Steve Smith inches closer to Virat Kohli in Test rankings after twin Ashes tons at Edgbaston

Smith scored 144 and 142 in the opening Test against England.

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Following the conclusion of the Edgbaston Test, players from England and Australia rise in the charts after the latest update to the rankings. Australia’s Steve Smith has gained one place to reach the third position among batsmen while spinner Nathan Lyon and fast bowler Pat Cummins are among the others to gain in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings after the Edgbaston Test.

Smith’s knocks of 144 and 142 won him the Man of the Match award and the formerly top-ranked batsman is back above the 900-point mark along with table leader Virat Kohli (922) and Kane Williamson (913), after having started the Test match in fourth place and with 857 points.

Lyon’s nine wickets in the match have lifted him six spots to 13th position among bowlers while Cummins has consolidated his top position with a seven-wicket match haul that helped him reach a career-best 898 rating points, the third-best for an Australia bowler in the past 50 years after Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne.

What about England?

For England, Ben Foakes and Chris Woakes are in 69th and 70th positions in the list for batsmen after gaining one and 11 points, respectively. Opener Rory Burns’ knock of 133 in the first innings has helped him move up 25 places to a career-best 81st position.

Fast bowler Stuart Broad, who completed 100 Test wickets against Australia during the match, has gained two places to reach 16th position while Woakes has advanced four places to take the 29th slot after grabbing four wickets in the match. Woakes has also leapfrogged compatriot Moeen Ali to reach ninth among all-rounders.

Here are the latest ICC Test Rankings:

Batsmen

RankPlayerCountryPoints
1Virat KohliIndia922
2Kane WilliamsonNew Zealand913
3Steve SmithAustralia903
4Cheteshwar PujaraIndia881
5Henry NichollsNew Zealand778
6Joe RootEngland741
7David WarnerAustralia721
8Aiden MarkramSouth Africa719
9Quinton de KockSouth Africa718
10Faf du PlessisSouth Africa702
70Chris WoakesEngland437
81Rory BurnsEngland408

Bowlers

RankPlayerCountryPoints
1Pat CumminsAustralia898
2Kagiso RabadaSouth Africa851
3James AndersonEngland831
4Vernon PhilanderSouth Africa813
5Neil WagnerNew Zealand801
6Ravindra JadejaIndia794
7Trent BoultNew Zealand787
8Jason HolderWest Indies770
Mohammad AbbasPakistan770
10Ravi AshwinIndia763
13Nathan LyonAustralia732
16Stuart BroadEngland713
29Chris WoakesEngland588

All-Rounders

RankPlayerCountryPoints
1Jason HolderWest Indies439
2Shakib Al HasanBangladesh399
3Ravindra JadejaIndia387
4Ben StokesEngland346
5Vernon PhilanderSouth Africa326

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