Tag: ICC Test Batting Rankings

DUBAI: South Africa’s stand-in Test captain Wiaan Mulder has made a giant stride in the latest ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings, breaking into the top 25 following his unbeaten 367 against Zimbabwe.

Mulder’s historic knock saw him jump 34 places to reach 22nd position with 669 rating points, moving ahead of Pakistan’s former captain Babar Azam, who has slipped to 23rd with 651 points.

Among other Pakistani batters, Test vice-captain Saud Shakeel dropped two spots to 13th, while wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan fell to 21st with 671 points.

T20I captain Salman Ali Agha also dropped one place to 34th, and Test skipper Shan Masood slipped four positions to 48th.

There’s been a change at the top of the Test batting charts as well, with England’s Harry Brook climbing to the No.1 position, displacing his teammate Joe Root, who now sits second.

New Zealand’s Kane Williamson remains third, while India’s Test captain Shubman Gill surged 16 places to enter the top 10, now ranked sixth, after his match-winning scores of 269 and 161 in the Edgbaston Test.

In the ICC Test Bowling Rankings, Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan and left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi each moved up one position to 19th and 20th, respectively.

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Noman Ali retained his fifth spot with 806 rating points, continuing to be Pakistan’s highest-ranked Test bowler.

Among other Pakistani bowlers, Mohammad Abbas dropped to 27th, Naseem Shah held his place at 35th, while mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed slipped two spots to 50th.

Khurram Shahzad dropped two places to 64th, with Aamer Jamal steady at 71st, Mir Hamza unchanged at 93rd, and Zahid Mahmood staying at 97th.

Indian speedster Jasprit Bumrah remains the top-ranked Test bowler in the world, followed by South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada and Australian skipper Pat Cummins in second and third, respectively.

India’s Akash Deep was the biggest mover among bowlers this week. After claiming a ten-wicket match haul at Edgbaston, the right-arm pacer climbed 39 places to reach a career-best 46th position in the Test bowling charts.

Meanwhile, Wiaan Mulder also made notable gains in the ICC Test All-Rounder Rankings as he claimed the third spot after a 16-place jump.

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DUBAI: Pakistan’s leading batters Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam faced minor setbacks in the latest ICC Test rankings, released on Wednesday, while England’s Joe Root continued to dominate the batting charts.

Root retained his position as the No.1 Test batter in the world, with teammate Harry Brook holding on to second place after scoring 99 and a duck in the Headingley Test against India.

Pakistan’s Saud Shakeel dropped two spots to 10th with 739 rating points. He remains the only Pakistani batter in the top 10.

Mohammad Rizwan, meanwhile, maintained his 16th position, while Babar Azam slipped one place to 22nd with 651 points.

India’s Rishabh Pant, who scored centuries in each innings of the Headingley Test against England, rose one spot to claim seventh place.

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Meanwhile, England’s star batter Ben Duckett made the biggest leap, climbing five places to eighth after his match-winning 149 in England’s record chase of 371 runs.

On the other hand, Pakistan’s Nauman Ali retained his fourth-place position, continuing as the country’s sole representative among the top 10 bowlers in the ICC Test Rankings.

India’s spearhead Jasprit Bumrah remained at the top of the bowling charts, followed by South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada and Australia’s Pat Cummins.

India’s Ravindra Jadeja, however, fell three places to 13th following a subdued outing in the Headingley Test.

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DUBAI: Pakistan white-ball captain and star batter Babar Azam rose one place, while England’s top-order batter Joe Root clinched the top spot in the latest ICC Test Batting Rankings on Wednesday.

The latest ranking updates saw Root reclaiming the number one spot after a year as he overtook New Zealand batter Kane Williamson on the back of his impressive performance in the home series against West Indies.

The right-handed Englishman finished the series as the highest run-scorer with 291 runs across four innings in the three-match series. He played a crucial 87-run knock in the first innings of the third Test.

With 872 points, Root is now 13 points clear of Williamson, who moved down to second position. Meanwhile, England batter Harry Brook dropped four places to seventh after scoring 197 runs in four innings against West Indies.

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As a result of Brook’s slip, Babar Azam and New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell are now tied for third, while Australia’s Steve Smith and India’s Rohit Sharma also gained one place to reach fifth and sixth respectively.

