Calcutta: Brett Lee and Dale Steyn have been rewarded for match-winning Test performances by smashing their way into the top 10 bowling places in the LG ICC player rankings.

Lee, who got a match haul of eight wickets against Sri Lanka, jumped seven places to joint eighth spot.

Steyn, who had a match haul of 10 wickets in South Africa’s 358-run victory, moved up 20 places, according to an ICC release on Tuesday.

TEST RANKINGS

BATSMEN — 1. Ricky Ponting (Aus; 936 points); 2. Jacques Kallis (SA; 921); 3. Mohammed Yousuf (Pak; 908); 4. Kumar Sangakkara (SL; 891); 5. Kevin Pietersen (Eng; 872); 6. Mike Hussey (Aus; 854); 7. Younis Khan (Pak; 828); 8. Matthew Hayden (Aus; 825); 9. Shivanarine Chanderpaul (WI; 762); 10. Rahul Dravid (Ind; 748)

BOWLERS — 1. Muttiah Muralidharan (SL; 913); 2. Makhaya Ntini (SA; 824); 3. Stuart Clark (Aus; 750); 4. Shane Bond (NZ; 731); 5. Shaun Pollock (SA; 708); 6. Anil Kumble (Ind; 702); 7. Matthew Hoggard (Eng; 700); 8. Brett Lee (Aus; 691) and Dale Steyn (SA; 691); 10. Shoaib Akhtar (Pak; 684)

ALLROUNDERS — 1. Jacques Kallis (SA; 540); 2. Andrew Flintoff (Eng; 361); 3. Shaun Pollock (SA; 336); 4. Daniel Vettori (NZ; 325); 5. Chaminda Vaas (SL; 261).