Shakib, Latham attain career-bests in ICC Test rankings

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.

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.

Others to gain in the latest rankings include Bangladesh’s Mahmadullah, who gained four slots to reach 50th placing among batsmen, while his team’s fast bowler Kamrul Islam Rabbi has gained 14 slots to reach 85th ranking.

In the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings, New Zealand has gained two points with the 2-0 series win to reach 98 points.

It has overtaken Pakistan, which is now in sixth position with 97 points. India leads the table with 120 points.

MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 24 January 2017, after the New Zealand-Bangladesh Test series)

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts         Avge     Highest Rating
   1         ( - )        Steve Smith         Aus        933       60.15    937 v Pak at Melbourne 2016
   2         ( - )        Virat Kohli          Ind         875       50.10    886 v Eng at Mumbai 2016
   3         ( - )        Joe Root               Eng        848       52.80    917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
   4         ( - )        K.Williamson      NZ         823       50.07    893 v Aus at Perth 2015
   5         ( - )        David Warner      Aus        812       49.16    880 v NZ at Perth 2015
   6         ( - )        Hashim Amla      SA         787       49.99    907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
   7         ( - )        Azhar Ali             Pak        779       47.07    787 v Aus at Melbourne 2016
   8         ( - )        Younus Khan       Pak        772       53.06    880 v SL at Lahore 2009
   9         ( - )        Quinton de Kock SA         760*     51.04    769 v SL at Cape Town 2017
  10        ( - )        AB de Villiers     SA         755       50.46    935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014

Other selected rankings

Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts         Avge     Highest Rating
22          (+1)       S.Al Hasan           Ban        656       40.67    659 v NZ at Wellington 2017
26          (+5)       Tom Latham        NZ         640!      40.37    640 v Ban at Christchurch 2017
50=        (+4)       Mahmudullah      Ban        490       30.51    509 v SA at Mirpur 2015
60          (+16)     Henry Nicholls    NZ         452!      31.33    452 v Ban at Christchurch 2017

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts        Avge      Highest Rating
   1         ( - )        R. Ashwin            Ind         887       24.96     904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016
   2         ( - )        Ravindra Jadeja   Ind         879!      24.07     879 v Eng at Chennai 2016
   3         ( - )        Josh Hazlewood  Aus        860!      24.78     860 v Pak at Sydney 2017
   4         ( - )        Rangana Herath   SL          827       28.31     867 v Zim at Harare 2016
   5         ( - )        Kagiso Rabada    SA         821*!    21.76    821 v SL at Johannesburg 2017
   6         ( - )        Dale Steyn           SA         819        22.30    909 v WI at Centurion 2014
   7         ( - )        James Anderson  Eng        810        28.50    884 v SL at Durham 2016
   8         ( - )        Stuart Broad        Eng        803        28.54    880 v SA at Johannesburg 2016
   9         ( - )        V. Philander        SA         798        21.40    912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
  10        ( - )        Mitchell Starc     Aus        770        28.29    805 v Pak at Brisbane 2016
 
Other selected rankings

Rank     (+/-)       Player                Team      Pts        Avge      Highest Rating
14          (+1)       S. Al Hasan          Ban        676       32.12     700 v Zim at Khulna 2014
57          (+1)       Ish Sodhi              NZ         289*     46.68     307 v Ind at Kanpur 2016
85          (+14)     K. Islam Rabbi    Ban        156*!    42.57     156 v NZ at Christchurch 2017

All-rounders (top five)

Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts        Highest Rating
   1         ( - )        R. Ashwin            Ind         482       493 v Eng at Mohali 2016
   2         ( - )        Shakib Al Hasan  Ban        443!      443 v NZ at Christchurch 2017
   3         ( - )        Ravindra Jadeja   Ind         376*/ !  376 v Eng at Chennai 2016
   4         ( - )        Ben Stokes           Eng        327 /*   351 v Ind at Mohali 2016
   5         ( - )        Moeen Ali           Eng        312 /*   347 v Ind at Rajkot 2016

*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after playing 40 Test innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating when he reaches 100 Test wickets.
!indicates career-highest rating

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