 The ICC player rankings have been applied retrospectively to cricket history and Trumble achieved the top ranking as a bowler . By June 1896 , he was ranked fifth in the world and never again slipped lower ; from 1899 until his retirement he was the first or second best bowler in the world according to the ratings . As a batsman , Trumble 's ranking peaked at twelfth in the world after the Third Test in Adelaide in 1901 – 02 . 
