New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has reached the joint second spot on par with Indian captain Virat Kohli with a two-place improvement in the latest ICC Test rankings released on Monday, thanks to his career-high 251-run innings in the first Test match against the West Indies. . Williamson’s innings of 251 runs is the ninth highest score in New Zealand’s Test history. With the help of this innings, he has moved from fourth to second position.
He earned 74 points from his performance which increased his rating from 812 to 886. His teammate Tom Latham scored 86 in the top ten, scoring a career-best rating of 733. In the ICC Test batting rankings, Steven Smith of Australia is in first place with 891 points. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson and India’s Virat Kohli are jointly in second place with 886 points. After this, Australia’s Marnus Labushen is in fourth place with 827 points.
Babar Azam of Pakistan is at the fifth position with 797 points. In the second innings of the West Indies, Alzari Joseph scored an unbeaten 86 and jumped 31 places to achieve a career-best 123rd ranking. Neil Wagner, who took six wickets against the West Indies, finished second in the ICC Test rankings, surpassing England’s Stuart Broad with 849 points. In the bowlers’ rankings, Australia’s Pat Cummins remains on top with 904 points. New Zealand’s Tim Southee is at number four, while Kagiso Rabada of South Africa is in fifth place with 802 points. West Indies captain Jason Holder has dropped from fifth to seventh position in bowling. Holder did not get any wickets in the first Test. Holder has also slipped from the top position to the second position in the list of all-rounder players. England’s Ben Stokes tops the all-rounder list.
