ICC Test Championship

Mohammed Asif is on the brink of becoming only the third Pakistan bowler in history to make it into the top 10 of the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers after just nine matches

Ashwell Prince, who scored his sixth Test hundred in South Africa's win over Pakistan at Centurion, is now within touching distance of a place in the top ten of the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen

Pakistan can move into second place in the LG ICC Test Championship for the first time ever if it beats South Africa by two clear matches in the upcoming series that gets underway at Centurion on Thursday

Australia has stretched its lead at the top of the LG ICC Test Championship to 21 points after its 5-0 defeat of closest rivals England in the recent Ashes series

India captain Rahul Dravid has slipped out of the top five of the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen following his side's defeat to South Africa in Durban last week

England may have lost the Ashes but it's not all doom and gloom for it as Kevin Pietersen has become the highest rated England batsman for more than 40 years and the seventh highest of all time, according to the latest LG ICC Test Player Rankings

India can put its poor run of one-day form behind it this week and concentrate on moving up the LG ICC Test Championship ladder as its three-match series in South Africa begins on Friday

New Zealand begins a two-Test series against Sri Lanka on Thursday knowing that a 2-0 victory will move it up two places to joint-fifth in the LG ICC Test Championship

Australia captain Ricky Ponting has moved up to joint-third in the all-time LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after yet another outstanding performance

Pakistan's Mohammed Yousuf has broken plenty of Test batting records during 2006

Australia captain Ricky Ponting now has the fifth best batting rating of all time in Tests after an outstanding double during the first match of the Ashes series, against England in Brisbane

Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf consolidated his hold on second place in the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsman when his sublime double of 56 and 191 helped secure a draw for his side against the West Indies in Multan, a result that maintained Pakistan's

As the eagerly awaited Ashes series gets underway in Brisbane on Thursday, England captain Andrew Flintoff will be happy with any kind of series win

Pakistan's Mohammed Yousuf has climbed to second place in the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after his memorable innings of 192 against the West Indies at Lahore this week

Pakistan will be looking to consolidate its hold on third place in the LG ICC Test Championship table when its three-match series against the West Indies gets underway today (Saturday) in Lahore.

England's cricketers will need to win the forthcoming Ashes series by three clear Tests to overtake Australia at the top of the LG ICC Test Championship table

Pakistan's defeat against England at Headingley on Tuesday may have cost it the Test series and second spot in the LG ICC Test Championship table, but it is not all bad news for Inzamam-ul-Haq's side

Sri Lankan record-breakers Mahela Jaywardene and Kumar Sangakkara have reaped the reward for their efforts with significant moves up the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen

The world's top two Test bowlers in the LG ICC Player Rankings, Muttiah Muralidaran and Makhaya Ntini, are set to go head-to-head when Sri Lanka's series against South Africa gets underway at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in Colombo on Thursday 27 July

Inzamam's side climbs into second place and can move within 3 points of Australia with series clean-sweep against England