England paceman James Anderson has regained top spot in the International Cricket Council’s Test bowling rankings.
The 35-year-old, who has taken 540 Test wickets, climbed from second to first place, moving above South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada.
Rabada falls in the rankings following South Africa’s Test series defeat to Sri Lanka.
The ICC’s rankings, published by the governing body on Tuesday, are based on a points system which uses a series of calculations to rate players on a scale of 0 to 1000.
Anderson has 892 points, 10 ahead of Rabada, while India‘s Ravindra Jadeja sits third with 866.
Rabada falls off the top spot, @IamDimuth climbs further into top 10 batsmen in the @MRFWorldwide Test Player Rankings following the #SLvSA Test series.
— ICC (@ICC) July 24, 2018
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He has taken 18 wickets in five Tests in 2018, including five in the second match against Pakistan at Headingley last month.
Stuart Broad is the only other Englishman in the top 20, sitting in 12th place on 742 points.
England captain Joe Root (855) is third in the batting rankings, which is topped by banned Australian Steve Smith (929), with Indian Virat Kohli second (903).
Alastair Cook is 13th on 686 points, while England team-mate Jonny Bairstow is three places and 16 points further back.
