ICC Check Rankings: Kane Williamson again at prime, Virat Kohli stays fourth
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has reclaimed the primary place within the ICC Check Rankings for batsmen after main his facet to the World Check Championship title in Southampton final week.
The 30-year-old’s knocks of 49 and 52 not out within the low-scoring ultimate in opposition to India helped him transfer above the 900-point mark and he now enjoys a 10-point lead over Steve Smith (891 score factors).
🇳🇿 @BLACKCAPS captain Kane Williamson is again to the No.1 spot within the newest @MRFWorldwide ICC Males’s Check Participant Rankings for batting.
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— ICC (@ICC) June 30, 2021
India skipper Virat Kohli stays in fourth place whereas Rohit Sharma has moved as much as the sixth spot. India wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant is seventh.
Williamson, who conceded the highest spot to Smith two weeks in the past, is again within the place he had first grabbed in November 2015 throughout a sequence in opposition to Australia.
Ross Taylor, who scored an unbeaten 47 and partnered in an unbroken 96-run stand with Williamson, has superior three locations to 14th place whereas left-hander Devon Conway has gained 18 slots to succeed in forty second place after top-scoring with 52 within the first innings.
New Zealand’s quick bowlers too have gained after thriving within the seaming circumstances with participant of the match Kyle Jamieson persevering with the stupendous begin to his Check profession.
His figures of 5 for 31 and two for 30 have pushed him as much as a career-best thirteenth place, not stunning since no bowler has taken extra Check wickets at a greater common than him since 1900.
Left-armer Trent Boult’s figures of two for 48 and three for 39 have lifted him two locations to eleventh place whereas for India, vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane’s progress of three locations to thirteenth place after scores of 49 and 15, was the one notable acquire.
Ravindra Jadeja has slipped behind West Indian Jason Holder to second place after per week on the prime of the rankings for all-rounders.
Within the T20 Rankings, West Indies’ left-handed opener Evin Lewis has moved from thirteenth to tenth place after a participant of the match effort of 71 off 35 balls within the first of the 2 matches of their ongoing five-match sequence that counted for this week’s rankings.
Left-arm spinner Fabian Allen has progressed 23 locations to twentieth place.
🌴 Batsman Evin Lewis storms into the highest 10
🇱🇰 Wanindu Hasaranga strikes as much as No.5 on bowlers listingA variety of actions within the weekly @MRFWorldwide ICC Males’s T20I Participant Rankings replace 🙌
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— ICC (@ICC) June 30, 2021
South Africa’s Quinton de Kock (up one place to twenty second), Reeza Hendricks (up three locations to twenty fourth) and Temba Bavuma (up 24 locations to sixty fourth) are among the many others to maneuver up.
England’s 3-0 sequence win over Sri Lanka, which ought to come as a morale booster for the 50-over World champions forward of this yr’s ICC Males’s T20 World Cup, sees a number of of their gamers transfer up too.
Chris Jordan (up 5 locations to eleventh), Mark Wooden (up 11 locations to 14th), Sam Curran (up 62 locations to thirty ninth) and David Willey (up 23 locations to 51st) have progressed within the bowlers’ listing whereas for Sri Lanka, Wanindu Hasaranga has moved up 5 locations to fifth and Dushmantha Chameera 41 locations to forty third.
