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Mehedi Hasan vaults into 33rd position after Mirpur heroics

India Blooms News Service | | 31 Oct 2016, 04:12 pm
Dubai, Oct 31 (IBNS): Teenager Mehedi Hasan has rocketed into 33rd position in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers after bowling Bangladesh to its first-ever Test victory over England which earned the home side a 1-1 series draw in Mirpur on Sunday.

Mehedi, who won the player of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2016 award at the same venue eight months ago, returned match figures of 12 for 159, which has given him a lift of 28 positions.

The off-spinner had entered the player rankings last week after taking seven for 138 on his debut in Chittagong.

Mehedi is now Bangladesh’s second highest-ranked Test bowler behind Shakib Al Hasan (15th). The 19-year-old looks strong to gain further points and can potentially break into the 20 as he is still in the qualification period. A bowler qualifies for a full rating after he has taken 100 wickets, while Mehedi has claimed 19 wickets in two Tests.

The other bowlers to improve their rankings following the Mirpur Test are England’s trio of Chris Woakes, Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali.

Woakes, who took three for 30 in the first innings, has moved up two places to 18th, Stokes has achieved a career-high ranking of 21st after moving up two places following match figures of five for 65, while Ali has gained two places and is now in 25th spot after figures of five for 57 and one for 60.

In what turned out to be a difficult Test for batsmen, England captain Alastair Cook has climbed one place to 11th following scores of 14 and 59, Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has risen four places to 20th after scores of 104 and 40, Mominul Haque has lifted one place to 26th after contributing 66 and one, Shakib Al Hasan is now in 27th position after moving up one place following scores of 10 and 41, and Imrul Kayes has earned two spots and is now in 53rd position after chipping in with one and 78.

England’s Joe Root has dropped out of the top three. He has slipped two places to fifth following scores of 56 and one.

Bangladesh’s 108 runs victory in Mirpur has also earned the youngest of the 10 Test playing countries eight ranking points. This means it is now on 65 points, just two points behind eighth-ranked West Indies.

In contrast, fourth-ranked England has dropped to 105 points after conceding three points.

Meanwhile, Australia and South Africa will go head to head in a mouth-watering three-Test series starting in Perth on Thursday.

Australia is currently ranked third on 108 points, while South Africa is in fifth spot on 96 points. Any side making a sweep of the series will jump in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings.

A 3-0 win will put Australia on 112 points and ahead of Pakistan in second place even if the Asian side defeats the West Indies by 3-0. In contrast, South Africa will join England on 105 points if it wins 3-0 but will be fraction of a point behind in fourth place, whereas Australia will drop to fifth on 102 points.

A 2-1 series win for Australia will mean it will gain two points and South Africa will drop one point, but Australia will slip behind England by a fraction and South Africa will rise to 102 points when the series result is reversed.

Australia captain Steve Smith will start the series as the number-one ranked batsman, leading South Africa’s third-ranked batsman Hashim Amla by 59 points. Adam Voges (seventh), David Warner (ninth), Faf de Plessis (25th), Dean Elgar (28th) and Quinton de Kock (30th) are the other batsmen inside the top 30 to feature in the series.

Amongst the bowlers, second-ranked Dale Steyn trails India’s number-one ranked Ravichandran Ashwin by 22 points, while Mitchell Starc is Australia’s highest-ranked bowler in eighth position – 69 points ahead of South Africa’s 10th-ranked Vernon Philander.

Bowlers outside the top 10 and aiming to improve their rankings include Josh Hazlewood (11th), Morne Morkel (13th), Nathan Lyon (14th) and Peter Siddle (19th).

In the all-rounders’ list, which is headed by Ashwin, Starc is the highest-ranked player from either side in sixth position – 15 points ahead of Philander.

MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings (After England-Bangladesh series and before the start of Australia-South Africa series)

 

Rank Team              Points

1          India                115

2          Pakistan          111

3          Australia         108

4          England           105 (-3)

5          South Africa   96

6          Sri Lanka        95

7          New Zealand   91

8          West Indies     67

9          Bangladesh     65 (+8)

10        Zimbabwe       08

 

(Developed by David Kendix)

 

MRF ICC Test Player Rankings (After England-Bangladesh series and before the start of Australia-South Africa series)

 

Batsmen (top 20)

 

Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts         Ave        HS Rating

   1         ( - )        Steve Smith         Aus        906        58.55    936 v Eng at Lord's 2015

   2         ( - )        Younus Khan       Pak        860        54.30    880 v SL at Lahore 2009

   3         (+1)       Hashim Amla      SA         847        51.16    907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013

   4         (+1)       Kane Williamson NZ         841        50.31    893 v Aus at Perth 2015

   5         (-2)        Joe Root               Eng        834        53.28    917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015

   6         ( - )        Ajinkya Rahane   Ind         825!      51.37    825 v NZ at Indore 2016

   7=       ( - )        Adam Voges        Aus        802*     72.75    824 v SL at Galle 2016

              ( - )        AB de Villiers     SA         802        50.46    935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014

   9         ( - )        David Warner      Aus        772        48.63    880 v NZ at Perth 2015

  10        ( - )        Misbah-ul-Haq    Pak        765        48.71    842 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2014

  11        (+1)       Alastair Cook      Eng        738        46.87    874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012

  12        ( - )        Azhar Ali             Pak        737        46.12    754 v WI at Dubai 2016

  13        (+1)       Asad Shafiq         Pak        732        43.84    758 v Eng at Lord's 2016

  14=      (+1)       Angelo Mathews SL          731        47.16    877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014

