James Anderson has leapfrogged his England new-ball fashion amassing Stuart Broad to become the No. 1 Test bowler in the ICC rankings. This is the first mature Anderson has occupied the zenith of the table in his Test career, which began in 2003.
Anderson has picked going on 18 wickets in the first two Tests of the ongoing quarters series to the side of Sri Lanka, collecting 79 points in that period and getting sticking together of four spots in the rankings. His figures of 3 for 36 and 5 for 58 in the second Test in Chester-le-Street gave him 30 points and moved him from Broad and India offspinner R Ashwin. Anderson's reveal yes haul of eight wickets helped him become the sixth bowler to accrual 450 wickets in Tests. Broad, who took five wickets in the second Test, dropped three points and slipped astern Ashwin to third place.
Moeen Ali, who scored a career-best unbeaten 155 in England's first innings, achieved his highest batting ranking, jumping 12 places to No. 35. He has furthermore moved to sixth upon the allrounders' list and sits a narrowing at the rear his team-mate Ben Stokes.
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