PTI
 
Dubai, Nov 22: Rahul Dravid was the only Indian batsman to figure in the top ten Test rankings while Anil Kumble was the country's sole representative in the top half of the bowlers' charts in the LG ICC Test ratings released today.

The Indian captain (882 points) occupied the third spot behind his Australian counterpart Ricky Ponting (931) and Pakistan's prolific middle order batsman Mohammad Yousuf (901).

In fact, in the top 20 list, there was just one another batsman from India -- opener Virender Sehwag.

Kumble (736 points) was sixth in the bowlers' list while left-arm seamer Irfan Pathan was at 14th spot. Sri Lanka offie Muttiah Muralitharan (908) was heading the charts folllowed by South African speedster Makhaya Ntini (830) and Australian great Shane Warne (813) at second and third spots.

In team rankings, the focus has shifted to Ashes.

Andrew Flintoff and his teammates have an added incentive of winning the Ashes. If they win by three clear Tests, England will overtake Australia at the top of the LG ICC Test Championship table.

England's series win over Pakistan in August has left it 11 rating points adrift of Ricky Ponting's table-topping side but the gap will disappear if England secures a comprehensive win in the five-match series.

Success by three Tests - 3-0 or 4-1 - will lift England to 124 rating points and, at the same time, drop Australia to 123 points, meaning the leadership of the LG ICC Test Championship table would change for the first time since early 2003 when Stephen Waugh's side regained top spot from South Africa.