Warne, Kallis top ICC rankings

Dubai: Australian leggie Shane Warne is the top of the ICC Test Bowling Rankings after a decade.

The Indian duo of Rahul Dravid (851) and Virender Sehwag (835) occupy the third and fourth slots in the Test batsman's list, which is topped by South African Jacques Kallis (894) and has Sachin Tendulkar at 13th position

Irfan Pathan is the only Indian in the top 10 of the bowling list, which has Anil Kumble at 12th and Harbhajan Singh at 16th.

Meanwhile, Warne has returned to the top of the ICC Test Bowling Rankings for the first time after December 1995 when he was the top bowler after a man-of-the-series performance against Pakistan, is also just six points off his best ever batting rating.

Warne's match return of five wickets for 49 runs in the first Test in Brisbane lifted him above Glenn McGrath to cap his best year in Test cricket for a decade.

Meanwhile, Ricky Ponting's two centuries have helped him to close the gap behind Jacques Kallis to just three points in the batting rankings, while Adam Gilchrist has moved up a place and back into the top 10.

With all the leading West Indies batsmen losing points, the most positive news for them is the rise of Corey Collymore, whose four first-inning wickets helped him to climb seven places to 23rd in thebowling rankings, the best placing of his career.

1. Jacques Kallis, SA (894) 2. Ricky Ponting, Aus (891) 3. Rahul Dravid, Ind (851) 4. Virender Sehwag, Ind (835) 5. Brian Lara, WI (831) 6. Matthew Hayden, Aus (811) 7. Marcus Trescothick, Eng (778) 8. Inzamam-ul Haq, Pak (773) 9. Andrew Strauss, Eng (760) 10. Shivnarain Chanderpaul, WI (751)

1. Shane Warne, Aus (880) 2. Glenn McGrath, Aus (878) 3. Muttiah Muralitharan, SL (871) 4. Andrew Flintoff, Eng (793) 5. Shaun Pollock, SA (787) 6. Makhaya Ntini, SA (784) 7. Shoaib Akhtar, Pak 8. Chaminda Vaas, SL (770) 9. Matthew Hoggard, Eng (762) 10. Irfan Pathan, Ind (756)