st after he has jumped 12 places following figures of three for 33 and two for 17.

Bishoo, who in 2011 won the ICC Emerging Player of the Year Award in London, has also made gains and his first innings figures of six for 80 have helped him leapfrog Jason Holder (50th) and Shannon Gabriel (51st) into 43rd position following a rise of 10 places.

In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, Australia’s Adam Voges, who won the player of the match award for his 130 not out, has entered in 65th position, while West Indies Shane Dowrich, who scored 15 and 70, has entered in 75th position.

Marlon Samuels and Shaun Marsh are the other batsmen to head in the right direction. Samuels now shares 28th spot with Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan after climbing two places, while Marsh has also moved up two spots to claim 55th position.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh hosts India in a one-off Test in Fatullah from Wednesday, 10 June. Virat Kohli’s side is ranked third on 99 points, while Mushfiqur Rahim side is ninth on 39 points. If India wins the Test, then it will gain one point and will retain its third position, but if it loses, then it will drop to seventh position on 95 points, such is the tightly-packed nature of the table at present. In case of a drawn match, India will drop to 97 points but will be ranked above England and Pakistan when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.

The Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings predictor function is available here. The Test rankings table, unlike the ODI & T20I tables, is updated after the series.

In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, India boasts five batsmen inside the top 50 in Kohli (10th), Murali Vijay (23rd), Cheteshwar Pujara (24th), Ajinkya Rahane (26th) and Rohit Sharma (50th), while Mominul Haque is Bangladesh’s highest-ranked batsman in 22nd spot, followed by Tamim Iqbal (27th), Shakib Al Hasan (28th) and Mushfiqur Rahim (45th).

In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers, India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will enter the series as the highest-ranked bowler in 13th position, followed by Shakib Al Hasan (17th), Ishant Sharma (19th), Taijul Islam (37th), Umesh Yadav (44th), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (48th) and Rubel Hossain (86th).

Forthcoming Tests:

10-14 June – Bangladesh v India, Fatullah

11-15 June – West Indies v Australia, Jamaica

Reliance ICC Test Championship table (as on 7 June, after first Test between West Indies-Australia and before the one-off Test between Bangladesh-India)

Rank   Team              Points

1          South Africa   130

2          Australia         111

3          India                99

4          New Zealand   99

5          England           97

6          Pakistan          97

7          Sri Lanka        96

8          West Indies     81

9          Bangladesh     39

10        Zimbabwe       5

Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 7 June, after first Test between West Indies-Australia and before the one-off Test between Bangladesh-India)

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank     (+/-)      Player                  Team     Pts         Ave        HS Rating

1            ( - )        K. Sangakkara     SL          909        58.66    938 v Eng at Kandy 2007

   2         ( - )        AB de Villiers     SA         908        52.09    935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014

   3         ( - )        Hashim Amla      SA         891        52.78    907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013

   4         ( - )        Steven Smith       Aus        864        51.86    873 v Ind at Sydney 2015

   5         ( - )        Angelo Mathews SL          841        51.50    877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014

   6         ( - )        Younus Khan       Pak        836        53.75    880 v SL at Lahore 2009

   7         ( - )        Joe Root               Eng        815        54.11    872 v NZ at Lord's 2015

   8         ( - )        Kane Williamson NZ         813        45.70    860 v Eng at Lord's 2015

   9         ( - )        David Warner      Aus        775        47.29    880 v Ind at Adelaide 2014

  10        ( - )        Virat Kohli          Ind         774        46.30    784 v NZ at Wellington 2014

Selected rankings

Rank     (+/-)      Player                  Team     Pts         Ave        HS Rating

  14        (+1)       Ross Taylor         NZ         722        44.99    871 v WI at Hamilton 2013

  15        (-2)        Michael Clarke    Aus        720        50.59    900 v SL at Melbourne 2012

  22        ( - )        Mominul Haque  Ban        661*!    60.00    661 v Pak at Mirpur 2015

  23        ( - )        Murali Vijay        Ind         650        39.78    653 v Aus at Melbourne 2014

  24        ( - )        C. Pujara              Ind         647        47.11    851 v SA at Durban 2013

  26        ( - )        Ajinkya Rahane   Ind         639*!    44.87    639 v Aus at Sydney 2015

  27        (+1)       Tamim Iqbal        Ban        632        39.73    707 v Eng at Old Trafford 2010

  28=      (+2)       Marlon Samuels  WI         629        35.92    672 v Zim at Barbados 2013

              (+1)       Shakib Al Hasan  Ban        629!      40.17    629 v Pak at Mirpur 2015

