Ricky Ponting's marathon lifts him to fourth place while Andrew Flintoff becomes England's highest ranked bowler for the first time in LG ICC Rankings

At the end of the Old Trafford Test match, Ricky Ponting's match-saving century has lifted him to fourth place in the LG ICC Test Rankings while, for the first time, Andrew Flintoff is England's highest ranked Test bowler.

For England, their dominance in the Test match has resulted in gains for several of their players. Michael Vaughan (23rd in batting) and Simon Jones (22nd in bowling) have both jumped up the rankings. Simon Jones is among the top 25 for the first time. Michael Trescothick (8th), Ian Bell (50th) and Geraint Jones (59th) are all at their career best Test batting rankings.

The biggest gains have been made by Shane Warne and Andrew Flintoff. Warne gained ten places in batting and is now ranked 91st, just two points short of his best ever LG ICC batting rating. An excellent bowling performance from Flintoff has helped him break into the top ten bowlers to make him England's highest ranked bowler for the first time.

England can no longer catch Australia at the top of the LG ICC Test Championship during this series but a 3-1 win would close the gap between the top two sides from 19 points to five points.