              (+1)       C. Pujara              Ind         731        49.22    851 v SA at Durban 2013

  16=      (+1)       Virat Kohli          Ind         718        45.56    784 v NZ at Wellington 2014

              (-5)        Jonny Bairstow    Eng        718        40.84    750 v Ban at Chittagong 2016

  18        ( - )        D. Chandimal      SL          692!      44.25    692 v Aus at Colombo (SSC) 2016

  19        ( - )        Ross Taylor         NZ         675        46.24    871 v WI at Hamilton 2013

  20        (+4)       Tamim Iqbal        Ban        668        40.34    707 v Eng at Old Trafford 2010

 

Selected rankings

 

Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts         Ave        HS Rating

  26        (+1)       Mominul Haque  Ban        625*     51.66    661 v Pak at Mirpur 2015

  27        (+1)       Shakib Al Hasan  Ban        603        39.05    629 v Pak at Mirpur 2015

  29        (-3)        Moeen Ali           Eng        587        33.60    622 v Ban at Chittagong 2016

  30        ( - )        Quinton de Kock SA         584*!    47.66    584 v NZ at Centurion 2016

  33        ( - )        Shaun Marsh       Aus        576*!    40.22    576 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2016

  36        ( - )        Usman Khawaja  Aus        557*     44.03    613 v NZ at Wellington 2016

  39        (-3)        Ben Stokes           Eng        539        33.12    594 v Aus at Lord's 2015

  45        (-5)        Mushfiqur Rahim              Ban        513        31.97    604 v Zim at Mirpur 2014

  47        (+1)       JP Duminy           SA         504        32.44    586 v SL at Galle 2014

  49        ( - )        Mahmudullah      Ban        503        31.17    509 v SA at Mirpur 2015

  52        (+1)       Temba Bavuma   SA         482*!    39.75    482 v NZ at Centurion 2016

  53        (+2)       Imrul Kayes         Ban        478!      28.46    478 v Eng at Mirpur 2016

  55        (-4)        Gary Ballance      Eng        470*     39.25    702 v WI at Grenada 2015

Bowlers (top 20)

Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts         Avge      HS Rating

   1         ( - )        R. Ashwin            Ind         900!      24.29    900 v NZ at Indore 2016

   2         ( - )        Dale Steyn           SA         878        22.24    909 v WI at Centurion 2014

   3         ( - )        James Anderson  Eng        853        28.28    884 v SL at Durham 2016

   4         ( - )        Rangana Herath   SL          831        28.71    851 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2014

   5         ( - )        Yasir Shah           Pak        829        27.27    878 v Eng at Lord's 2016

   6         (-1)        Stuart Broad        Eng        821        28.48    880 v SA at Johannesburg 2016

   7         ( - )        Ravindra Jadeja   Ind         805*     23.52    809 v NZ at Kolkata 2016

   8         ( - )        Mitchell Starc     Aus        792!      27.36    792 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2016

   9         ( - )        Neil Wagner        NZ         731*     29.63    760 v SA at Centurion 2016

  10        ( - )        Vernon Philander SA         723        22.09    912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013

  11=      ( - )        Trent Boult          NZ         715        29.56    825 v Eng at Lord's 2015

              ( - )        Josh Hazlewood  Aus        715*     26.40    792 v WI at Hobart 2015

  13        ( - )        Morne Morkel     SA         710        29.33    776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011

  14        ( - )        Nathan Lyon        Aus        677        32.80    696 v NZ at Wellington 2016

  15        ( - )        Shakib Al Hasan  Ban        672        32.16    700 v Zim at Khulna 2014

  16        ( - )        Dilruwan Perera  SL          645*     28.35    658 v Aus at Galle 2016

  17        ( - )        Tim Southee        NZ         637        32.63    799 v WI at Jamaica 2014

  18        (+2)       Chris Woakes      Eng        603*     25.86    609 v Pak at The Oval 2016

  19        (-1)        Peter Siddle         Aus        602        29.88    816 v Eng at Old Trafford 2013

  20        (-1)        D. Prasad             SL          583*     35.97    632 v WI at Colombo (PSS) 2015

Selected rankings

Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts         Avge      HS Rating

  21        (+2)       Ben Stokes           Eng        579       *!           33.32    579 v Ban at Mirpur 2016

  25        (+2)       Moeen Ali           Eng        541       *            39.64    557 v SA at Durban 2015

  27        (-1)        Steven Finn         Eng        514                     30.40    624 v NZ at Headingley 2013

  29        ( - )        Kagiso Rabada    SA         497       *!           24.44    497 v NZ at Centurion 2016

  33        (+28)     Mehedi Hasan     Ban        463       *!           15.63    463 v Eng at Mirpur 2016

  37        (-1)        Taijul Islam         Ban        436       *            32.13    446 v Pak at Khulna 2015

  40        (-1)        Imran Tahir         SA         395       *            40.24    426 v Ind at Nagpur 2015

 

All-rounders (top five)

 

Rank     (+/-)       Player                  Team     Pts         HS Rating

   1         ( - )        R. Ashwin            Ind         451!      451 v NZ at Indore 2016

   2         ( - )        Shakib Al Hasan  Ban        405       419 v Zim at Khulna 2014

   3         ( - )        Moeen Ali           Eng        318 /*!  318 v Ban at Mirpur 2016

   4         ( - )        Ben Stokes           Eng        312 /*!  312 v Ban at Mirpur 2016

   5         ( - )        Ravindra Jadeja   Ind         292*/*! 292 v NZ at Indore 2016

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