Calcutta: Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke has risen further in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen and has broken into the top five for the first time in his career, according to an ICC media release.

The 27-year-old right-handed batsman has jumped four places to fifth after scoring of 138 and 41 against South Africa in Sydney in the final Test of the three-match series.

RANKINGS

Batsmen: 1. S. Chanderpaul; 2. Md Yousuf; 3. K. Sangakkara; 4. K. Pietersen; 5. M. Clarke; 6. M. Jayawardene; 7. R. Ponting; 8. Y. Khan (Pak); 9. G. Smith; 10. G. Gambhir

Bowlers: 1. M. Muralidharan; 2. D. Steyn; 3. S. Clark; 4. M. Johnson; 5. M. Ntini; 6. Ryan Sidebottom; 7. C. Vaas; 8. H. Singh; 9. S. Akhtar; 10. B. Lee

Allrounders

1. J. Kallis; 2. D. Vettori; 3. A. Flintoff; 4. C. Vaas; 5. D. Bravo