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Lahore: England has slipped one place to fourth in the Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings following its five wickets defeat in the Barbados Test, which has helped the West Indies to level the three-Test series at one-all.
England had entered the three-Test series in third place on 104 points, while the West Indies had begun in eighth spot on 76 points. But following Sunday’s result, Alastair Cook’s men have dropped behind Pakistan into fourth position, while the West Indies, after gaining three points, has reduced with gap with seventh-placed India to 14 points.
Pakistan, which faces Bangladesh in the second and final Test in Mirpur on Wednesday, must win to retain its latest Test ranking.
Should Pakistan succeed in doing so, Misbah-ul-Haq’s side will fall to 102 points but will be ranked above England when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point. Conversely, a Bangladesh win would see Pakistan drop behind England (102) and New Zealand (99) in fifth position on 96 points, while if the Test is drawn, then Pakistan will join New Zealand on 99 points but will be ranked above the Black Caps by a fraction of a point.
The Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings predictor function is available here. The Test rankings table, unlike the ODI & T20I tables, is updated after the series.
Meanwhile, the annual Test team rankings update like last week’s ODI and T20I tables will be carried out after the Mirpur Test.
West Indies v England
Jermaine Blackwood is the biggest mover in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen following scores of 85 and 47 not out which have helped him leap 31 places to a career-high 37th spot to date. Blackwood enjoyed a match-winning 108-run fifth wicket partnership with Darren Bravo whose second innings contribution of 82 has put him up three places to 29th.
Cook’s first innings score of 105 has promoted the England captain five places to 22nd, although there were declines for the likes of Joe Root (down two places to seventh), Gary Ballance (down two places to 19th), Ian Bell (down nine places to 30th) and Jonathan Trott (down six places to 47th).
In the bowling rankings, there were significant gains for three West Indies bowlers.
Jerome Taylor has moved up 13 places to 36th after claiming match figures of six for 69, Shannon Gabriel’s match tally of three for 63 has vaulted him seven places to 50th position but the biggest mover is Jason Holder whose five for 49 in the match has launched him 30 places to a career-high 51st position.
Bangladesh v Pakistan
Double-centurions from the Khulna Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan have made upward movements in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, which were released today.
Tamim Iqbal, who scored a Test best 206 and won the player of the match award, has gained eight places to join Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfraz Ahmed in 26th place (up by three places), while Mohammad Hafeez’s highest Test score of 224 has propelled him eight places to a career-high 34th to date.
Pakistan’s middle-order batsman Asad Shafiq has broken into the top 20 for the first time in his career after rising three places to 18th following shis core of 82. Bangladesh opener Imrul Kayes is also on a charge, having rocketed 24 places to a career-best 67th to date after scores of 51 and 150, while Mominul Haque has also moved up two places to a career-high 23rd position following scores of 80 and 21.
In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers, Bangladesh left-arm spinner Taijul Islam has moved to a career high 31st after claiming match figures of 6 for 163 although his team-mate Shakib Al Hasan has dropped two places to 15th.
Upcoming Test fixture
Bangladesh v Pakistan
6-10 May – 2nd Test, Mirpur
Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings (as on 4 May, following West Indies-England series and ahead of Bangladesh-Pakistan second Test)
1. South Africa 124
2. Australia 119
3. Pakistan 103
4. England 102
5. New Zealand 99
6. Sri Lanka 96
7. India 93
8. West Indies 79
9. Bangladesh 32
10. Zimbabwe 18
(Developed by David Kendix)
