DUBAI, Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates–West In­dies con­tin­ues to lan­guish at the bot­tom of the stand­ings in the longest for­mat of the game while crick­eters from the re­gion have made lit­tle progress in the play­er rank­ings.

How­ev­er, South Africa has moved up a few notch­es and their pac­er Dale Steyn has stormed back to the num­ber one po­si­tion in the lat­est ICC rank­ings re­leased yes­ter­day.

West In­dies, who re­cent­ly lost a Test se­ries against In­dia nil-two, re­mained num­ber eight in the rank­ings above Bangladesh and Zim­bab­we.Their high­est ranked bats­man is Dar­ren Bra­vo who is in 28th po­si­tion while Ke­mar Roach at num­ber 23, is the re­gion's high­est ranked bowler.

Pak­istan cur­rent­ly tops the team stand­ings while there were no ma­jor changes in the list for bats­men with Aus­tralia skip­per Steve Smith lead­ing the ta­ble.

Steyn re­claim the num­ber-one po­si­tion for Test Bowlers af­ter pro­duc­ing a match-win­ning per­for­mance in the Cen­tu­ri­on Test that has helped his side com­plete a 204-run vic­to­ry over New Zealand on Tues­day.

Steyn, who grabbed five for 33 in the sec­ond in­nings in what was his 26th five-wick­et haul, fin­ished with match fig­ures of eight for 99 to re­gain the top slot.

Mean­while, the 1-0 se­ries win has pushed South Africa up two places to fifth in the Team Rank­ings, while New Zealand has slipped two places to sev­enth.

CMC