ISLAMABAD – Pakistani leg-spinning all-rounder Shadab Khan has moved upthree places to 93rd among bowlers and 22 places to 108th among batsmen inthe MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings released Monday.
Pakistan’s Mohammad Abbas and left-arm bowler Mohammad Amir have retainedtheir 20th and 32nd places respectively. Fast bowler Faheem Ashraf (up 18places to 98th) and middle-order batsman Haris Sohail (up two places to77th) are the other gainers in the latest rankings, said a press releaseissued here.
Seventh-ranked Pakistan could have swapped places with fifth-ranked Englandhad they managed to win the second Test but the result means there are nochange of places on the ICC Test Team Rankings with England losing onepoint and Pakistan gaining one in the two-match series.
England’s Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes have moved up the rankings afterthe second Test. Broad’s figures of three for 38 and three for 28 havehelped him gain two spots and move to 12th place, the position on which hehad started the series while Woakes has gained one spot to reach 34th placeafter taking four wickets in the match. James Anderson’s five wickets havehelped him gain three points to reach within five points of top-rankedKagiso Rabada (897 points).
Among their batsmen, Jos Buttler is the biggest gainer, as his player ofthe match effort of 80 not out has lifted him 19 places to 63rd position.Opener Alastair Cook (up one place to 13th), Dawid Malan (up one place to60th) and Dominic Bess (up 23 places to 92) are the others to gain.
In a series starting on Wednesday, the Windies play three Tests against SriLanka at home, with a chance to improve their position in the teamrankings. A 2-0 or verdict could help ninth-placed Windies overtakeBangladesh while pulling Sri Lanka down from sixth to seventh position.