Matt Henry up to top spot in ICC test bowling
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Another accolade for Matt Henry. He's become the first New Zealander in 36 years to be the top-ranked test bowler in cricket.
Following his career best performance at The Oval, Henry has climbed six places to No 1 in the ICC world test bowling rankings.
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Henry and India's Jasprit Bumrah are first equal in the standings with Australian Mitchell Starc third.
The 34-year-old becomes the third New Zealander to top the rankings following Jack Cowie in 1947 and Sir Richard Hadlee between 1984 and 1990.
Henry took match figures of 11-109 as New Zealand won the second Test against England by 253 runs to set up a series decider at Trent Bridge which starts on Thursday.
Kyle Jamieson is the next highest New Zealand bowler at number 22.
England's Joe Root is the new Test batting No 1 replacing team-mate Harry Brook.
Rachin Ravindra has risen two spots to be the highest ranked New Zealand batter at 10.
Daryl Mitchell is up five spots to 16, while Glenn Phillips has risen eight spots to 31st following his maiden Test century.
Australia are the No 1 in Test team rankings, followed by South Africa, India, England and New Zealand.