Match-winner Stuart Board leaps to 3rd spot in ICC rankings

Match-winner Stuart leaps to third spot in rankings

Dubai, July 29: Stuart Broad progressed seven places to grab the third position among bowlers in the latest ICC Player Rankings after a stellar show in the final Test against the West Indies.

England won the third and final game by 269 runs to clinch the series 2-1.

The formerly top-ranked bowler, who finished with a match haul of 10 for 67 during which he touched the milestone of 500 Test wickets, has reached his best position since August 2016 when he was third.

The 34-year-old has also gained seven places with the bat after his quick-fire 62 off 45 balls in the first innings, the joint-third fastest for England in Test history, and risen three places among all-rounders to 11th.

Indian cricketers, who have not taken the field since March due to the Covid-19 pandemic, retained their positions in the top-10 of batsmen rankings.

Skipper Virat Kohli remains second in the batsmen standings behind Steve Smith while Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane remain seventh and ninth respectively.

In the of allrounders, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin continue to occupy the third and fifth spot respectively.

However, with Broad moving seven places to break in to the top 10, India’s Jasprit Bumrah was pushed down a spot to be placed eighth in the bowlers list.

Another England bowler to advance in the rankings was Chris Woakes, whose five-wicket haul in the second innings lifted him to 20th position and a careerbest rating points tally of 654. England opener Rory Burns gained 13 spots to reach 17th position after scores of 57 and 90 at Old Trafford. — PTI list