England have comfortably defeated South Africa (on Aug 07) by 177 runs in the 4th Test at Old Trafford to win the 4 - match series by 3 - 1.With this series win against the no. 2 Test side, England have now moved up to the 3rd position with 105 points in the ICC Test Team Rankings pushing Australia (100) down to no. 4.
South Africa lose 7 points with this series loss, they now have 110 points. However, they still remain in the 2nd position.
ICC Test Team Rankings:
| Ranking | Team | Points |
| 1 | India | 123 |
| 2 | South Africa | 110 |
| 3 | England | 105 |
| 4 | Australia | 100 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 97 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 93 |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 92 |
| 8 | West Indies | 75 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 69 |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 0 |
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