Starc, Hazlewood and Bishoo on the charge
Starc, who was adjudged player of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, has maintained his bowling form to claim match figures of six for 76, which has given him a lift of five places and has put him in a career-high 25th position in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers.
Hazlewood, who was part of the Australia side that won the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand in 2010, has also achieved a career-best ranking of 31st after he has jumped 12 places following figures of three for 33 and two for 17.
Bishoo, who in 2011 won the ICC Emerging Player of the Year Award in London, has also made gains and his first innings figures of six for 80 have helped him leapfrog Jason Holder (50th) and Shannon Gabriel (51st) into 43rd position following a rise of 10 places.
In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, Australia’s Adam Voges, who won the player of the match award for his 130 not out, has entered in 65th position, while West Indies Shane Dowrich, who scored 15 and 70, has entered in 75th position.
Marlon Samuels and Shaun Marsh are the other batsmen to head in the right direction. Samuels now shares 28th spot with Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan after climbing two places, while Marsh has also moved up two spots to claim 55th position.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh hosts India in a one-off Test in Fatullah from Wednesday, 10 June. Virat Kohli’s side is ranked third on 99 points, while Mushfiqur Rahim side is ninth on 39 points. If India wins the Test, then it will gain one point and will retain its third position, but if it loses, then it will drop to seventh position on 95 points, such is the tightly-packed nature of the table at present. In case of a drawn match, India will drop to 97 points but will be ranked above England and Pakistan when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.
The Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings predictor function is available here. The Test rankings table, unlike the ODI & T20I tables, is updated after the series.
In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, India boasts five batsmen inside the top 50 in Kohli (10th), Murali Vijay (23rd), Cheteshwar Pujara (24th), Ajinkya Rahane (26th) and Rohit Sharma (50th), while Mominul Haque is Bangladesh’s highest-ranked batsman in 22nd spot, followed by Tamim Iqbal (27th), Shakib Al Hasan (28th) and Mushfiqur Rahim (45th).
In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers, India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will enter the series as the highest-ranked bowler in 13th position, followed by Shakib Al Hasan (17th), Ishant Sharma (19th), Taijul Islam (37th), Umesh Yadav (44th), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (48th) and Rubel Hossain (86th).
Forthcoming Tests:
10-14 June – Bangladesh v India, Fatullah
11-15 June – West Indies v Australia, Jamaica
Reliance ICC Test Championship table (as on 7 June, after first Test between West Indies-Australia and before the one-off Test between Bangladesh-India)
Rank Team Points
1 South Africa 130
2 Australia 111
3 India 99
4 New Zealand 99
5 England 97
6 Pakistan 97
7 Sri Lanka 96
8 West Indies 81
9 Bangladesh 39
10 Zimbabwe 5
Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 7 June, after first Test between West Indies-Australia and before the one-off Test between Bangladesh-India)
Batsmen (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) K. Sangakkara SL 909 58.66 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
2 ( - ) AB de Villiers SA 908 52.09 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
3 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 891 52.78 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
4 ( - ) Steven Smith Aus 864 51.86 873 v Ind at Sydney 2015
5 ( - ) Angelo Mathews SL 841 51.50 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014
6 ( - ) Younus Khan Pak 836 53.75 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
