Johnson storms up the rankings

Mitchell Johnson stormed into the top 10 in the bowlers' rankings in the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Player Rankings.
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This is the first time the 27- year-old left-arm seamer broke into the top 10 after another special performance against New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval in the second Test.
He now sits in eighth place, level with Shoaib Akhtar of Pakistan and Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas.
It is a remarkable turn around for the Queenslander considering he was outside the top 30 as recently as last month.
The Adelaide Test was also good for Johnson's team-mate Brett Lee, who took nine wickets and moved back into the top five, from where he had fallen during Australia's recent 2-0 series defeat in India.
With Stuart Clark retaining his third place, Australia now has two fast bowlers in the top five again, and three in the top 10, which bodes well ahead of the first Test against South Africa at Perth, traditionally a productive ground for pacers.
Black Caps' skipper Daniel Vettori slipped two places to 14th in the bowling list despite picking up two wickets. Number-one spot still belongs to Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralidaran followed by South Africa's Dale Steyn in second place.
Here is a look at the top 10 batsmen and bowlers of the year so far:
Batsmen
Rank
Player
1
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
2
K. Sangakkara (SL)
3
Mohd. Yusuf (Pak)
4
Mike Hussey (Aus)
5
M. Jayawardena (SL)
6
Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
7
Ricky Ponting (Aus)
8
Yunus Khan (Pak)
9
Graeme Smith (SA)
10
Virender Sehwag (Ind)


Bowlers
Rank
Player
1
M. Muralitharan (SL)
2
Dale Steyn (SA)
3
Stuart Clark (Aus)
4
Makhaya Ntini (SA)
5
Brett Lee (Aus)
6
Ryan Sidebottom (Eng)
7
Harbhajan Singh
8
Chaminda Vaas (SL)
9
Shoiab Akhtar (Pak)
10
Mitchell Johnson (Aus)