Meanwhile, England Test captain Ben Stokes jumped four places to reach 30th after hitting a quick half-century as an opener in the second innings of the third Test to guide his team to a ten-wicket victory.

He also moved one place up in the Test All-Rounder Rankings to reach sixth, while Chris Woakes gained three places to ninth spot.

On the other hand, in the ICC T20I Batting Rankings, Yashasvi Jaiswal moved up to fourth, while Shubman Gill reached a career-best 21st. Meanwhile, Pakistan batters Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan dropped one spot to fifth and sixth, respectively.

Sri Lanka all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga, who had a forgettable series against India, lost his position as the number one all-rounder in T20 rankings. Hasaranga is now joint-third, while Australia’s Marcus Stoinis has reclaimed the No.1 spot.

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DUBAI: Pakistan white-ball captain and star batter Babar Azam has lost one place in the latest ICC Test Batting Rankings on Wednesday.

The latest ranking updates saw England batters making significant gains on the back of their impressive performance against West Indies in the second Test.

England top-order batter Joe Root played a solid 122-run knock in the second innings to set up a 241-run victory for the hosts.

Root gained 12 rating points and is now in striking distance of New Zealand’s Kane Williamson, who is sitting on top with a difference of seven points.

Another centurion in England’s second innings, Harry Brook jumped four places to reach his career-best third position in the ICC Test Batting Rankings.

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Brook’s four-spot jump resulted in Babar Azam, New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell, Australia’s Steve Smith and Indian skipper Rohit Sharma all dropping one place each.

Other notable gainers from England are Ben Duckett (up six spots to 16th) and Ollie Pope (up eight places to 21st).

Meanwhile, West Indies batters Kraigg Brathwaite gained two places to 40th, Joshua Da Silva jumped seven spots to 61st and Kavem Hodge rose 21 rungs to 75th.

On the other hand, England bowler Chris Woakes jumped four places to enter the top 20 in the ICC Test Bowling Rankings for the first time since September 2021. He picked six wickets in the second Test against West Indies.

Young spinner Shoaib Bashir made a significant jump as he rose 18 places to reach 53rd after taking a five-wicket haul in the second innings, helping England seal the victory.

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DUBAI: India’s top-order batters Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Shubman Gill reached their career-best positions in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Test Batting Rankings.

India defeated England by five wickets in the fourth Test to attain an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series, resulting in their players rising in the ICC Test Batting Rankings.

Jaiswal scored a half-century in the first innings followed by 37 runs in the second innings to gain three spots to reach 12th position, while Gill rose four places to reach 31st after scoring a half-century in the second innings.

England’s Zak Crawley also reached his career-best rankings as he gained 10 places to reach the 17th spot after registering scores of 42 and 60 in the fourth Test against India.

His team-mate Joe Root scored his 31st Test century and clinched third position in the ICC Test Batting Rankings.

New Zealand’s Kane Williamson leads the Test batting rankings with 893 rating points, followed by Australia’s Steve Smith at second spot with 818 points.

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Root also made a leap of three places to reach the fourth position with 282 points in the ICC Test All-Rounder Rankings, meanwhile, India’s Ravindra Jadeja stands at the top with 449 rating points.

In the ICC Test Bowling Rankings, Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav jumped 10 spots to reach the 32nd spot courtesy of his 4-22 in the second innings of the fourth Test against England.

Australian pace bowler Josh Hazlewood gained six places to claim the seventh position in the ICC T20 Bowling Rankings after his team whitewashed New Zealand in the T20I series.

Meanwhile, New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson claimed five wickets in the series and consequently jumped 20 spots to reach 29th position.

Australian batters also made notable gains in the ICC T20I Batting Rankings as captain Mitchell Marsh jumped two places to 15th, Travis Head jumped 18 places to 19th and Tim David gained six spots to reach 22nd.

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DUBAI: Pakistan captain Babar Azam slipped two spots to fifth in the latest ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings, updated on Wednesday, while Saud Shakeel enjoyed a massive surge at the back of a record-breaking double century.

Pakistan’s hero with the bat amid their four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test, Saud Shakeel got the reward of his heroics in the Galle Test as he rose 12 spots to 15th and a new career-best rating on the latest rankings for Test batters.

