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[Raja111]

With Kane expected to lose a few points due to paternal leave and Kohli playing one game (pink ball) and departing its a golden opportunity for Babar to break into the top 3! what a proud moment that will be for all of us:

Players lose only 1% of their total rating points for missing out a match in test cricket. So Kohli will lose 26 points for skipping three matches which will put him on 862 points after the end of the Australian series. And babar will also lose 8 points for missing out a test against NZ which will put him on 789 points so don't see him breaking into the top 3.

 

[Raja111]

Golden opportunity for Williamson to get into the 1st place.

Smith will probably lose about 15 points for failing in the second test in both innings at the MCG which might put him on 885 points and with Williamson performing well he might gain few more points so there's a chance he can overtake smith and become no.1.

 

[The lone Ranger]

NEW NUMBER 1

Kane Williamson overtakes Steve Smith and Virat Kohli to become the No.1 in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Rankings for Batting


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[Mesozoic]

Rahane at 6?

 

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New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has surged ahead of Steve Smith and Virat Kohli to seize the top spot for batsmen in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after his player of the match effort in the first Test against Pakistan in Tauranga.

De Silva, Du Plessis, Fawad, Rahane and Wade others to move up in the rankings
Ashwin, Fernando, Jamieson, Ngidi, Starc and Shaheen among bowlers to advance

Willamson had briefly occupied the top spot towards the end of 2015 but either Smith or Kohli have been number one since then. This year too, Smith was at the top for 313 days and Kohli for 51, before Williamson surged ahead of his two contemporaries from the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2008.

In Thursday’s year-ending update, that also includes performances from the second Test between Australia and India in Melbourne and the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Centurion, Williamson has gained 13 rating points for his effort of 129 and 21 to go 11 points clear of Kohli and 13 ahead of Smith. Kohli is on paternity leave for the last three Tests of India’s ongoing series against Australia while Smith’s MCG outing could only get him scores of zero and eight.

Ross Taylor (up three places to 14th) is another New Zealand batsman to move up while 26-year-old fast bowler Kyle Jamieson has reached the top 30 after just five Tests, following his hauls of three for 35 and two for 35 in Tauranga.

For Pakistan, Fawad Alam’s valiant second-innings century has lifted him 80 places to 102nd position while wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan’s scores of 71 and 60 have helped him advance 27 places to a career-best 47th position. Left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Afridi has moved from 35th to 33rd after grabbing four wickets in the first innings.

Ajinkya Rahane, leading in Kohli’s absence, has gained big after guiding India to a series-levelling eight-wicket win in Melbourne with scores of 112 and 27 not out. Rahane has advanced five places to reach sixth position, just one below his career-best of fifth attained in October 2019.

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (up two places to seventh) and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah (up one place to ninth) have made notable gains within the top 10.

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is another big gainer, moving up 11 spots to a career best-equalling 36th place among batsmen after a handy knock of 57 in his only innings in Melbourne and gaining four places to reach 14th place among bowlers after finishing with three wickets in the match. He remains third among all-rounders but has reduced the gap with Jason Holder 34 to seven points.

Debutants Shubman Gill and Mohammad Siraj have made notable entries in 76th and 77th positions in the list for batsmen and bowlers, respectively. Gill scored 45 and 35 not out opening the innings while Siraj finished with five wickets in the match.

Australia left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc’s four wickets in the match have helped him reach a career best-equalling fifth position. Matthew Wade’s scores of 30 and 40 as opener helped him reach 50th among batsmen from 55th while Cameron Green has gained 36 slots to reach 115th position.

In Centurion, a knock of 199 by Faf du Plessis saw him not only win the player of the match award but also gain 14 places to reach 21st position, one behind team-mate Dean Elgar, who too gained four spots after a knock of 95. Lungi Ngidi has gained four places and is 56th among bowlers.

