According to international Cricket Committee (ICC) rankings, the current top 5 England Cricket Players are A.N. Cook, I.R. Bell, J.M. Anderson, I.J.L. Trott and G.P. Swann
Cook with 823 ICC ranking points is number 2 in the world rankings of test batsmen and the number 3 is Bell with 822 points. Anderson is number 2 in the test bowlers with 811 points. Trott is number four in the One day international batsmen rankings with 772 points and Swann with 755 points is number 3 in the test bowler rankings.

The picture changes somewhat when all rounder statistics are considered. Here England has three players in the top ten. These are Broad. Who is the third top international all-rounder with 376 points, Swann with 255 points, and TT Bresnan with 238 points.

Looking at the top 5 cricket players in the world, these currently are Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka with 863 test batting points, Dale Steyn os South Africa with 898 test bowling points, Hashim Amla with 840 ODI batting points, Saeed Ajmal with 736 IOD bowling points and Shakib Al Hasan with 404 all-rounder points.

The top 5 best ever test batsmen are the Australian Don Bradman with 961 points, the English Len Hutton with 945 points, the Australians Jack Hobbs with 942 points and Ricky Ponting also with 942 points and the England player peter may with 941 points.

The top 5 best ever test bowlers are the Englander Sydney Barnes with 932 points, the South African George Lohmann with 931 points, Imran Khan of Pakistan with 922 points, the Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralidaran with 920 points and the Australian Glenn McGrath with 914 points.

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