DUBAI–West In­dies speed­ster Shan­non Gabriel has achieved a ca­reer-high in the ICC Test play­er rank­ings fol­low­ing his im­pres­sive out­ing in the sec­ond Test against Pak­istan in Abu Dhabi.

The 28-year-old jumped 10 spots to 38th in the bowler's rank­ings, re­ward for his maid­en ca­reer five-wick­et haul in the first in­nings of the just con­clud­ed Test which West In­dies lost by 133 runs.

Gabriel bowled with con­sis­tent pace through­out the game to claim five for 96 and one for 36 in the sec­ond in­nings and fin­ish the con­test as the Windies' lead­ing bowler.

His cap­tain and fel­low seam­er Ja­son Hold­er moved up two places to 59th fol­low­ing a three-wick­et haul in the first in­nings.

How­ev­er, there were no West In­dies bowlers in the top 20 with the high­est play­er be­ing the 25th ranked Ke­mar Roach who has not played a Test for the year.

In­di­an off-spin­ner Ravi Ash­win leads the rank­ings with South African Dale Steyn and Eng­land's James An­der­son, round­ing out the top three.

In the bat­ting, Jer­maine Black­wood leapt 11 places to 41st, as he too was re­ward­ed for his en­ter­prise in the re­cent out­ing against Pak­istan.

The right-han­der made eight in the first in­nings but re­bound­ed to stroke an at­trac­tive 95 in the sec­ond in­nings.He was joined by vice-cap­tain and open­er Kraigg Brath­waite who jumped three places to 32nd fol­low­ing scores of 21 and 67.

There was no such good for­tune for styl­ish left-han­der Dar­ren Bra­vo, how­ev­er, as he dropped one place to 21st af­ter scor­ing 43 and 13.

Aus­tralia's Steve Smith is the num­ber one ranked bats­man while Pak­istani You­nis Khan, who struck his 33rd Test hun­dred in the re­cent game against West In­dies, has risen three places to sec­ond � his high­est rank­ing in sev­en years.