For Sri Lanka, Dinesh Chandimal’s knocks of 85 and 25 have lifted him three places to 38th while Dhananjaya de Silva (up nine places to 34th) and Kusal Perera (up four places to 60th) have also made notable gains among batsmen. Left-arm fast bowler Vishwa Fernando has gained two slots to reach 45th position after his three-wicket haul.

In the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings, New Zealand are in line to wrest the top spot from Australia, who remain fractionally ahead since the Test team rankings are updated only at the end of each series. Even a draw in the second Test against Pakistan though could see New Zealand take the top spot. The predictor function is available here.
MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings (as of 31 December 2020 after the Melbourne, Centurion and Tauranga Tests)

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating
1 (+2) K Williamson NZ 890 52.90 915 v Ban at Hamilton 2019
2 ( - ) Virat Kohli India 879 53.41 937 v Eng at Southampton 2018
3 (-2) Steve Smith Aus 877 61.33 947 v SA at Durban 2018
4 ( - ) M Labuschagne Aus 850*! 58.81 850 v India at Melbourne 2020
5 ( - ) Babar Azam Pak 789 45.44 800 v Ban at Rawalpindi 2020
6 (+5) Ajinkya Rahane India 784 43.40 825 v NZ at Indore 2016
7 (-1) David Warner Aus 777 48.94 880 v NZ at Perth 2015
8 (-1) Ben Stokes Eng 760 37.84 827 v WI at Old Trafford 2020
9 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 738 47.99 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
10 (-2) C Pujara India 728 47.60 888 v SL at Nagpur 2017

Other selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating
14 (+3) Ross Taylor NZ 683 46.04 870 v WI at Hamilton 2013
20 (+4) Dean Elgar SA 639 39.04 784 v Aus at Johannesburg 2018
21 (+14) Faf du Plessis SA 638 41.41 734 v India at Centurion 2018
24 (+2) Aiden Markram SA 621* 39.26 759 v Aus at Johannesburg 2018
34 (+9) D de Silva SL 585 36.64 612 v Zim at Harare 2016
36 (+11) R Jadeja India 574! 35.66 574 v Aus at Melbourne 2020
38= (+3) D Chandimal SL 572 41.10 755 v WI at St Lucia 2018
47 (+27) M Rizwan Pak 551*! 39.76 551 v NZ at Mount Maunganui 2020
50 (+5) Matthew Wade Aus 537*! 31.02 537 v India at Melbourne 2020
57 (+6) T Bavuma SA 499 31.40 627 v Pak at Cape Town 2019
60 (+4) Kusal Perera SL 492* 31.68 559 v SA at Port Elizabeth 2019
76 (NEW) Shubman Gill India 431*! 80.00 431 v Aus at Melbourne 2020
102= (+80) Fawad Alam Pak 311* 38.20 445 v SL at Colombo (PSS) 2009
115 (+36) C Green Aus 264*! 22.66 264 v India at Melbourne 2020

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Pat Cummins Aus 906 21.51 914 v Eng at Old Trafford 2019
2 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 845 27.65 880 v SA at Johannesburg 2016
3 ( - ) Neil Wagner NZ 833 26.32 859 v Aus at Melbourne 2019
4 ( - ) Tim Southee NZ 826! 28.54 826 v Pak at Mount Maunganui 2020
5 (+2) Mitchell Starc Aus 804 26.75 807 v NZ at Perth 2019
6 ( - ) Kagiso Rabada SA 794 22.95 902 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2018
7 (+2) R Ashwin India 793 25.22 904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016
8 (-3) J Hazlewood Aus 790 25.86 864 v India at Bengaluru 2017
9 (+1) Jasprit Bumrah India 783* 20.68 834 v WI at Jamaica 2019
10 (-2) J Anderson Eng 781 26.79 903 v India at Lord's 2018

