BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):

Fast bowler Jerome Taylor's heroics against England on Saturday has propelled him 11 places up the ICC Test-bowling rankings to sixth, his highest-ever spot in international cricket's rating system.

The giant leap has put the 24-year-old just behind the fifth-place South African Makhaya Ntini and the fourth-place Australian Mitchell Johnson. Ace Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan remains on top of the rankings.

Comprehensive innings

Taylor fired West Indies to a comprehensive innings and 23-run win when he helped rout the English for a paltry 51 with a devastating haul of five for 11 in the first Test at Sabina Park.

The right-arm pacer, who made his debut six years ago, has so far taken 76 wickets from 23 Tests.

Left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn, another hero from West Indies' dramatic victory on Saturday, has also catapulted up the rating table as a result.

The gangling 6-foot, 7-inch bowler has moved 20 places to 52nd after grabbing four wickets in England's disastrous second innings to finish the match with eight for 108 runs.

Other movement

Windies captain Chris Gayle and teammate Ramnaresh Sarwan, both of whom scored centuries in that Test, have also experienced movement in the batting rankings.

The left-handed Gayle hit 104 to move four places into 15th spot while Sarwan carved out a solid 107 to also jump four places to 22nd.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul remains firmly on top of the batting rankings despite his failure in the first Test.

West Indies players will have the chance to further enhance their ratings when the second Test bowls off on Friday in Antigua.