Reliance ICC Test Player Rankings (as on 4 May, following West Indies-England series and ahead of Bangladesh-Pakistan second Test)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 ( – ) K. Sangakkara SL 909 58.66 938 v Eng at Kandy 2007
2 ( – ) AB de Villiers SA 908 52.09 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
3 ( – ) Hashim Amla SA 891 52.78 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
4 ( – ) Steven Smith Aus 873! 52.36 873 v Ind at Sydney 2015
5 (+1) Angelo Mathews SL 841 51.50 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014
6 (+1) Kane Williamson NZ 839! 45.96 839 v SL at Wellington 2015
7 (-2) Joe Root Eng 824 55.00 865 v WI at St George’s 2015
8= ( – ) Younus Khan Pak 805 53.24 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
(+1) David Warner Aus 805 48.20 880 v Ind at Adelaide 2014
10 (+2) Virat Kohli Ind 774 46.30 784 v NZ at Wellington 2014
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
11 (-1) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 773 49.28 842 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2014
12 (-1) S.Chanderpaul WI 750 51.37 901 v NZ at Napier 2008
18 (+2) Asad Shafiq Pak 681! 41.12 681 v Ban at Khulna 2015
19 (-2) Gary Ballance Eng 678* 62.35 702 v WI at St George’s 2015
21 (+1) Azhar Ali Pak 659 41.91 753 v SL at Pallekele 2012
22 (+5) Alastair Cook Eng 651 46.22 874 v Ind at Kolkata 2012
23 (+2) Mominul Haque Ban 650*! 61.85 650 v Pak at Khulna 2015
26= (+8) Tamim Iqbal Ban 644 40.18 707 v Eng at Old Trafford 2010
(+3) Sarfraz Ahmed Pak 644* 45.70 656 v NZ at Dubai 2014
29 (+3) Darren Bravo WI 634 43.18 709 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 2012
30 (-9) Ian Bell Eng 624 44.57 822 v Ind at The Oval 2011
31 (-3) Marlon Samuels WI 618 35.83 672 v Zim at Bridgetown 2013
34 (+8) M. Hafeez Pak 609! 40.33 609 v Ban at Khulna 2015
35 (-2) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 606! 39.25 606 v Pak at Khulna 2015
36 (-2) K. Brathwaite WI 578* 36.80 591 v Eng at St George’s 2015
37 (+31) J. Blackwood WI 575*! 50.36 575 v Eng at Bridgetown 2015
43 (-5) M. Rahim Ban 544 33.02 604 v Zim at Mirpur 2014
45 (-1) Ahmed Shehzad Pak 538* 47.86 554 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2014
47 (-6) Jonathan Trott Eng 528 44.08 856 v SL at Cardiff 2011
67 (+24) Imrul Kayes Ban 419! 26.72 419 v Pak at Khulna 2015
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
1 ( – ) Dale Steyn SA 905 22.55 909 v WI at Centurion 2014
2 ( – ) James Anderson Eng 847! 29.22 847 v WI at Bridgetown 2015
3 (-1) Ryan Harris Aus 826 23.52 870 v SA at Cape Town 2014
4 ( – ) Rangana Herath SL 807 29.57 851 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2014
5 ( – ) M. Johnson Aus 804 27.84 849 v Pak at Dubai 2014
6 ( – ) Trent Boult NZ 795 27.39 805 v SL at Christchurch 2014
7 ( – ) V. Philander SA 780 21.95 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
8 ( – ) Stuart Broad Eng 761 29.97 783 v WI at Lord’s 2012
9 ( – ) Tim Southee NZ 743 30.61 799 v WI at Kingston 2014
10 ( – ) Morne Morkel SA 727 29.35 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Ave HS Rating
11 ( – ) Saeed Ajmal Pak 717 28.10 855 v Zim at Harare 2013
15 (-2) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 641 32.24 700 v Zim at Khulna 2014
16 (+1) Abdur Rehman Pak 612* 29.39 739 v Eng at Dubai 2012
17 (-1) Junaid Khan Pak 605* 29.88 652 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2014
26 (-2) Yasir Shah Pak 483* 30.63 507 v NZ at Sharjah 2014
31 (+9) Taijul Islam Ban 446*! 27.12 446 v Pak at Khulna 2015
33 (-2) Moeen Ali Eng 427* 29.50 456 v WI at St George’s 2015
35 (-2) Zulfiqar Babar Pak 422* 37.55 501 v NZ at Dubai 2014
36 (+13) Jerome Taylor WI 416* 34.35 717 v Eng at Kingston 2009
39 (+9) M. Hafeez Pak 391*! 34.97 391 v Ban at Khulna 2015
50 (+7) Shannon Gabriel WI 332* 34.93 360 v Zim at Dominica 2013
51 (+30) Jason Holder WI 324*! 34.46 324 v Eng at Bridgetown 2015
54 (+6) Ben Stokes Eng 305* 39.20 352 v Ind at Lord’s 2014
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Points HS Rating
1 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 388 419 v Zim at Khulna 2014
2 ( – ) V. Philander SA 341*/ 376 v Aus at Cape Town 2014
3 ( – ) R. Ashwin Ind 318*/ 419 v WI at Mumbai 2013
4 ( – ) M. Johnson Aus 291 384 v Eng at Cardiff 2009
5 ( – ) Stuart Broad Eng 259 382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012
