April 26 (CRICKETNMORE): Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq has gained six slots to reach 20th position in the latest ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen after the first Test against the West Indies in Kingston which his team won by seven wickets on Tuesday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Misbah, who along with former captain Younus Khan has announced that this will be his last Test series, notched unbeaten knocks of 99 and 12 to put himself in a position to further gain in the batsmen’s rankings, in which he attained a career-best sixth position in October 2013. Younus, a former top-ranked batsman, has maintained his eighth position with innings of 58 and six.
For the West Indies, captain Jason Holder’s innings of 57 not out and 14 have helped him gain five slots to reach a career-best 60th position while Shane Dowrich (up one place to 63rd position) and Roston Chase (up 21 positions to 70th position) have also reached career-best rankings.
ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 26 April, after the first Test between West Indies and Pakistan in Kingston)
ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 26 April, after the first Test between West Indies and Pakistan in Kingston)
Batsmen (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Steve Smith Aus 941! 61.05 941 v Ind at Dharamsala 2017
2 ( - ) K. Williamson NZ 880 51.16 893 v Aus at Perth 2015
3 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 848 52.80 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
4 ( - ) C. Pujara Ind 846 51.32 861 v Aus at Ranchi 2017
5 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 818 49.41 895 v Ban at Hyderabad 2017
6 ( - ) Q. de Kock SA 802*! 51.26 802 v NZ at Hamilton 2017
7 (+2) David Warner Aus 759 47.42 880 v NZ at Perth 2015
8 ( - ) Younus Khan Pak 757 52.84 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
9 (+1) Hashim Amla SA 748 49.39 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
10 (-3) Azhar Ali Pak 744 46.30 787 v Aus at Melbourne 2016
Other selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating
20 (+6) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 681 46.87 842 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2014
24 (+1) Sarfraz Ahmed Pak 653 42.59 715 v SL at Galle 2015
60 (+5) Jason Holder WI 458*! 30.06 458 v Pak at Jamaica 2017
63= (+1) Shane Dowrich WI 447*! 33.21 447 v Pak at Jamaica 2017
70 (+21) Roston Chase WI 403*! 33.66 403 v Pak at Jamaica 2017
94 (+14) Babar Azam Pak 347* 31.75 360 v NZ at Hamilton 2016
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