Shakib, Latham attains career-bests Rankings

Jan. 24 (CRICKETNMORE) - Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and New Zealand’s Tom Latham have attained career-best placings in the latest ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen after the second Test in Christchurch, which the home side won by nine wickets on Monday to complete a 2-0 series win.

Shakib has moved up one position to 22nd spot with knocks of 59 and eight, following up his innings of 217 in Wellington which is the highest individual score by a Bangladesh batsman. The left-handed all-rounder has also moved up one place to 14th spot in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers after taking four wickets in the Test match.

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Though Shakib has spent 767 days as the world’s top all-rounder between December 2011 and December 2015, his combined effort which included four wickets in Christchurch, has seen him reach a career-high rating of 443 points to maintain fourth position.
 
For opener Latham, two fine innings of 68 and 41 not out in Christchurch have helped him gain five spots to reach 26th rank while his fellow-left handed team-mate Henry Nichols’s score of 98 has lifted him 16 slots to reach a career-best 60th position in his 11th Test match.

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Top 10 Batsmen
 
Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts         
   1         ( - )        Steve Smith         Aus        933       
   2         ( - )        Virat Kohli          Ind         875       
   3         ( - )        Joe Root               Eng        848      
   4         ( - )        K.Williamson      NZ         823       
   5         ( - )        David Warner      Aus        812       
   6         ( - )        Hashim Amla      SA         787       
   7         ( - )        Azhar Ali             Pak        779       
   8         ( - )        Younus Khan       Pak        772     
   9         ( - )        Quinton de Kock SA         760*     
  10        ( - )        AB de Villiers     SA         755       
 
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Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts        
22          (+1)       S.Al Hasan           Ban        656       
26          (+5)       Tom Latham        NZ         640!      
50=        (+4)       Mahmudullah      Ban        490      
60          (+16)     Henry Nicholls    NZ         452!      

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Source - ICC Cricket