Meanwhile, Pakistan captain Babar Azam, who was close to reach the summit in the Test batting rankings, dropped two spots after a below-par individual performance in the aforementioned Test.

His scores of 13 and 24 resulted in him losing 27 rating points and down to the fifth spot in the rankings.

Besides the duo, All-rounder Agha Salman shot up 17 places to 58th overall for batters, while young seamer Naseem Shah (up one place to 44th) and inexperienced spinner Abrar Ahmed (up 12 spots to equal 45th) found new highs on the list for Test bowlers after excellent performances with the ball against Sri Lanka.

Notably, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, who got a fortunate push to the top of the Test batting rankings, again managed to cling to the summit with 883 rating points but the race for bragging rights and the No.1 spot for batters further intensifies.

Australia right-hander and former No.1 ranked batter Marnus Labuschagne rose three places to second overall after his century at Old Trafford, while England trio Joe Root (up three spots to third), Harry Brook (up two places to 11th) and Zak Crawley (up 13 places to 35th) also made some good ground.

After losing their first Test at home narrowly, Sri Lanka have a moment to cherish as their lethal left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya rose seven places to seventh overall on the list for bowlers following his seven wickets for the match.

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DUBAI: New Zealand’s all-format captain Kane Williamson got a fortunate push in the latest ICC Test Batting Rankings which propelled him to the summit.

Despite Kane Williamson reaching the supreme spot, Australia’s veteran Steve Smith is on the verge of regaining his place as the best Test batter in the world following a major shakeup in the Test Batting Rankings after a dramatic Lord’s Test.

Steve Smith scored his 32nd Test century in a Player of the Match performance in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s and it helped push the classy right-hander within one rating point of the top ranking in second place on the updated batter rankings.

England star Joe Root relinquishes the premier position following scores of 10 and 18 against Australia, with injured New Zealand veteran Kane Williamson sliding up one place to claim the top ranking just one rating point ahead of Smith.

It is the first time Kane Williamson has held the No.1 ranking since August 2021, with the Kiwi having first risen to the top back in November 2015.

Australia batters now occupy four of the top seven places on the Test batter rankings, with Marnus Labuschagne (third), Travis Head (fourth) and Usman Khawaja (seventh) all within striking distance of the No.1 spot ahead of the eagerly awaited third Ashes Test against England this week at Headingley.

Meanwhile, the shakeup also affected Pakistan captain Babar Azam, who descended in the Test Batting Rankings, slipping to the sixth position with 862 rating points.

In the Test Bowling Rankings, Australia’s captain Pat Cummins closed the gap with the top-ranked Ravichandran Ashwin by jumping two places to second overall on the latest Test rankings for bowlers, while teammate Mitchell Starc also gains two spots to rise to 14th.

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DUBAI: England’s experienced batter Joe Root brought an end to Marnus Labuschagne’s reign as the No.1 ranked Test batter in the world, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Wednesday.

Marnus Labuschagne held the premier position for just over six months, with the right-hander rising to the top in December last year on the back of a strong start to the Australian summer against the West Indies.

But a slow start to 2023 by his lofty standards, coupled with Joe Root’s 30th Test century against Australia in the dramatic first Ashes Test at Edgbaston has seen a major shakeup at the top of the batter rankings.

Joe Root managed scores of 118* and 46 in a losing cause during the first Ashes Test in Birmingham and those superb individual efforts saw the 32-year-old rise a massive five places and regain his place as the No.1 ranked Test batter in the world.

Marnus Labuschagne drops to third as a result of scores of 0 and 13 against England, with Kiwi veteran Kane Williamson jumping two places to second overall.

Fellow Australians Travis Head (down one place to fourth) and Steve Smith (drops four spots to sixth) also lose ground in the race to become the No.1 Test batter, with just 26 rating points now separating the top six players in what is one of the closest battles seen in recent times.

Australia opener Usman Khawaja was adjudged Player of the Match for his heroics against England and the 36-year-old rose to a new career-best rating and seventh place overall, while young gun Harry Brook also earnt the highest mark of his short Test career by jumping five places to 13th on the latest Test rankings.

Meanwhile, Pakistan all-format captain Babar Azam retained his fifth spot in the updated ICC Test Batting Rankings.

