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Cricket News: Joe Root, Steve Smith Move Closer To Top Of ICC Men's Test Player Rankings
The latest ICC Men's Test Player Rankings have seen significant movement following the conclusion of the fifth and final England-Australia Test at The Oval as well as the second Sri Lanka-Pakistan Test in Colombo with Joe Root and Steve Smith moving closer to top in the batting chart. The Ashes ended in a two-all tie after the hosts fought their way back into a winning position in the second half of the series. England's Joe Root featured on all three lists, advancing one slot to take second place behind New Zealand's Kane Williamson, in the batters list with 859 rating points,
while sliding up three spaces for 64th position in the bowlers list (334 points) and moved up one again for his sixth position (286 points) among the all-rounders. Harry Brook's 363 runs for England saw him rise to a career-best ninth place from 11th, with 773 points, his first time in the top ten of the batters list, while his teammates, Jonny Bairstow and Zack Crawley rose to 17th (from 19th) and 29th (from 35th) with 683 and 618 points respectively. This is Crawley's personal best ranking and shares his position with Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan, who rose four slots from 33rd place.
In the top ten for Australia is Steve Smith, whose performances with the bat saw him climb up three places for the third spot with 842 points and opener, Usman Khawaja, who claimed seventh place from eighth, with 796 points.
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