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Chance for James Anderson to regain top spot

Dubai, Jul 23  England’s pace spearhead James Anderson will be eager to work his way back to the top of the ICC Test Bowlers’ Rankings when his side takes on Ireland in their one-off Test at Lord’s starting Wednesday.

Anderson, who was overtaken by South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada (ranked third) in November last year and subsequently by the present No.

1 Pat Cummins of Australia, is ranked second and has a chance to bridge the 16-point gap in the Lord’s Test.

He will then feature in a potential direct contest with Cummins in the five-macth Ashes series starting August 1.

India’s Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin also featured in the bowler’s top 10 holding the sixth and tenth spot respectively.

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