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Murali on top in bowling rankings LONDON, March 25 (Reuters) It just keeps getting better for Andrew Flintoff after the latest ICC cricket rankings showed him closing in on South Africa's Jacques Kallis as the world's best all-rounder. Flintoff has just returned from India where, in his first series as captain, he led England to their first victory there in 21 years to draw the series 1-1. He was named man of the match in the third, victorious test, and man of the series. He is also the proud father of a second child, born while he was on duty in the sub-continent two weeks ago. The Lancashire man's latest heroics have moved him up one place to sixth in the bowling rankings and up two to 24th in the batting. His career-high ratings points total is just 13 behind Kallis. Flintoff's fortunes contrast sharply with those of Sachin Tendulkar. India's most-capped player failed to average 40 against England, the third series in a row he has done so, and drops four places to 16th in the batting rankings. Tendulkar, long ranked alongside West Indies' Brian Lara as the leading bastman in the world, is now the third-ranked Indian behind Rahul Dravid (fifth) and Virender Sehwag (10th). Australians Ricky Pointing and Matthew Hayden, both in action against South Africa on Friday, lead the batting rankings with Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka top of the bowling ahead of Australian duo Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne.
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