Spin wizard Shane Warne returned to the top of the Test bowling rankings for the first time in ten years on the back of his five-wicket haul in the first Test against the West Indies in Brisbane.
Warne, Test cricket's highest wicket-taker, claimed five wickets for 49 runs in the 379-run demolition of the Caribbeans, which helped him leapfrog teammate and pace bowling legend Glenn McGrath to cap his best year in Test cricket for a decade.
Warne last topped the Test bowling rankings in December 1995 after a man-of-the-series performance against Pakistan.
Among batsmen, the Indian duo of Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag gained a spot each to reach numbers three and four respectively in the latest ICC rankings.
Jacques Kallis stayed atop the batting charts, ahead of Australia skipper Ricky Ponting, who scored a century in each innings of the Brisbane Test.
The West Indian batting collapse against the Aussies meant that both Brian Lara and captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul lost three spots to be placed fifth and tenth respectively.
Marcus Trescothick, Inzamam-ul Haq, Andrew Strauss and Adam Gilchrist were the other batsmen who moved up in the rankings.
Irfan Pathan is the highest ranked Indian bowler at number 10.
Apart from Warne overtaking McGrath on the top of the charts, there was no other change in the bowling rankings with Muttiah Muralitharan, Andrew Flintoff and Shaun Pollock rounding off the top five.
