Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne has overtaken England’s Joe Root to take the top spot in the MRF Tires ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings, becoming just the eighth player to score a double century and a century in the same Test.
Labuschagne, who was just two points behind Root before the two ICC World With the Test Championship (WTC) Tests completed over the past week, there is now a healthy lead at the top as Root has slipped to fourth behind Steve Smith and Babar Azam.
Labuschagne’s scores of 204 and 104 not out in the first Test against West Indies in Perth earned him 50 rating points and he is 42 rating points ahead of compatriot Smith. Labuschagne has regained the No. 1 spot after Root overtook him in mid-June with back-to-back hundreds against New Zealand.
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Smith himself has secured two slots after contributing to the win with scores of 200 and 20 not out, with Labuschagne registering a fifth instance of two.
Australia scored a double century in the same Test. Smith’s 893 rating points is his highest since January 2021.
Off-spinner Nathan Lyon has moved up a rung to 15th among bowlers after taking eight wickets to help them complete a 164-run win and consolidate their team’s top position in the WTC points table.
For the West Indies, skipper Kraigg Brathwaite is back in the top 20 after scores of 64 and 110 in the Perth Test, while Kyle Mayer has moved up to 41st in the bowlers’ rankings.
England’s stunning 74-run victory in the first Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi reflected the rankings of their batsmen as well as the seam bowling duo of James Anderson and Ollie Robinson, who took five wickets each in the match.
Centurions Zak Crawley (up two places to No. 46), Harry Brook (up 90 places to No. 70), Ben Duckett (re-entering No. 127) and Ollie Pope (up two ratings points) all made weekly updates, like Anderson. gained an edge. (up two places to third) and Robinson (up seven places to a career-best eighth).
Pakistan openers Abdullah Shafiq (up five places to 15th) and Imam-ul-Haq (up 12 places to 38th) have achieved career-best rankings after scoring centuries in the first innings and sharing a 225-run partnership.
Naseem Shah’s five-wicket haul in the match saw him jump five places to 54th position, while another fast bowler Zahid Mahmood’s six-wicket haul saw him move up to 109th in the rankings.
In the MRF Tires ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings, India’s Shreyas Iyer has moved up seven places to joint 20th position after scores of 24 in the opening match of the ongoing series against Bangladesh and 49 in the preceding ICC Men’s final match. Cricket World Cup Super League series against New Zealand.
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Sri Lanka’s Charith Aslanka (up three places to 34th), Lokesh Rahul K India (up four places to 35th) and Afghanistan’s Najibullah Zadran (up four places to 41st) were among those to make progress in the rankings for ODI batsmen.
Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan has gained four places to reach the sixth position in the rankings for ODI bowlers after returning figures of four for 37 in the last match of their Super League series against Sri Lanka.
Star Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has jumped seven places to ninth in the bowlers’ list, while Sri Lankan leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga and Indian pacer Mohammad Siraj are joint 26th. New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee (up five places to 29th) and India’s Shardul Thakur (up nine places to 42nd) have also moved up.
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