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Hope and Chase on the rise

| @indiablooms | Oct 26, 2017, at 01:34 am
Shai Hope and Roston Chase have continued to head in the right direction in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen after wrist-spinner Devendra Bishoo spun the Windies to a 117-run victory over Zimbabwe in the first Test in Bulawayo on Tuesday.

Hope scored 90 not out and 44, while Chase contributed 31 and 95 as the Windies scored 219 and 373. For this performance, Hope has been rewarded with a jump of seven places that has put him in a career-high 24th place, while Chase has gained four places and now sits in 37th spot.

23-year-old Hope has recently been one of the most impressive and consistent batsmen on the international cricket circuit. He had started the three-Test series against England in 99th rank and ended in 30th place.

With the form he is in, Hope has an outstanding chance to finish the Zimbabwe tour inside the top 20 as he trails 20th-ranked Usman Khawaja of Australia by just eight points.

18th-ranked Kraigg Brathwaite remains the Windies’ highest-ranked batsman, though his lead over Hope has been trimmed to just 14 points.

Zimbabwe fought gallantly in the Test, where they scored 159 and 316 to fall 117 runs short.

The host side was mesmerised by Bishoo, who won the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year award in 2011. The 31-year-old from Guyana returned figures of five for 79 and four for 105 to not only walk away with the player of the match award but also collect 62 ranking points on the way, which have helped him lift from 28th place to a career-best 21st position.

Bishoo is now the Windies’ highest-ranked bowler, moving four places ahead of fast bowler Shannon Gabriel, who has slipped from 21st to 25th. Bishoo is now only eight points shy of leapfrogging England’s Moeen Ali to enter the top 20 for the first time in his career.

-- Chase and Bishoo have also improved their rankings in the all-rounders’ category. Chase is now 16th after rising two places, while Bishoo is 21st after lifting eight places.

Zimbabwe may have lost the Test, but they still have something to cheer.

Captain Graeme Cremer, who took four for 64 and four for 114, has vaulted 12 places to occupy 45th position in the latest bowlers’ rankings, while Sean Williams, who bagged three for 20 and three for 91, has rocketed 19 places to share 70th position with Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Kumara.

In the batting table, opener Hamilton Masakadza, who scored 42 and 57, has risen seven places to 49th, while Brendan Taylor, who scored 1 and 73, has returned to the rankings in 37th position alongside Chase.

The Test player rankings will now be updated following the conclusion of the second Test, which will be played in Bulawayo from Sunday, 29 October.

MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 25 October, after the first Test between Zimbabwe and the Windies):

Batsmen (top 10)

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

   1           ( - )          Steve Smith          Aus         936         59.66     941 v Ind at Dharamsala 2017

   2           ( - )          Joe Root                Eng         889         53.76     917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015

   3           ( - )          Kane Williamson NZ           880         51.16     893 v Aus at Perth 2015

   4           ( - )          C. Pujara               Ind          876         52.65     888 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2017

   5           ( - )          David Warner       Aus         807         47.94     880 v NZ at Perth 2015

   6           ( - )          Virat Kohli             Ind          806         49.55     895 v Ban at Hyderabad 2017

   7           ( - )          Hashim Amla       SA           795         49.87     907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013

   8           ( - )          Lokesh Rahul       Ind          761*!     46.27     761 v SL at Pallekele 2017

   9           ( - )          Ajinkya Rahane   Ind          760         47.61     825 v NZ at Indore 2016

  10         ( - )          Azhar Ali                Pak         755         46.62     787 v Aus at Melbourne 2016

Other selected rankings

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

  18         ( - )          K. Brathwaite        Win         667         36.80     701 v Eng at Headingley 2017

  24         (+7)         Shai Hope             Win         653*!     35.24     653 v Zim at Bulawayo 2017

  37=       (RE)        Brendan Taylor    Zim         584*      34.82     684 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

                (+4)         Roston Chase      Win         584*      40.60     626 v Pak at Dominica 2017

  45         (-2)          Craig Ervine         Zim         534*      37.16     536 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017

  49         (+7)         H. Masakadza      Zim         508*      29.07     559 v Ban at Chittagong 2014

  51         (-9)          J. Blackwood        Win         499         30.67     575 v Eng at Barbados 2015

  56         (-6)          Sikandar Raza     Zim         477*      36.75     497 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017

  62         (-4)          Jason Holder        Win         446         28.23     486 v Pak at Dominica 2017

  68         ( - )          Kieran Powell       Win         430         27.32     468 v Ban at Mirpur 2012

  93         (-13)       Sean Williams      Zim         347*      26.31     390 v SL at Harare 2016

  100       (-8)          Shane Dowrich    Win         333*      22.60     447 v Pak at Jamaica 2017

Bowlers (top 10)

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

   1           ( - )          James Anderson Eng         896!       27.39     896 v Win at Lord's 2017

   2           ( - )          Ravindra Jadeja  Ind          884         23.60     899 v Aus at Ranchi 2017

   3           ( - )          Kagiso Rabada    SA           876!       22.71     876 v Ban at Bloemfontein 2017

   4           ( - )          R. Ashwin              Ind          852         25.26     904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016

   5           ( - )          Rangana Herath  SL           833         27.82     867 v Zim at Harare 2016

   6           ( - )          Josh Hazlewood  Aus         794         25.75     863 v Ind at Bengaluru 2017

   7           ( - )          Nathan Lyon         Aus         752!       31.83     752 v Ban at Chittagong 2017

   8           ( - )          Dale Steyn            SA           748         22.30     909 v Win at Centurion 2014

   9           ( - )          Neil Wagner         NZ           745         28.90     767 v SA at Dunedin 2017

  10         ( - )          Stuart Broad         Eng         737         28.81     880 v SA at Johannesburg 2016

Other selected rankings

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

  21         (+7)         Devendra Bishoo Win         600*!     35.89     600 v Zim at Bulawayo 2017

  25         (-4)          Shannon Gabriel Win         578*      34.52     636 v Eng at Headingley 2017

  27         (-1)          Kemar Roach       Win         573        29.95     774 v SA at Centurion 2014

  31         ( - )          Jason Holder        Win         498*!     36.25     498 v Zim at Bulawayo 2017

  45         (+12)      Graeme Cremer  Zim         377*!     44.01     377 v Win at Bulawayo 2017

  66         (+1)         Roston Chase      Win         263*      47.61     264 v Eng at Headingley 2017

  70         (+19)      Sean Williams      Zim         244*!     40.33     244 v Win at Bulawayo 2017

  80         (-2)          H. Masakadza      Zim         189*      29.56     249 v Ban at Harare 2013

  94         (+2)         K. Brathwaite        Win         129*      51.76     225 v Ind at Antigua 2016

All-rounders (top five)

Rank    (+/-)           Player                    Team     Pts          Highest Rating

   1           ( - )          Shakib Al Hasan  Ban         438        489 v Aus at Mirpur 2017

   2           ( - )          Ravindra Jadeja  Ind          430        438 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2017

   3           ( - )          R. Ashwin              Ind          422        493 v Eng at Mohali 2016

   4           ( - )          Ben Stokes           Eng         396*!     396 v Win at Lord's 2017

   5           ( - )          Moeen Ali              Eng         378        409 v SA at Old Trafford 2017

*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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