Adelaide: After extravagant performance in the second Test against South Africa Australian skipper Michael Clarke reclaimed his ranking as the world’s No.1 Test batsman.
International Cricket Council (ICC) released its latest ranking on Monday in which Clarke jumped over Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka and two South African players Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis.
It is the third time Clarke moved to the top. He first time achieved No.1 ranking in August 2009 and then again this year. Both times his stay was short.
Clarke leads Sangakkara by a slim 10 rating points margin. The Sri Lankan could reclaim the spot by making a strong performance in the second innings of the ongoing Test against New Zealand in Colombo.
Clarke began the year in 20th position and rushed through the rankings by scoring 1,309 runs to date at an average of 119. Clarkes’s 230 in the first innings of the drawn Adelaide Test was his fourth double century of the year which made him the first batsman in Test history to score four double centuries in a calendar year.
Dale Steyn from South Africa held his No.1 Test bowling ranking ahead of Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal and South African Vernon Philander.
To take the world number one ranking from South Africa Australia need to win in the final test starting on Friday in Perth.
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