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Root, Anderson surge in Test rankings

Hazlewood and Lyon also rise in the rankings, while Michael Clarke drops two places to No.22

Jimmy Anderson and Joe Root are the big winners in the latest ICC Test Player Rankings with both men jumping into the top three of their respective disciplines.

Having scored 63 and 38 not out in England's eight-wicket win at Edgbaston this week, Root climbed three players to No.3 in the batting rankings with Australia's Steve Smith retaining the No.1 position ahead of South Africa's AB de Villiers.

Anderson, who took seven wickets at Edgbaston but has been ruled out of the fourth Test due to injury, moved up four places in the bowling rankings to No.2 and sits just 80 points behind South African spearhead Dale Steyn.

Despite the heavy defeat in Birmingham, Australian quick Josh Hazlewood gained three places to hold a career-best ranking of 14th, while Nathan Lyon rose one place to be ranked 15th.

But there was bad news for Mitchell Johnson, with Anderson's rise pushing the left-armer down to joint fifth alongside Stuart Broad.

None of Australia's top-order batsmen gained any ground in the rankings, with skipper Michael Clarke falling two spots to No.22.

The other big winners out of the Edgbaston Test were resurgent England duo Ian Bell and Steve Finn. Bell climbed six places to No.30 in the batting rankings, while Finn re-entered the bowling rankings in 19th position after a match-winning haul of eight wickets in his first Test for more than two years.

ICC TEST PLAYER RANKINGS


Batting


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Other Australians in top 50
22) Michael Clarke
48) Shane Watson


Bowling


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Other Australians in top 50
14) Josh Hazlewood
15) Nathan Lyon
16) Peter Siddle
20) Mitchell Starc
40) Shane Watson

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