LAHORE – In the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings, Pakistan have lostthree points and New Zealand have gained three, but the two retain theirfourth and sixth positions, respectively.
Pakistan’s bowlers had more to cheer about, with Faheem Ashraf moving up 22places to 13th position, Shaheen Afridi gaining up 11 ranks to reach acareer-best 16th position and Harif Rauf’s five wickets in the serieshelping him climb 42 places to 67th on the chart.
Mohammad Hafeez’s 140 runs, which included an unbeaten 99 in the secondmatch, see him gain 14 places to reach 33rd position. Mohammad Rizwan’s 158runs, including a match-winning 89 in the final game, have lifted him 152places to 158th position.
New Zealand opener Tim Seifert and fast bowler Tim Southee have attainedcareer-best positions after playing important roles in a 2-1 series winover Pakistan.
Seifert has advanced 24 slots to a career-best ninth position after a finerun in the home series saw him top the aggregate with 176 runs whileSouthee’s six wickets in the series have lifted him from 13th to seventhposition.
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Seifert, who was named player of the series with the high point being acareer-best 84 not out off 63 balls in the second match in Hamilton, had aprevious highest ranking of 32nd in August this year.
Southee’s six wickets, which included a haul of four for 21 in the secondmatch, enabled him to better his previous best of 10th positionaccomplished in November last year. Southee has thus reached the top 10 inall three formats during his career, having career-bests of fourth in Testsand ninth in ODIs.
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