Sept. 10 (CRICKETNMORE) - Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon has moved up to take a career-best eighth position in the latest ICC Test Player Rankings after a match-winning performance in Chittagong that helped his side win by seven wickets and draw the two-Test series against Bangladesh.
Lyon’s career-best haul of 13 for 154, the best ever performance by an Australia bowler in Asia, translated into huge gains as he has moved up nine positions to break into the top 10 for the first time. His previous best place was 12thin May last year while his highest in terms of rating points was 696 in February last year, 52 less than his present 752 points.
Lyon was named player of the match and with 22 wickets in the series, shared the player of the series award with opener David Warner, who has moved up one place to fifth position after scores of 123 and eight in Chittagong.
Top 10 Test Bowlers (as on 9th september 2017)
Top 10 Test Bowlers (as on 9th september 2017)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts
1 ( - ) R. Jadeja Ind 884
2 ( - ) J. Anderson Eng 868
3 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 852
4 ( - ) R. Herath SL 809
5 ( - ) J. Hazlewood Aus 794
6 ( - ) K. Rabada SA 785
7 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 763
8 (+9) Nathan Lyon Aus 752
9 (-1) V.Philander SA 751
10 (-1) Stuart Broad Eng 747
ICC Media Release