Australia have maintained their lead over the rest of cricket's Test nations in the latest rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Australia, who beat England by 239 runs in the first Ashes Test at Lord's last month and are preparing for the second Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham starting on Thursday, moved up a point to 133, cricket's governing body said in a statement.
The world champions, who have the highest Test rating since a new system of calculation was introduced in June 2003, can improve to 138 points if they beat England 5-0 in the Ashes.
Series played before August 1, 2002 no longer count towards the rankings.
England, who lost to Australia and India and drew with New Zealand during the August 1, 2001 to July 31, 2002 period, improved their rating by three points to 114, which would fall back to 111 again if they were to lose the Ashes 4-1.
India lost three away series to Sri Lanka, South Africa and West Indies in the previous rankings period. They remain third and have jumped by four points to 111, their highest ranking since the new system was introduced.
South Africa is fourth on 100 points, while New Zealand has moved from seventh to fifth on 99 points.
Sri Lanka drop to sixth after losing four points while Pakistan also dropped, to seventh on 95 points.
Zimbabwe, whose Test programme was suspended for much of 2004 after a bitter internal conflict between the country's cricket authorities and several leading players, have dropped 11 points.
Bangladesh, who won their first Test series, against Zimbabwe, earlier this year have picked up a point but remain well adrift of Zimbabwe.
Rank -- Country -- Pts
1 (1) -- Australia -- 133 (132)
2 (2) -- England -- 114 (111)
3 (3) -- India -- 111 (107)
4 (6) -- South Africa -- 100 (100)
5 (7) -- New Zealand -- 99 (97)
6 (4) -- Sri Lanka -- 98 (102)
7 (5) -- Pakistan -- 95 (100)
8 (8) -- West Indies -- 74 (73)
9 (9) -- Zimbabwe -- 30 (41)
10 (10) -- Bangladesh -- 6 (5)
(Numbers in brackets indicate previous position/points)
