The New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson has risen one spot to now be number three in the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, following the first Test against Sri Lanka in Dunedin.
Kane Williamson after scoring his 12th Test century at Perth, 2015. Photo: PHOTOSPORT
Williamson is now just three points off South Africa's AB de Villiers in second place, thanks to two consistent knocks of 88 and 71, helping New Zealand extend its winning streak to 12 home Test victories in a row, after it beat Sri Lanka by 122 runs.
Williamson's team-mate Martin Guptill has jumped up a remarkable 18 places to 53, after scoring 156 and 46. Guptill was rewarded with only his second man of the match award in Tests.
Black Caps skipper Brendon McCullum has moved up two places to 17th, while his Sri Lanka opposite number Angelo Matthews has marked the visiting side's presence in the top 10 batsman rankings, down one place to seventh.
England's Joe Root is number one.
Trent Boult remains the top raned New Zealand Test bowler at six, while Tim Southee is up two places to 12.
ICC TEST PLAYER RANKINGS (as on 15 December, after Dunedin and Hobart Tests)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge HS Ranking
1 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 886 54.90 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
2 (+1) AB de Villiers SA 881 51.39 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
3 (+1) K. Williamson NZ 878 49.16 893 v Aus at Perth 2015
4 (-3) Steven Smith Aus 874 54.61 936 v Eng at Lord's 2015
5 ( - ) David Warner Aus 863 50.64 880 v NZ at Perth 2015
6 (+1) Younus Khan Pak 826 53.94 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
7 (-1) A. Mathews SL 814 50.46 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014
8 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 810 50.64 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
9 ( - ) Alastair Cook Eng 803 47.47 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
10 (+1) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 764 48.89 842 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2014
Selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge HS Ranking
11 (-1) Ross Taylor NZ 753 45.99 871 v WI at Hamilton 2013
15 (+19) Adam Voges Aus 720*! 76.83 720 v WI at Hobart 2015
17 (+2) B McCullum NZ 697 38.73 760 v SL at Christchurch 2014
21 ( - ) D Chandimal SL 690! 46.94 690 v NZ at Dunedin 2015
25 (+2) Darren Bravo WI 631 41.34 709 v Aus at Trinidad 2012
29 ( - ) D Karunaratne SL 607 35.97 619 v WI at Galle 2015
30 (+5) Tom Latham NZ 590*! 41.00 590 v SL at Dunedin 2015
31 (-3) B J Watling NZ 579 37.64 644 v Eng at Headingley 2015
35 (+7) K Brathwaite WI 556 33.76 591 v Eng at Grenada 2015
39 (+17) Shaun Marsh Aus 537*! 37.72 537 v WI at Hobart 2015
53 (+18) Martin Guptill NZ 441 30.60 597 v WI at Jamaica 2012
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge HS Ranking
1 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 875 22.56 909 v WI at Centurion 2014
2 ( - ) R Ashwin Ind 871! 25.39 871 v SA at Delhi 2015
3= ( - ) J Anderson Eng 846 28.96 847 v WI at Barbados 2015
( - ) Yasir Shah Pak 846*! 24.17 846 v Eng at Sharjah 2015
5 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 840 29.12 852 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
6 ( - ) Trent Boult NZ 803 28.10 825 v Eng at Lord's 2015
7 (+4) J Hazlewood Aus 792*! 22.65 792 v WI at Hobart 2015
8 (-1) R Jadeja Ind 789*! 23.76 789 v SA at Delhi 2015
9 ( - ) V Philander SA 746 22.08 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
10 (-2) R Herath SL 739 29.66 851 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2014
Selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge HS Ranking
12 (+2) T Southee NZ 687 32.31 799 v WI at Jamaica 2014
15 (+2) N Lyon Aus 641 33.78 648 v Eng at Melbourne 2013
16 ( - ) D Prasad SL 626* 35.97 632 v WI at Colombo (PSS) 2015
17 (+1) P Siddle Aus 619 30.06 816 v Eng at Old Trafford 2013
23 (+3) N Wagner NZ 540* 34.01 549 v WI at Barbados 2014
53 (+6) N Pradeep SL 331*! 46.77 331 v NZ at Dunedin 2015
88 (+28) M Santner NZ 166*! 25.33 166 v SL at Dunedin 2015
89 (+9) D Chameera SL 160*! 43.77 160 v NZ at Dunedin 2015