7 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 815 54.11 872 v NZ at Lord's 2015
8 ( - ) Kane Williamson NZ 813 45.70 860 v Eng at Lord's 2015
9 ( - ) David Warner Aus 775 47.29 880 v Ind at Adelaide 2014
10 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 774 46.30 784 v NZ at Wellington 2014
Selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
14 (+1) Ross Taylor NZ 722 44.99 871 v WI at Hamilton 2013
15 (-2) Michael Clarke Aus 720 50.59 900 v SL at Melbourne 2012
22 ( - ) Mominul Haque Ban 661*! 60.00 661 v Pak at Mirpur 2015
23 ( - ) Murali Vijay Ind 650 39.78 653 v Aus at Melbourne 2014
24 ( - ) C. Pujara Ind 647 47.11 851 v SA at Durban 2013
26 ( - ) Ajinkya Rahane Ind 639*! 44.87 639 v Aus at Sydney 2015
27 (+1) Tamim Iqbal Ban 632 39.73 707 v Eng at Old Trafford 2010
28= (+2) Marlon Samuels WI 629 35.92 672 v Zim at Barbados 2013
(+1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 629! 40.17 629 v Pak at Mirpur 2015
30 (-3) Darren Bravo WI 612 42.16 709 v Aus at Trinidad 2012
36 (-2) K. Brathwaite WI 560 35.52 591 v Eng at Grenada 2015
42 (-2) Shane Watson Aus 530 35.50 729 v Eng at Perth 2010
43 (-7) J. Blackwood WI 528* 43.69 575 v Eng at Barbados 2015
45 ( - ) Mushfiqur Rahim Ban 516 32.34 604 v Zim at Mirpur 2014
50 (+1) Rohit Sharma Ind 487* 41.37 578 v NZ at Wellington 2014
51 (+1) R. Ashwin Ind 483* 35.96 527 v Eng at Old Trafford 2014
52 (-2) Brad Haddin Aus 482 33.48 637 v WI at Perth 2009
53 ( - ) Mahmudullah Ban 475 30.52 497 v Zim at Khulna 2014
55 (+2) Shaun Marsh Aus 452*! 35.40 452 v WI at Dominica 2015
57 (-2) Denesh Ramdin WI 446 26.43 493 v NZ at Barbados 2014
60 ( - ) Shikhar Dhawan Ind 435* 35.78 475 v NZ at Wellington 2014
64 ( - ) Imrul Kayes Ban 420! 26.59 420 v Pak at Mirpur 2015
65 (NEW) Adam Voges Aus 419*! - 419 v WI at Dominica 2015
75 (NEW) Shane Dowrich WI 387*! 42.50 387 v Aus at Dominica 2015
Bowlers (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 905 22.55 909 v WI at Centurion 2014
2 (+1) James Anderson Eng 824 29.42 847 v WI at Barbados 2015
3 (-1) Ryan Harris Aus 818 23.52 870 v SA at Cape Town 2014
4 ( - ) Trent Boult NZ 814 27.12 825 v Eng at Lord's 2015
5 (+1) Mitchell Johnson Aus 810 27.60 849 v Pak at Dubai 2014
6 (-1) Rangana Herath SL 807 29.57 851 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2014
7 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 782 29.77 783 v WI at Lord's 2012
8 ( - ) Vernon Philander SA 780 21.95 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
9 ( - ) Morne Morkel SA 727 29.35 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
10 ( - ) Tim Southee NZ 713 31.63 799 v WI at Jamaica 2014
Selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
13 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 659 30.67 808 v WI at Mumbai 2013
17 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 604 33.27 700 v Zim at Khulna 2014
18 ( - ) Nathan Lyon Aus 577 35.49 648 v Eng at Melbourne 2013
19 (-1) Ishant Sharma Ind 574 37.30 671 v WI at Dominica 2011
25 (+5) Mitchell Starc Aus 511*! 33.00 511 v WI at Dominica 2015
31 (+12) Josh Hazlewood Aus 430*! 23.64 430 v WI at Dominica 2015
35 (-1) Jerome Taylor WI 416* 34.57 717 v Eng at Jamaica 2009
37 ( - ) Taijul Islam Ban 408* 30.74 446 v Pak at Khulna 2015
38 (-2) Shane Watson Aus 405* 33.32 633 v SA at Cape Town 2011
43 (+10) Devendra Bishoo WI 385* 37.42 426 v Ind at Delhi 2011
50 ( - ) Jason Holder WI 327*! 34.14 327 v Aus at Dominica 2015
51 (-2) Shannon Gabriel WI 320* 35.81 360 v Zim at Dominica 2013
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts S Rating
1 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 380 419 v Zim at Khulna 2014
2 ( - ) Vernon Philander SA 341*/ 376 v Aus at Cape Town 2014
3 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 318*/ 419 v WI at Mumbai 2013
4 ( - ) Mitchell Johnson Aus 292 384 v Eng at Cardiff 2009
5 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 267 382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012
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