Sangakkara and Malik make all the right moves in LG ICC Player Rankings

Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara and Shoaib Malik of Pakistan, the two century-makers in the drawn first Test in Colombo, have both made significant moves up the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsman.

Malik's unbeaten 148, his maiden Test hundred spread over eight hours, not only helped save the match for his side but also propelled him up 24 places in those rankings and he now sits in 43rd place with a career-best tally of rating points.

Sangakkara, meanwhile, moved up six spots to 11th after his 185, and the left-hander is now Sri Lanka's highest-ranked batsman, overtaking acting captain Mahela Jayawardene, who has slipped two places to 13th in the list.

Pakistan still have three players among the top 10 batsmen. Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is unchanged in fourth place, Mohammad Yousuf, who missed the Test through injury, is seventh, and Younis Khan is eighth, down two spots after scores of 0 and 8 at the Sinhalese Sports Club.

Sri Lanka spin-wizard Muttiah Muralidaran, who took six wickets in the Test, remains top of the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers, clear of Australia's Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath.

With Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar (7th) and Muralidaran's team-mate Chaminda Vaas (8th) both absent through injury, the visitor's leg-spinner Danish Kaneria was the only other bowler on show in Colombo that features in the top 20. He is down one place to 15th position.

Further down the bowling table, Sri Lanka's young pace bowlers Farveez Maharoof and Lasith Malinga have both made positive strides. Maharoof is up 20 places to 68th and Malinga has risen four places to joint 29th (alongside Australia's Michael Kasprowicz). Both have career-best tallies of rating points.

Australia's captain Ricky Ponting heads the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen ahead of team-mate Matthew Hayden and Jacques Kallis of South Africa. Kallis tops the all-rounder table ahead of England's Andrew Flintoff.

The second and final Test of the series between Sri Lanka and Pakistan starts in Kandy on Monday.

A win for Sri Lanka will lift them above South Africa and into sixth place in the LG ICC Test Championship table while, if Pakistan win, they will move to within two rating points of third-placed India.

Full details of the current LG ICC Test Championship and how future results will impact on the table, as well as the LG ICC Player Rankings can be found here