Misbah moves up in latest ICC Test Rankings

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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