Panesar spins into the top 20

England's Monty Panesar shot up 14 places in the latest LG ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers following his ten-wicket haul in the third Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford.

The 25-year-old left-arm spinner moved up from 26th position to 12th and is now closing in on a place in the top ten with team-mate Andrew Flintoff and Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar not far above him.

His match figures of 10-187 were his best to date and included six wickets in the second innings as England won a closely fought match by 60 runs. He is now the third ranked slow bowler in the world behind Muttiah Muralidaran of Sri Lanka and India's Anil Kumble.

Despite losing the match, there was some consolation for the West Indies.

Corey Collymore moved up two places in the bowling rankings and into the top ten. The 29-year-old seamer has been a consistent performer and the three wickets he took in the first innings at Old Trafford were enough for him to overtake Flintoff and Akhtar.

There was no other movement in the top ten with Muralidaran still way out in front, South Africa's Makhaya Ntini second and Kumble occupying joint-third spot with Ntini's Proteas team-mate Shaun Pollock.

England's Ryan Sidebottom is enjoying his return to Test cricket and his good form has taken him into the top 50, where he currently lies in 43rd position.

On the batting front, the main movers in the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen were Shivnarine Chanderpaul of the West Indies and England's Alistair Cook.

In an interesting symmetry, both players scored 166 runs during the Old Trafford Test, including a century and half-century apiece, and both moved up eight places in the rankings as a result.

Chanderpaul holds a slight advantage in 13th position over Cook, who lies in a career-best 14th spot.

It was not good news for everyone involved in the match though. England opener Andrew Strauss has slipped out of the top 20 for the first time since December 2004 following a disappointing series so far for the Middlesex left-hander.

Kevin Pietersen retains his third position overall but has just dipped below the 900 ratings point mark. He currently lies behind Australia captain Ricky Ponting in first position and Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf in second.

There is no movement in the top five of the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders with Jacques Kallis of South Africa still out in front, followed by Flintoff in second position and Pollock third.

LG ICC Test Player Rankings (as of 12 June, after third Test between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford)

Batsmen

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Points	Ave	HS Ranking
1		Ricky Ponting	Aus	936	59.29	942 v Eng at Adelaide 2006
2		Mhd Yousuf	Pak	915	56.00	933 v WI at Karachi 2006
3		Kevin Pietersen	Eng	892	53.72	909 v WI at Leeds 2007
4		K.C.Sangakkara	SL	857	50.64	857 v NZ at Wellington 2006
5		Mike Hussey	Aus	842*	79.85	842 v Eng at Sydney 2007
6		Matthew Hayden	Aus	828	53.00	935 v Eng at Brisbane 2002
7		Jacques Kallis	SA	820	55.09	896 v Eng at Cape Town 2005
8		Rahul Dravid	Ind	801	57.46	892 v Pak at Kolkata 2005
9		Younis Khan	Pak	789	48.21	856 v Eng at Leeds 2006
10		Ashwell Prince	SA	755	42.85	756 v Pak at Centurion 2007
11		Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	735	50.07	870 v Eng at Lahore 2005
12		M.Jayawardene	SL	710	48.37	836 v Eng at Birmingham 2002
13	(+8)	S.Chanderpaul	WI	694	45.59	811 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2005
14	(+8)	Alastair Cook	Eng	689*	48.79	689 v WI at Manchester 2007
15	(-1)	Stephen Fleming	NZ	674	39.64	702 v Ban at Chittagong 2004
16=	(-1)	S.R.Tendulkar	Ind	672	55.44	898 v Zim at Nagpur 2002
	(-1)	Graeme Smith	SA	672	47.08	756 v NZ at Wellington 2004
18	(-5)	P.D.Collingwood	Eng	669	43.23	730 v Aus at Adelaide 2006
19		Ian Bell	Eng	665	44.73	679 v WI at Lord's 2007
20	(-2)	Adam Gilchrist	Aus	662	48.66	874 v SA at Cape Town 2002

Bowlers

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Points	Ave	HS Ranking
1		M.Muralidaran	SL	913	21.73	915 v Pak at Lahore 2002
2		Makhaya Ntini	SA	856	27.48	863 v Ind at Durban 2006
3=		Anil Kumble	Ind	730	28.59	859 v SL at Bangalore 1994
		Shaun Pollock	SA	730	23.19	909 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999
5		Shane Bond	NZ	722*	22.10	778 v WI at Auckland 2006
6		Stuart Clark	Aus	720*	17.80	720 v Eng at Sydney 2007
7		Mohammad Asif	Pak	710*	20.12	710 v SA at Cape Town 2007
8		M'thew Hoggard	Eng	701	30.30	795 v SL at Birmingham 2006
9	(+2)	Corey Collymore	WI	699*	31.73	700 v Eng at Lord's 2007
10	(-1)	Shoaib Akhtar	Pak	698	25.29	855 v NZ at Wellington 2003
11	(-1)	Andrew Flintoff	Eng	687	32.02	810 v Pak at Multan 2005
12	(+14)	Monty Panesar	Eng	671*	29.93	671 v WI at Manchester 2007
13	(-1)	Chaminda Vaas	SL	663	29.44	800 v Ind at Chennai 2005
14	(-1)	Danish Kaneria	Pak	662	32.36	723 v Eng at Multan 2005
15	(-1)	Brett Lee	Aus	644	31.60	658 v WI at Perth 2000
16	(-1)	James Franklin	NZ	637*	28.19	679 v SL at Christchurch 2006
17	(-1)	Irfan Pathan	Ind	618*	30.79	761 v SL at Delhi 2005
18		Steve Harmison	Eng	611	30.59	875 v WI at The Oval 2004
19	(-2)	Umar Gul	Pak	608*	30.62	627 v WI at Karachi 2006
20	(-1)	Daniel Vettori	NZ	598	34.28	681 v Aus at Auckland 2000

All-rounders

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Points	HS Ranking
1		Jacques Kallis	SA	462	616 v Pak at Durban 2002
2		Andrew Flintoff	Eng	392	501 v Pak at Multan 2005
3		Shaun Pollock	SA	356	490 v Eng at The Oval 2003
4		Daniel Vettori	NZ	329	329 v SL at Wellington 2006
5		Chaminda Vaas	SL	253	281 v Ind at Chennai 2005

*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after playing 40 Test innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating when he reaches 100 Test wickets.

For more information on the LG ICC Player Rankings go to https://www.lgiccrankings.com/