(Image source from: ICC Test Rankings 2015 Announced})
By the start of West Indies tour, Steve Smith was at No .4, but his wonderful batting display brought humongous victory for his team against Caribbeans and thus placed him at No 1. Position in ICC Test Rankings 2015.
Steve Smith made 199 in the first innings of the second test. His remarkable knocks won him Man of the Match in the game. Smith’s onslaught continued unprecedentedly over a remarkable period of time.
He is Test cricket's leading run scorer over the past year, with 1226 at 102.16.
Sangakkara had been at No. 1 since January this year, when he replaced de Villiers, who in turned had reclaimed the top position from Sangakkara the previous month.
Below are the ICC rankings :
|
Rank
|
Palyer
|
Country
|
Points
|
|
1
|
Steven Smith
|
Australia
|
913
|
|
2
|
Kumar Sangakkara
|
Sri Lanka
|
909
|
|
3
|
AB de Villiers
|
South Africa
|
908
|
|
4
|
Hashim Amla
|
South Africa
|
891
|
|
5
|
Angelo Mathews
|
Sri Lanka
|
841
|
|
6
|
Younis Khan
|
Pakistan
|
836
|
|
7
|
Joe Root
|
England
|
815
|
|
8
|
Kane Williamson
|
New Zealand
|
813
|
|
9
|
Misbah-ul-Haq
|
Pakistan
|
770
|
|
10
|
David Warner
|
Australia
|
757
|
|
Country
|
Matches
|
Points
|
Rating
|
|
South Africa
|
21
|
2738
|
130
|
|
Australia
|
26
|
2894
|
111
|
|
New Zealand
|
29
|
2875
|
99
|
|
India
|
23
|
2242
|
97
|
|
England
|
30
|
2920
|
97
|
|
Pakistan
|
20
|
1935
|
97
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
21
|
2019
|
96
|
|
West Indies
|
26
|
2101
|
81
|
|
Bangladesh
|
19
|
783
|
41
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
10
|
53
|
5
|
- Manohar. M
