ISLAMABAD – Mohammad Abbas was the hero of Pakistan’s series-clinching winover Australia in the Abu Dhabi Test, and also the star of the latest Testmatch rankings.
It was the Abbas show in Abu Dhabi all right. In the first Australiainnings, he led the way with 5/33 to help Pakistan take a 137-run lead.Then, after the batsmen had set Australia 538 to win, he scythed throughthe top and middle order on his way to figures of 5/62.
Abbas’ tally after 10 Tests is 59. He’s already bagged four five-fors inTest cricket and this was his first 10-wicket haul in a match. No surprisethen that he has dashed up the ICC Test Player Rankingslink forbowlers, all the way from No.14 to No.3 with career-best rating points of829.
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Only James Anderson and Kagiso Rabada are ahead of him, with 899 and 882points.
