Cricket has given the world great batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar, Sir Viv Richards, Brian Lara and Virat Kohli. Kurtali Ambrose, Malcom Marshall and Muttiah Muralitharan have carried forward the bowlers’ legacy. One of these names is also of South African fast bowler Dale Steyn, who holds the record of remaining the number-1 bowler for the longest day in Test Rankings. Stan remained the number-1 bowler in the Test for 2,343 days.

Dale Stan, who was famous for his deadly speed and swing, made his international debut in 2004. For the next decade, he led the South African pace attack. Stan first became the world’s number-1 Test bowler in 2008. The golden phase of his career came from here because Dale Steyn had remained the top bowler in the world in red-ball cricket for the next 2,343 days. The record of staying at this point for the longest time is still the name of Stan. He remained the world’s number-one bowler in the Test from 2008 to 2014.

Dale Steyn took 439 wickets in his nearly one and a half decade long Test career and took 439 wickets. Stan is still the highest wicket -taking bowler for South Africa in Test cricket. After him comes the number of Sean Pollock in this list, who took a total of 421 wickets in his red ball career.

The longest bowlers living at number-1 position in Tests

Dale Stan is the longest bowler to remain at number-1 position in Test cricket. The second place was Kurtali Ambrose of West Indies, who remained the top bowler for 1,719 days in the peak of his career. Ambrose took a total of 405 wickets in his Test career. The third number is Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, who had occupied the number-1 position for 1711 days.

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Mohammad Siraj has made a long jump of 12 places in the ICC rankings. Yashasvi Jaiswal has come in the top 5. After India vs England 5th Test, the ICC has updated the ranking on Wednesday, August 6. Siraj was earlier ranked 27th in the Test bowling ranking list. Jaiswal has reached number 5 in Test batting rankings. In the bowling rankings, Ravindra Jadeja has lost 3 places, he has slipped from 14 to 17th place.

Mohammad Siraj’s ranking in Test bowling

Siraj took a total of 9 wickets in the 5th Test against England, having 5 wickets in the second innings. Due to this great performance, India won the match by 6 runs and Siraj was chosen as the best player. He has also received its reward in the ICC rankings. Mohammad Siraj is at number 15 with 674 ratings in the ICC Test bowling rankings. He has made a long jump, he was the first 27th position.

List of top 5 bowlers and their ratings in Test rankings

• Jaspreet Bumrah (India)- 889
• Kagiso Rabada (South Africa)- 851
• Pat Cummins (Australia)- 838
• Matt Henry (New Zealand)- 817
• Josh Hazlewood (Australia)- 815
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Yashasvi Jaiswal joins the top 5 batsmen

Yashasvi Jaiswal, the only Indian batsman to score a century in the fifth Test, has jumped 3 places in the ICC Test batting rankings. He has joined the top 5, he was first at number 8 and has now come to the fifth position with 792 ratings. Harry Brook of England has reached one place and reached the second number. The crown of the number 1 Test batsman who is near the route, he also scored a century in the 5th Test.

List of top 5 batsmen and their ratings in Test rankings

• Joe Root (England)- 908
• Harry Brook (England)- 868
• Ken Williamson (New Zealand)- 858
• Steve Smith (Australia)- 816
• Yashasvi Jaiswal (India)- 792

What happened in Test all -rounder rankings

The route was first 7th, which has now slipped to 8th place. Gus Atkinson has come up one place to reach number 9. There has been no change in the top 5 list. In the Test, the number 1 all -rounder Ravindra Jadeja is the only one.

List of top 5 all -rounder players in test

Ravindra Jadeja (India)- 405
Mehdi Hasan (Bangladesh)- 305
Ben Stokes (England)- 295
Vian Mulder (England)- 284
Pat Cummins (Australia)- 270