Indian track and field athlete Jasionary Bumrah has risen to third place in the latest ICC Men’s Test pitcher Ranking. There’s been some reshuffle in the latest bowling rankings with Kiwi swift Kyle Jamieson towering, dropping three places to sixth after he injured his back against England. That allowed Indian speedrunner Jasearch Bumrah (third), Pakistani tennis player Shaheen Afridi (fourth) and South African quick Kagiso Rabada (fifth), all to rise one place, while a pair of Jamieson’s New Zealand teammates swapped places in the top 10.
Inexperienced player Trent Boult jumped four places to ninth in the bowling rankings, but that sent fellow countryman Tim Southee down five places to 13th.
British tennis player Joe Root took the top spot in the latest ICC Men’s Test Men’s Rankings, ending Australian Marnus Labuschagne’s reign at the top of the table.
Labuschagne climbed to the top last December after hitting 103 and 51 respectively against England in Adelaide, but Root’s great recent form has seen him knock Labuschagne out of the lead.
Root scored four centuries in this calendar year and became the second Englishman to score more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket.
The British tennis player currently has a total of 897 rating points, five points ahead of Labuschagne in second place.
Labuschagne may have a chance to reclaim the top spot when Australia take on Sri Lanka in a two-match series at the World Test Championship away from home later this month, but Root is also having a busy time. with the Cricket Test before him.
Root is currently in the midst of a three-match Test series against New Zealand, with England also set to host a One-Time Test for India and South Africa for three matches in the coming months.
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Australia’s Steve Smith remains in third place on the latest Tests leaderboard, with Pakistan captain Babar Azam and New Zealand captain Kane Williamson taking the top five spots.
The biggest mover in the standings is Daryl Mitchell, with the New Zealander climbing 33 places to 17th overall after scoring 190 and 69* in the Second Test against England at Trent Bridge.
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