Windies players rise to career-high Test rankings after England Test win

David Warner earned a place back in the top 10 after fighting century against Bangladesh.

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West Indies batsman Shai Hope celebrates his century with Jermaine Blackwood. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Kraigg Brathwaite and Shai Hope have attained career-best positions in the ICC Test Player Rankings after their splendid performances in Leeds helped the Windies complete a series-levelling win against England. The Barbados pair, which orchestrated a 322-run chase for an unforgettable five-wicket victory, gained massively in the latest rankings that also takes into account the opening Test in Dhaka which saw Bangladesh pull off a 20-run win over Australia on Wednesday.

Opener Brathwaite has risen 14 slots to 16th position after his innings of 134 and 95 in the second Test of the three-match series while Hope’s knocks of 147 and 118 not out, the first pair of centuries in any first-class game at Headingley, have helped him secure a massive gain of 60 places to reach 42nd position.

Windies captain Jason Holder has gained in both batting (up four places to 57th) and bowling (up two places to 37th) rankings while pace bowler Shannon Gabriel has gained two slots to reach 18th position after taking six wickets in the match.

For England, Ben Stokes’s first-innings century has seen him move up two positions to 23rd place among batsmen while Chris Woakes has gained 10 slots to reach 74th position.

Meanwhile, Australia opener David Warner has returned to the top 10 after a valiant century. Warner’s partnership of 130 for the third wicket with captain Steve Smith could not prevent Bangladesh from scoring its first ever Test win over Australia, but the left-hander had the satisfaction of moving up five slots to sixth position after scores of eight and 112.

For Bangladesh, opener Tamim Iqbal’s two innings of 71 and 78 have lifted him six places to a career-best 14thposition, while star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has moved up three slots to a career-best 14th position among bowlers after his match haul of 10 for 153 at Mirpur.

His fellow spinners Mehedi Hasan (up three places to 30th) and Taijul Islam (up four places to 32nd) have also moved up after finishing the match with five and four wickets, respectively.

Shakib has also consolidated his position at the top of the list of all-rounders with his highest aggregate of 489 points, having also scored 84 and five runs in his two innings.

ICC Test Team Rankings

TeamMatchesPointsRating
India364493125
South Africa313395110
England394097105
Australia313087100
New Zealand32311497
Pakistan31286893
Sri Lanka36322990
West Indies26194075
Bangladesh17117169
Zimbabwe1000

ICC Test Batsmen Rankings

RankNameCountryRating
1S.P.D. SmithAustralia938
2J.E. RootEngland902
3K.S. WilliamsonNew Zealand880
4C.A. PujaraIndia876
5V. KohliIndia806
6D.A. WarnerAustralia779
7Azhar AliPakistan769
8A.N. CookEngland765
9H.M. AmlaSouth Africa764
10K.L. RahulIndia761

 

ICC Test Bowlers Rankings

RankNameCountryRating
1R.A. JadejaIndia884
2J.M. AndersonEngland868
3R. AshwinIndia852
4H.M.R.K.B. HerathSri Lanka809
5J.R. HazlewoodAustralia802
6K. RabadaSouth Africa785
7D.W. SteynSouth Africa763
8V.D. PhilanderSouth Africa751
9S.C.J. BroadEngland747
10N. WagnerNew Zealand745

 

ICC Test All-Rounders Rankings

RankNameCountryRating
1Shakib Al HasanBangladesh489
2R.A. JadejaIndia430
3R. AshwinIndia422
4Moeen AliEngland392
5B.A. StokesEngland360
6V.D. PhilanderSouth Africa332
7M.A. StarcAustralia312
8J.O. HolderWindies211
9H.M.R.K.B. HerathSri Lanka203
10S.C.J. BroadEngland196

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