Other selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating
14 (+4) R Jadeja India 726 24.48 899 v Aus at Ranchi 2017
28= (+5) Kyle Jamieson NZ 521*! 14.44 521 v Pak at Mount Maunganui 2020
33 (+2) Shaheen Afridi Pak 483*! 32.12 483 v NZ at Mount Maunganui 2020
45 (+2) V Fernando SL 330* 34.65 385 v SA at Port Elizabeth 2019
53 (+5) Naseem Shah Pak 306* 35.40 311 v Ban at Rawalpindi 2020
56 (+4) Lungi Ngidi SA 284* 26.55 405 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2018
61 (RE) Faheem Ashraf Pak 251* 28.75 292 v SA at Johannesburg 2019
70 (NEW) Lutho Sipamla SA 212*! 16.66 212 v SL at Centurion 2020
71 (RE) Dasun Shanaka SL 208* 32.63 269 v India at Kolkata 2017
77 (NEW) M Siraj India 188*! 15.40 188 v Aus at Melbourne 2020

All-rounders (top five)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Ben Stokes Eng 446 497 v WI at Old Trafford 2020
2 ( - ) Jason Holder WI 423 485 v Eng at Southampton 2020
3 ( - ) R Jadeja India 416 438 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2017
4 ( - ) S Al Hasan Ban 366 489 v Aus at Mirpur 2017
5 ( - ) Mitchell Starc Aus 301 346 v India at Pune 2017

*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after playing 40 Test innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating when he reaches 100 Test wickets.
!indicates career-highest rating

 

[King_Kohli]

Top 2 Test Batsman
(At Start of each year)

2011 - Sangakkara/Sachin
2012 - Sangakkara/Cook
2013 - Clarke/Chanderpaul
2014 - ABD/Chanderpaul
2015 - ABD/Sangakkara
2016 - Smith/Kane
2017 - Smith/Kohli
2018 - Smith/Kohli
2019 - Kohli/Kane
2020 - Kohli/Smith
2021 - Kane/Kohli*

 

[Bhaijaan]

Top 2 Test Batsman
(At Start of each year)

2011 - Sangakkara/Sachin
2012 - Sangakkara/Cook
2013 - Clarke/Chanderpaul
2014 - ABD/Chanderpaul
2015 - ABD/Sangakkara
2016 - Smith/Kane
2017 - Smith/Kohli
2018 - Smith/Kohli
2019 - Kohli/Kane
2020 - Kohli/Smith
2021 - Kane/Kohli*

Joe Root clearly doesn't belong in the discussion.

Since last 5 years it's been an Awesome Threesome of Kohli, Smith and Kane.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Joe Root clearly doesn't belong in the discussion.

Since last 5 years it's been an Awesome Threesome of Kohli, Smith and Kane.

Has a nice ring to it.

 

[Mesozoic]

Joe Root clearly doesn't belong in the discussion.

Since last 5 years it's been an Awesome Threesome of Kohli, Smith and Kane.

Woah easy there bhaijaan!

 

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Captain Kane Williamson’s epic 238 in the second Test against Pakistan in Christchurch has helped him reach the best ever-rating points by a New Zealand player while consolidating his position at the top of the list of batsmen in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings.

Williamson, named player of the series after leading his side to an innings and 176 runs win and a 2-0 victory in the two-Test series, has reached 919 rating points, bettering his own mark of 915 in December 2018. ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Richard Hadlee is the only other player from New Zealand to go past the 900-point mark, reaching a career-high 909 rating points in bowling in December 1985.

In the latest rankings update that includes the second Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Johannesburg and the third Test between Australia and India in Sydney, Steve Smith has leapfrogged Virat Kohli to second position after scores of 131 and 81 while Dean Elgar has moved to 13th position with knocks of 127 and 31 not out.

In other movement for New Zealand players, Henry Nicholls has gained three places to reach ninth among batsmen after his knock of 157 while fast bowler Kyle Jamieson’s match haul of 11-117 has lifted him seven places to a career-best 21st place. With 36 Test wickets so far, Jamieson is also fifth among all-rounders after only six Tests.

Azhar Ali’s knocks of 93 and 37 have helped him advance him seven places to 18th position and his compatriot Mohammad Rizwan’s first-innings half-century has helped him gain 10 places to reach 37th position.

