Flintoff shines while Sachin slips

The latest ICC player rankings in Tests reflect the contrasting fortunes of two big stars following the recent Mumbai Test between India and England.

Sachin Tendulkar's lean trot has seen him slip to No.16, his lowest career ranking while Andrew Flintoff, the Man of the Series, has moved up one notch to No.6 among the bowlers and is second behind Jacques Kallis in the allrounders' list.

Matthew Hoggard and Flintoff emerged the top-two wicket-takers for England in the series with 13 and 11 wickets respectively. Hoggard retains his place at No.5, behind Makhaya Ntini in the bowlers' list, as the top-five remain unchanged.

Tendulkar slipped four notches from his previous ranking after ending the series with an average of 20.75. The dismal showing against England followed a poor average in the Pakistan tour as well. Rahul Dravid, who played his 100th Test at Mumbai, has slipped one notch to No.5, while Andrew Strauss made big strides after his century at Nagpur to claim the 12th spot, thus moving up nine notches. Marcus Trescothick remains at No.9, despite missing the entire series.

Among the newcomers, Owais Shah's memorable debut saw him at No.62 while India's new pace-bowling duo of Munaf Patel and Sreesanth were ranked at 51 and 55 respectively, following an impressive performance in the series when they shared 19 wickets.

Australia's Ricky Ponting retains his place at the top among batsmen while Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka leads the bowling table.

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