  30        (-3)        Darren Bravo       WI         612        42.16    709 v Aus at Trinidad 2012

  36        (-2)        K. Brathwaite      WI         560        35.52    591 v Eng at Grenada 2015

  42        (-2)        Shane Watson      Aus        530        35.50    729 v Eng at Perth 2010

  43        (-7)        J. Blackwood       WI         528*     43.69    575 v Eng at Barbados 2015

  45        ( - )        Mushfiqur Rahim              Ban        516        32.34    604 v Zim at Mirpur 2014

  50        (+1)       Rohit Sharma      Ind         487*     41.37    578 v NZ at Wellington 2014

  51        (+1)       R. Ashwin            Ind         483*     35.96    527 v Eng at Old Trafford 2014

  52        (-2)        Brad Haddin        Aus        482        33.48    637 v WI at Perth 2009

  53        ( - )        Mahmudullah      Ban        475        30.52    497 v Zim at Khulna 2014

  55        (+2)       Shaun Marsh       Aus        452*!    35.40    452 v WI at Dominica 2015

  57        (-2)        Denesh Ramdin   WI         446        26.43    493 v NZ at Barbados 2014

  60        ( - )        Shikhar Dhawan  Ind         435*     35.78    475 v NZ at Wellington 2014

  64        ( - )        Imrul Kayes         Ban        420!      26.59    420 v Pak at Mirpur 2015

  65        (NEW)   Adam Voges        Aus        419*!      -           419 v WI at Dominica 2015

  75        (NEW)   Shane Dowrich    WI         387*!    42.50    387 v Aus at Dominica 2015

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank     (+/-)      Player                  Team     Pts         Ave        HS Rating

  1          ( - )        Dale Steyn           SA         905        22.55    909 v WI at Centurion 2014

   2         (+1)       James Anderson  Eng        824        29.42    847 v WI at Barbados 2015

   3         (-1)        Ryan Harris         Aus        818        23.52    870 v SA at Cape Town 2014

   4         ( - )        Trent Boult          NZ         814        27.12    825 v Eng at Lord's 2015

   5         (+1)       Mitchell Johnson Aus        810        27.60    849 v Pak at Dubai 2014

   6         (-1)        Rangana Herath   SL          807        29.57    851 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2014

   7         ( - )        Stuart Broad        Eng        782        29.77    783 v WI at Lord's 2012

   8         ( - )        Vernon Philander SA         780        21.95    912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013

   9         ( - )        Morne Morkel     SA         727        29.35    776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011

  10        ( - )        Tim Southee        NZ         713        31.63    799 v WI at Jamaica 2014

Selected rankings

Rank     (+/-)      Player                  Team     Pts         Ave        HS Rating

  13        ( - )        R. Ashwin            Ind         659        30.67    808 v WI at Mumbai 2013

  17        ( - )        Shakib Al Hasan  Ban        604        33.27    700 v Zim at Khulna 2014

  18        ( - )        Nathan Lyon        Aus        577        35.49    648 v Eng at Melbourne 2013

  19        (-1)        Ishant Sharma      Ind         574        37.30    671 v WI at Dominica 2011

  25        (+5)       Mitchell Starc     Aus        511*!    33.00    511 v WI at Dominica 2015

  31        (+12)     Josh Hazlewood  Aus        430*!    23.64    430 v WI at Dominica 2015

  35        (-1)        Jerome Taylor     WI         416*     34.57    717 v Eng at Jamaica 2009

  37        ( - )        Taijul Islam         Ban        408*     30.74    446 v Pak at Khulna 2015

  38        (-2)        Shane Watson      Aus        405*     33.32    633 v SA at Cape Town 2011

  43        (+10)     Devendra Bishoo WI         385*     37.42    426 v Ind at Delhi 2011

  50        ( - )        Jason Holder        WI         327*!    34.14    327 v Aus at Dominica 2015

  51        (-2)        Shannon Gabriel  WI         320*     35.81    360 v Zim at Dominica 2013

All-rounders

Rank     (+/-)      Player                  Team     Pts         S Rating

   1         ( - )        Shakib Al Hasan  Ban        380       419 v Zim at Khulna 2014

   2         ( - )        Vernon Philander SA         341*/    376 v Aus at Cape Town 2014

   3         ( - )        R. Ashwin            Ind         318*/    419 v WI at Mumbai 2013

   4         ( - )        Mitchell Johnson Aus        292       384 v Eng at Cardiff 2009

   5         ( - )        Stuart Broad        Eng        267       382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012