Ashwell Prince, who scored his sixth Test hundred in South Africa's win over Pakistan at Centurion, is now within touching distance of a place in the top ten of the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen.
The left-hander has risen three spots to eleventh position, his highest-ever placing in the list, and is now breathing down the neck of team-mate Jacques Kallis, complete with his best-ever tally of rating points.
The rise of Prince is not the only piece of good news for South Africa's players in the latest LG ICC Player Rankings.
Evergreen all-rounder Shaun Pollock, named man of the series against India, collected four wickets in the Test win against Inzamam-ul-Haq's side and that has been enough to lift him to fourth position in the bowling list, his highest placing for two years.
Pollock has also been helped in his upward movement by the removal from the list of retirees Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath but he now stands just five rating points behind third-placed Anil Kumble of India.
Pollock maintains third place in the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders but his haul of wickets in the first Test, together with an unbeaten 39 when he batted, ensures he has narrowed the gap to the player directly above him, England's Andrew Flintoff.