The drawn Sydney Test saw Marun Labuschagne consolidate the fourth position with a career-best 866 rating points after scores of 91 and 73 while fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has gained three places to reach fifth position with four wickets in the match.

For India, Cheteshwar Pujara’s knocks of 50 and 77 have taken him from eighth to 10th position and Rishabh Pant’s scores of 36 and 97 have helped him gain 19 places to reach 26th position. Hanuma Vihari and Ravichandran Ashwin too have gained after their fighting knocks, as has Shubman Gill.

The Centurion Test saw Anrich Nortje (up 10 places to 38th), Wiaan Mulder (up 22 places to 45th), Lutho Sipamla (up 23 places to 47th) and Lungi Ngidi (up seven places to 49th) make huge gains among bowlers while for Sri Lanka, captain Dimuth Karunaratne (up two places to 15th) and Kusal Perera (up four places to 56th) have moved up in the list of batsmen.

 

[arunpsm]

Bobby & SSA are my fav Pak players. If the other end was tight I am sure SSA would have performed much better in NZ.

Genuinely and eagerly awaiting for Jan 26th to see how Bobby performs against SA. I hope he will be ready by then? He did quite well against SA especially against Steyn, wen Pak toured.

 

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[BDfanforever]

Great achievement for Mehidy to feature in top 10 ODI Bowlers list. Hopefully, Saifuddin will feature in the all-rounders list soon.

 

[Rana]

Pakistan move to 5th

If England lose 4-0, do we move to 4th?

 

[Titan24]

Pakistan move to 5th

If England lose 4-0, do we move to 4th?

No, England is quite a way ahead at 109 points currently and even if they lose 4-0 their rating will only fall to 105 points. Also if you lose series to a higher ranked side than the impact isnt as much as losing series to a lower ranked team.

 

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New Zealand have replaced reigning World champions England as the number one ranked side in the ODI rankings but England have consolidated their position at the top of the T20I table after the annual update carried out on Monday.

These updates eliminate results from 2017-18 and halve the weighting of matches played in 2019-20 which includes the 2019 World Cup.

New Zealand, who defeated Bangladesh 3-0 in their only ODI series during the past year, have advanced two slots in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings after gaining three rating points to reach an aggregate of 121. Australia are second with 118 points while India and England are both on 115, the former ahead on decimal points.

England’s slip down to fourth position comes in the second annual update since they won the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup at Lord’s in the summer of 2019. In the past 12 months, they have suffered 2-1 series losses to Australia and India, as well as an ODI lost to Ireland.

The latest update, that rates all matches played since May 2020 at 100 per cent and those of the previous two years at 50 per cent, sees Australia move up two places from fourth to second and India drop one place to third. The West Indies have overtaken Sri Lanka to ninth position.

The Netherlands have been allowed to retain their ranking despite only having played four ODIs during the new rating period, since their scheduled fixtures were postponed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

England remain the top-ranked side in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings, extending their lead over India to five points. During this period, they drew a three-match series against Pakistan 1-1, defeated Australia 2-1 and South Africa 3-0 before losing an away series to India by a 3-2 margin.

New Zealand have also gained in the annual T20I update, moving up from fifth to third after series wins over the West Indies, Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh. Australia have moved the other way, down from third to fifth.

In other movements at the top of the T20I rankings table, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have gained one place each to reach eighth and ninth positions, respectively, while the West Indies have dropped two places to 10th.

There has been no change of places in either format for Afghanistan, Pakistan or South Africa. Afghanistan are 10th in ODIs and seventh in T20Is, Pakistan are sixth in ODIs and fourth in T20Is while South Africa are fifth in ODIs and sixth in T20Is.

Despite the pandemic, 80 countries have played the requisite six T20Is over the past three years to remain in the rankings. Five countries have lost their ranking after the update – Gambia, Ghana, Hungary, Sierra Leone and Sweden.

The annual update to the Test rankings will be carried out following the conclusion of the ongoing Pakistan v Zimbabwe series.

 

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