Babar Azam attains career-best Check rating; Abdullah Shafique, Prabath Jayasuriya take massive leap

Pakistan opener Abdullah Shafique and Sri Lanka spinner Prabath Jayasuriya proceed to soar within the ICC Males’s Check Participant Rankings after splendid performances within the first Check of their ICC World Check Championship sequence in Galle.

Abdullah, who was declared Participant of the Match for his second innings knock of 160 and has amassed 720 runs in his first six Assessments, superior 23 slots to succeed in 16^th place with a Pakistan report of 671 score factors. The earlier greatest by a Pakistan batter after six Assessments was Saeed Ahmed’s 614 score factors and solely two batters have ever had extra factors after six Assessments – Sunil Gavaskar (692) and Donald Bradman (687).

Left-arm spinner Jayasuriya, whose 21 wickets rank him joint-third by way of most wickets after two Assessments, has moved up 11 locations to 44^th place with 481 score factors, the fourth highest by any bowler after two Assessments. Narendra Hirwani (519), Alec Bedser (500) and Bob Massie (494) had greater score factors after two Assessments.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s scores of 119 and 55 see him overtake Australia’s Steve Smith to succeed in a profession excessive third rating with a profession greatest score of 874 factors. Babar is at present prime ranked in each ODIs and T20Is and stays the one batter within the prime 10 of all three lists.

Quick bowler Shaheen Afridi is one other Pakistan participant to achieve within the newest weekly replace, shifting up one place to a profession best-equaling third place after grabbing 4 wickets within the first innings. Hasan Ali and Yasir Shah have gained a slot every to succeed in 13^th and 32^nd positions, respectively.

Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal has gained 11 slots to succeed in 18^th place after scores of 76 and 94 not out whereas Kusal Mendis (up two locations to 47^th) and Oshada Fernando (up 11 locations to 58^th) too have made headway within the Check rankings.

Within the Males’s ODI Participant Rankings, South Africa’s Quinton de Kock has progressed two locations to fourth after his 92 not out within the third match towards England that was washed out by rain, ending the sequence at 1-1. England quick bowler David Willey has moved as much as 23^rd place amongst bowlers.

Performances within the first two matches of the West Indies versus India sequence had been additionally thought-about within the newest weekly replace.

India captain Shikhar Dhawan, who scored a match-winning 97 within the first ODI, has moved up one place to joint-13^th whereas Shreyas Iyer is up 20 locations to joint-54^th amongst batters. Quick bowler Mohammad Siraj is within the prime 100.

For the West Indies, opener Shai Hope is up three locations to 12^th after his valiant 115 within the second match whereas quick bowler Alzarri Joseph has gained two locations to succeed in 16^th place after grabbing two wickets every in each matches.

Within the Males’s T20I Participant Rankings, New Zealand gamers Glenn Phillips (up three locations to joint-27^th amongst batters) and quick bowler Lockie Ferguson (up 5 locations to 35^th amongst bowlers) have made notable progress, as have Eire bowlers Mark Adair and Joshua Little, who’re in 43^rd and 44^th positions, respectively.

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