The new rankings for bowlers didn’t show nearly as much change, with India’s Ravichandran Ashwin holding his lead at the top over England’s James Anderson, South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada, and Australia’s Pat Cummins.

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DUBAI: Pakistan’s all-format captain and star batter Babar Azam saw a dip in his Test batting rankings following the conclusion of the World Test Championship (WTC) Final.

As per the latest Test Batting Rankings update by the International Cricket Council (ICC), Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam slipped to fifth as Australia’s centurion in the WTC Final Travis Head and Steve Smith moved up.

Scoring 163 across the first two days of the WTC Final against India at The Oval, Head jumped three places to claim the third position with 884 points and strengthened Australia’s stronghold on the Test batting rankings.

Besides Travis Head, Steve Smith also climbed up in the Test batting to seize the second position with 885 rating points at the back of his gritty first innings century.

Despite failing to score big in the WTC Final, Marnus Labuschagne remained at the summit with 903 rating points.

Consequently, Australia now hold the top three spots in the Test batting rankings while Usman Khawaja (9th, 777 rating points) makes it four Australians in the top 10.

Notably, The last time three batters from the same side occupied the top three positions in the Test rankings was in December 1984 when Gordon Greenidge (810), Clive Lloyd (787), and Larry Gomes (773) from West Indies formed the top trio.

Meanwhile, Babar Azam and Kane Williamson were the notable batters to slip in the rankings.

Babar last played a Test in January this year against New Zealand while Blackcaps skipper Kane Williamson, who has been out of the red ball action since March 2023 slipped two places to fourth.

Alex Carey’s exploits (48 and 66*) were also rewarded with a jump of 11 spots, moving to 36th with 592 ranking points. Rohit Sharma (729) and Virat Kohli (700) sit in 12th and 13th respectively after the match.

On the bowling side the most newsworthy move came from Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon, moving up two places in a tie for sixth with England quick Ollie Robinson (777).

Lyon was given little opportunity to bowl in the first innings final after his quick-bowling teammates seized control, though claimed one wicket to help his side to a healthy first-innings lead. The spinner came into his own in India’s second innings, taking 4/41, including the last scalp of Umesh Yadav, for Australia to lift the mace.

Lower down the rankings Scott Boland’s stocks continue to rise, moving up five places to 36th (534), four places ahead of Mohammed Siraj, who claimed 4/108 and 1/80 in the defeat.

Ravichandran Ashwin, in spite of being left out of India’s side for the Final, remains No.1 (860).

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DUBAI: Pakistan’s all-format captain Babar Azam has surpassed England’s Joe Root in the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings.

Joe Root, who became the fastest to 11,000 Test runs with his 56-run knock in the one-off Test against Ireland saw the dip in his rating points despite the half-century which paved the way for Babar Azam to surpass him in the rankings.

Root’s rating points decreased from 871 to 861, causing him to slip to the fifth position in the rankings. Consequently, Babar Azam surpassed the former England captain with 862 rating points and secured the fourth position.

England’s star performer from their dominant 10-wicket victory over Ireland Ollie Pope who scored the fastest double century at Lord’s got the reward of his magnificent performance as he leapfrogged 10 places to secure 23rd rank.

Whereas, Pope’s fellow Centurion Ben Duckett jumped eight places to get hold of the 34th rank with 602 rating points.

Ireland displayed retaliation against ruthless England as the touring side attempted to fight back in the second innings and avoided an inning defeat.

As a result of their gutsy approach, skipper Andy McBrine’s unbeaten 86 lifted him 28 places while Mark Adair’s 88-run knock saw him jumping 32 spots.

Earlier this week, Babar Azam was nominated for the ICC Player of the Month award for May 2023.

ICC on Tuesday revealed the three nominees for the award which include Bangladesh’s Najmul Hossain Shanto, Ireland’s Harry Tector and Pakistan skipper.

Babar Azam’s nomination came on the back of his consistent performances in the home ODI series against New Zealand last month.

“Pakistan’s skipper once again stood up for his country, this time in his team’s home ODI series against New Zealand,” said the ICC media release.

Notably, Babar Azam is the only batter in the top five spots in ICC Batting Rankings across all formats.

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