England’s veteran bowler James Anderson has develop into the no. 1 ranked Test bowler within the newly launched ICC Men’s Test Rankings. The 40-year-old quick bowler displaced Australian skipper Pat Cummins and ended the latter’s four-year reign to acquire the top spot amongst bowlers.
Anderson grabbed the place following his exploits within the ongoing New Zealand tour, the place he took a 7-wicket match haul within the first sport to information England to an emphatic 267-run victory in Mount Maunganui. The English cricketer jumped two spots to acquire the crown with 866 factors and likewise overtook India’s Ravichandran Ashwin, who now stands subsequent to him within the tally, as Cummins slipped to the third spot.
Notably, it’s the sixth time Anderson held the no. 1 title amongst bowlers within the longest format. However, there’s an opportunity for each Ashwin and Cummins to declare the throne from him by performing properly within the remaining two fixtures of the continuing Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2023. The 36-year-old Tamil Nadu cricketer with 864 factors is simply two figures away from bagging the premier bowler title within the Test format.
Apart from Anderson, India’s star spinner Ravindra Jadeja additionally confirmed a major gain within the newest rankings and is again within the top ten listing. Jadeja moved up seven locations to attain the ninth place. The 34-year-old cricketer performed a big function in serving to India retain BGT 2023 and was additionally adjudged participant of the match within the two consecutive matches of the sequence performed up to now.
The second main run-scorer for India within the ongoing sequence towards Australia, Axar Patel, ranked fifth within the all-rounder’s class. Meanwhile, New Zealand pair Tom Blundell (eleventh) and Devon Conway (seventeenth) rose to career-high positions in batters rankings, with England’s Ollie Pope (twenty third), Harry Brook (thirty first) and Ben Duckett (thirty eighth) additionally exhibiting drastic jumps.
In the meantime, Marnus Labuschagne maintained his numero-uno amongst batters.