Martyn third in Test rankings
Source: The Australian - March 23, 2005
DAMIEN Martyn has climbed to No.3 in the latest International Cricket Conference rankings.
Martyn top-scored with 165 in the drawn second Test with New Zealand which ended in Wellington yesterday.
It is the highest ranking of the West Australian's 55-Test career and it is also the first time the 33-year-old right-hander has been the leading Australian in the rankings.
Adam Gilchrist, who also made a century in the second Test, is up one place to seventh and captain Ricky Ponting is fifth.
New South Wales paceman Glenn McGrath has extended his lead at the top of the bowling rankings, while Queenslander Michael Kasprowicz is up three places to 16th after reaching the milestone of 100 Test wickets in Wellington.
India's Rahul Dravid remains top of the Test batting rankings with South Africa's Jacques Kallis in second.