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International Cricket Council have announced the latest Test rankings and it sees England slip down after their defeat to West Indies in third test while Pakistan have climbed up to third place. South Africa are leading the table with 124 points, followed by Australia who are 6 points behind the Proteas. The complete ICC Test Rankings: Test Team: 1. South Africa - 124 points  2. Australia - 118 points  3. Pakistan - 103 points  4. England - 102 points 5. New Zealand - 99 points 6. Sri Lanka - 96 points 7. India - 95 points 8. West Indies - 79 points 9. Bangladesh - 32 points Top 10 Test batsmen:        Kumar Sangakkara(Sri Lanka)-909 points        AB DE Villiers(South Africa)- 908 points        Hashim Amla(South Africa)-891 points        Steven Smith(Australia)- 873 points        Angelo Mathews(Sri Lanka)-...

Birmingham, Saturday, August 13, 2011 England here on Saturday on the third test against India won the test match and the series lead by 3-0 with an innings and 242 runs, and became the world's number one team in the ICC test Championship after 32 years. Andrew Strauss's team begun the series at the third place in Rankings. England in Lords 196, in Trent bridge 319 runs and now in Edgbaston after the big bang win, england team accomplished the mission of becoming number one in test. Haroon Lorgat , the ICC chief executive led the praises for England and Wales Cricket Board including Andrew Strauss's team. The Icc ranking table will be updated after the 4th and final test match of series in oval on August 22. If England win the 4th test, then india ranking will drop to 117 points. If india wins the 4th test or draw, then india will intact at No.2