England # 5 in the updated rankings

South Africa has extended their lead at the top of the ICC Test team rankings, while India and New Zealand moved both up to fill three of the top four in the league after the last annual update. With the results of the 2011-12 season has now dropped from the accounts and results likely 2013-14 by 50 percent, South Africa and expanded their advantage on the second-placed Australia to 22 points classification.

India, though, got more than modernization, it also means that from 4-0 whitewashes by England and Australia are no longer taken into account. The most recent calculations India with four points evaluation, which is enough to move them to fourth place in the league behind New Zealand.

However, only three ranking points separate New Zealand in third place, and Sri Lanka in seventh place. Before the annual update, the gap between the third and seventh ranked sides in seven points.

England and Pakistan lost six points each, falling to fifth and sixth respectively in the table. This is due to win England 4-0 on India, Pakistan and a 3-0 sweep against England among other findings in the 2011-12 accounts are dropped from the rankings.

West Indies, meanwhile, rose five points classification to reduce the gap with Sri Lanka from 17 to 12. Bangladesh, in ninth place, there is still a long behind the big teams through, but were able to inflate offer over-ranked down Zimbabwe's 34 points.

Order 1 South Africa (130 points) 0.2 Australia (108) (3), New Zealand (99) 0.4 India (99) (5), England (97) 0.6 Pakistan (97) 0.7 Sri Lanka (96), 8 West Indies (84) 0.9 Bangladesh (39) 0.10 Zimbabwe (5)