Pakistan’s left-handed opener Imam-ul-Haq and New Zealand’s right-arm pacer Matt Henry have made improvements in the ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings after impressive performances in the recently concluded five-match series. won 4–1.
Imam has moved up one place to fourth in the rankings for batsmen after his match-winning knock of 90 in the third ODI. He is still a long way off his career-best ranking of second, which he achieved in June last year.
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The rise of the left-handed batsman is good news for Pakistan as they now have three batsmen in the top four, with captain Babar Azam at number one in the list and left-handed opener Fakhar Zaman at number three, South Africa’s Rasi van Der Dussen is with the sandwich. In the middle the Pakistan trio is second.
Henry, on the other hand, has improved a slot after taking seven wickets in the last three matches of the series, moving back to a career-best fourth position, which he first achieved in October 2016 and recently Recently it was organized in November 2022. ,
Among other Pakistan players, Agha Salman’s two half-centuries saw batsmen move up 80 places to 92nd position, while fast bowlers Haris Rauf (up nine places to joint-42nd) and Mohammad Wasim (up 41 places to 69th) ) have arrived. In the list of bowlers after some decent performances in the series.
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Left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi took eight wickets during the series, while his entertaining 23 not out in the fourth game saw him move up eight places to 36th in the ODI all-rounders’ list.
For New Zealand, Tom Latham, the left-handed batsman and captain in the series, has moved up eight places to 21st in the batsmen’s rankings after scores of 45, 60 and 59 in the three matches. Opener Will Young has moved up from 99th to 75th position while fast bowler Henry Shipley is joint-93rd.
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