Travis Head overtakes Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne to achieve career-best second spot in ICC Men’s Test Batsman Rankings

Australia batsman Travis Head has overtaken teammates Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne to achieve a career-best second position in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings released on Wednesday. Head has jumped two places on the back of his impressive Ashes series against England to reach second place behind New Zealand veteran Kane Williamson, having already scored 266 runs at 44.33.

The 29-year-old’s previous best ranking was third, achieved after last month’s ICC World Test Championship final against India, in which he scored a crucial 163 in the first innings.

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Head’s scores of 39 and 77 in the third Ashes Test against England at Headingley have brought him to within nine points of Williamson’s 883 rating points, although the batting rankings remain volatile at the top and five of the top seven are in the current Ashes. Are included. series.

There was plenty of good news for England after a close three-wicket win in Leeds, with youngster Harry Brook moving up a career-best rating of one place to 12th in the rankings after his brilliant half-century in the second innings. Ben Stokes moved up five places to reach 18th position.

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Stuart Broad and Mark Wood have made notable progress in the bowling rankings.

Broad has moved up four places to sixth after taking five wickets in the match, while Wood has moved up nine places to 26th on a career-best 591 rating points with seven wickets, including a five-wicket haul in the second innings. Are. Chris Woakes has again reached 36th position in the rankings with three wickets in both innings.

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc took seven wickets in that Headingley Test and was promoted three places to 11th overall in the bowler rankings.

In the ODI rankings chart, Afghanistan batsman Ibrahim Zadran has jumped 11 places to be 16th after scoring 142 runs during the 2-1 series win over Bangladesh, while Rahmanullah Gurbaz continues to top the series with 173 runs. After a jump of 37 places, he has reached the 45th position.

For Bangladesh, Liton Das has moved up three places to 38th after scoring 92 runs in the series, while Shakib Al Hasan is back in the top 10 for bowlers.

In the bowling list, Saurabh Netwalkar of the United States (up 13 places to 18th), Mahesh Thikshana of Sri Lanka (up 13 places to 19th) and Ayaan Afzal Khan of the United Arab Emirates (up three places to 46th) have made notable progress. following the conclusion of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.