James Anderson overtakes Ravindra Jadeja to grab top spot in ICC Test Player Rankings:
James
Anderson topped the ICC Test Player Ranking table after his brilliant performance
against West Indies. England beat West Indies in third Test by 9 wickets &
they also won the Test series 2-0. This is the second series victory for Joe
Root & being captain he won 2 out of 2 series. Anderson struck his career
best figure 7-42 & took a 9 wicket haul against West Indies in third Test
match. Anderson overtakes Jadeja to become the top ICC Test Player. India’s
Ashwin & Sri Lanka’s Herath took the third & fourth spot in latest ICC
Test Player Rankings.
James Anderson overtakes Ravindra Jadeja to become the top ICC Test Player
James
Anderson topped the ranking in August 2016, has once again reclaimed the top
spot to become the oldest bowler to be number one ranked since Sri Lanka
Muralidaran in July 2009 & the oldest pace bolwer to be at the top of the
chart since Australia’s McGrath in January 2016.
This
has been the great year for James Anderson & he also completed his 500th
Test wickets against West Indies.
England
Ben Stokes has also raised himself in the Test rankings after he was awarded
man of the match trophy against West Indies in third Test. He scored 60 runs in
first innings that lifted him 4 places to a career best twentieth position
among batsmen while his first innings haul of 6-22 lifted him two places up to
reach twenty first spot in the ICC Test bowler ranking. Stokes overtakes Moeen
Ali to take the fourth position in ICC Test all rounders.
Moeen
Ali also jumped in the ICC Test bowler ranking to reach 19th
position while Toby Roland-Jones was impressive & he become 41st ranked
bowler in Tests.
West
Indies batsman Shai Hope shared the man of the series trophy with Anderson
& he jumped to 30th spot while Kieran Powell has secured 68th
place in Test batsman ranking.
Kemar
Roach has secured 24th place after a 5 wicket haul in first innings
while Jason Holder has moved up three places to reach 33rd place in
ICC Test bowler rankings.
The
ICC Test Team Ranking has not changed for both teams. England & West Indies
retain their pre series 105 & 75 points.
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