International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday rated the Brisbane pitch on which the first Test between Australia and South Africa was played as "below average".
The victories for Australia, England and India in their respective recent Test matches have seen a host of their stars climb the charts on the latest ICC Men's Test Player Rankings.
Labuschagne has consolidated his position at the top of the ICC Men's Test Player Rankings with a career-best 937 rating points after compiling his third three-figure knock in the two-match ICC World Test Championship (WTC) series against the West Indies.
On the eve of the second Test against the West Indies in Adelaide, Warner made a startling announcement that he would be withdrawing from the procedure put in place by Cricket Australia after they rewrote their code of conduct to allow Warner to appeal the ban.
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Labuschagne, who was just two points behind Root before the two ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Tests completed over the past week, now enjoys a healthy lead at the top even as Root has slipped to fourth place behind Steve Smith and Babar Azam.