ICC Test Rankings
Root advances to second place in ICC Men's Test Player Rankings
Dubai/UNI: England batter Joe Root has overtaken Kane Williamson and Steve Smith to move within 10 rating points of top-ranked Australia batter Marnus Labuschagne in the latest weekly update to the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings.
Root, who had lost the top spot to Labuschagne in December 2021 during the Ashes series, has gained 39 points after guiding England to a five-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first match of ICC World Test Championship series at Lord’s.Root’s 115 not out in the second innings, his 26th Test century, has taken him from 843 to 882 rating points.
Smith is third with 845 points while Williamson has slipped behind Pakistan’s Babar Azam to fifth.
England captain Ben Stokes’s second innings half-century has lifted him two places to 27th.
New Zealand’s Tom Blundell and Daryl Mitchell have also made important gains in Wednesday’s update.
Blundell has progressed 15 places to 35th after scores of 14 and 96 and Mitchell 25 places to 50th with innings of 13 and 108.
In the Test rankings for bowlers, New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson is back at his career-best third position after finishing with six wickets in the match.
England seam bowler James Anderson, who also took six wickets, has moved up two places to seventh while his compatriot Matthew Potts has entered the rankings in 77th position after an impressive seven-wicket match haul on debut.
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