Graeme Swann has plenty to smile about. Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images
Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad have climbed to their highest ever positions in the ICC player rankings after helping England to beat South Africa by an innings and 98 runs in the second Test in Durban.
The off-spinner Swann took five for 54, including the wicket of Dale Steyn that secured victory at Kingsmead, and is third in the Test rankings behind Steyn and Australia's Mitchell Johnson.
Broad, the hero of the Ashes-clinching victory over Australia at The Oval in the summer, took four for 43 and is ranked seventh. Swann has taken 14 wickets in the current series, Broad nine.
There are no Englishmen in the top 10 of the batting rankings – Kevin Pietersen is 12th.
Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship bowling rankings
1 Dale Steyn (South Africa) 823pts
2 Mitchell Johnson (Australia) 809
3 Graeme Swann (England) 756
4 Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) 752
5 Mohammad Asif (Pakistan) 720
6 Harbhajan Singh (India) 712
7 Stuart Broad (England) 697
8 Makhaya Ntini (South Africa) 685
9 Stuart Clark (Australia) 682
10 Shane Bond (New Zealand) 676
Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship batting rankings
1 Gautam Gambhir (India) 877pts
2 Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) 836
3 Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 835
4 Virender Sehwag (India) 804
5 Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) 793
6 Michael Clarke (Australia) 7827
7 Younus Khan (Pakistan) 769
8 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) 765
9= Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 763
9= Ross Taylor (New Zealand) 763
Good work Swanny and Broad. Your 2010 resolutions should be to get on the batting top ten lists as well... :-D
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