Career best ranking for Babar Azam

April 12 (CRICKETNMORE) - Pakistan’s middle-order batsman Babar Azam has reached a career-best eighth ranking as his scores of 13, 125 not out and 16 have helped him gain one position. Mohammad Hafeez’s scores of 88, 32 and 81 have lifted him back into the top 20 as he has moved up six slots from 14th position while left-hander Imad Wasim has gained eight positions to reach a career-best 89th ranking.

For the West Indies, Jason Mohammed’s match-winning 91 not out off 58 balls and the subsequent knocks of one and 59 have helped him gain 86 positions to a career-best 93rd place while his team-mate Shai Hope has moved up 33 positions to a career-best 98th rank.

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ICC ODI Player Rankings (as of 12 April 2017 after the West Indies-Pakistan series)

Batsmen (top 10)

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank    (+/-)      Player              Team    Pts      Avge    Highest Rating

   1       ( - )       AB de Villiers    SA        875      54.28    902 v NZ at Auckland 2015

   2       ( - )       David Warner    Aus      871      44.84    880 v Pak at Adelaide 2017

   3       ( - )       Virat Kohli         Ind        852      53.11    886 v Ban at Fatullah 2014

   4       ( - )       Joe Root          Eng      787!     47.77    787 v WI at Barbados 2017

   5       ( - )       Faf du Plessis   SA        781      43.81    791 v SL at Cape Town 2017

   6       ( - )       Q. de Kock       SA        780      43.64    803 v NZ at Wellington 2017

   7       ( - )       Martin Guptill     NZ        777      43.66    789 v SA at Hamilton 2017

   8       (+1)      Babar Azam      Pak      762*!    55.08    762 v WI at Guyana 2017

   9       (-1)       K. Williamson    NZ        757      45.90    798 v SA at Centurion 2015

  10       (-1)       Steve Smith      Aus      733      43.67    752 v Pak at Sydney 2017 

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