Williamson Rises To Test Top 5

Black Caps batsman Kane Williamson has moved up to number five in the latest ICC test rankings.

His scores of 140 and 59 in the first test against Australia in Brisbane has seen him rise two places.

South Africa's AB de Villiers has surged to the top of the batting chart to officially be the number-one batsman in the world.

de Villiers sits atop the rankings for the first time since 2012, knocking Australia's Steve Smith off his perch.

Meanwhile Black Caps bowlers Trent Boult and Tim Southee have fallen one place each to sit sixth and 11th respectively in the bowling rankings.

Test batsmen

1 A.B. de Villiers SA 891
2 S.P.D. Smith AUS 890
3 J.E. Root ENG 886
4 H.M. Amla SA 870
5 K.S. Williamson NZ 863
6 A.D. Mathews SL 851
7 D.A. Warner AUS 847
8 Younus Khan PAK 826
9 A.N. Cook ENG 803
10 Misbah-ul-Haq PAK 764

Test bowlers

1 D.W. Steyn SA 902
2 J.M. Anderson ENG 846
2 Yasir Shah PAK 846
4 S.C.J. Broad ENG 840
5 R. Ashwin IND 797
6 T.A. Boult NZ 784
7 V.D. Philander SA 769
8 M.G. Johnson AUS 767
9 H.M.R.K.B. Herath SL 751
10 M. Morkel SA 698

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