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