The Boxing Day Ashes Test saw pacers taking all the 36 wickets and the match finishing within two days. England snapped their 18-match winless streak in the Aussie land and registered their first Test win in Australia since 2010/11.
Australia opener Travis Head's stellar performance has helped him to the joint-third spot in the Test batting rankings. Head climbed four places and has 815 rating points. Head now shares this spot with his teammate Steve Smith and is ahead of England's Harry Brook (813), who slipped down to
Noman collected a 10-wicket haul during Pakistan's 93-run triumph over South Africa in Lahore recently and moved up four places to second overall on the list for Test bowlers as a result.
Following their exceptional performance in The Oval Test, Indian fast-bowlers Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna gained their career-best ratings of 674 points and 368 points, respectively, in the latest ICC Men's Test Bowler Rankings on Wednesday.
Brook rose to the top following a magnificent innings of 158 in the first innings of the second Test against India in Birmingham, with Root dropping back to second spot on the latest rankings and some 18 rating points behind his more junior teammate, as per the ICC official website.
The 27-year-old showed his class with innings of 134 and 118 as India fell to a five-wicket loss and in the process gained one spot to move to sixth overall on the latest rankings for Test batters.
South Africa, still basking in the glory of their World Test Championship (WTC) final triumph against Australia, saw the star-studded group soar to new heights in the latest ICC rankings.
Former Indian crickter Shikhar Dhawan hailed Ravindra Jadeja as he made history by becoming the longest-standing No.1 all-rounder in ICC Test rankings ,holding the top spot for an impressive 1,150 + days.
Australia continue to lead the ICC Test rankings, while India hold the top position in both ODI and T20I formats. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka have made significant progress across formats, emerging as one of the biggest winners in the latest annual update of the ICC rankings, as per the official w
Pakistan's Saud Shakeel, and bowler Noman Ali on Wednesday made significant gains in the latest International Cricket Council's (ICC) Men's Test rankings.
India's ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah has reached an impressive milestone in the ICC Men's Test Bowling Rankings, sitting at 904 rating points. This achievement ties the record for the highest rating ever attained by an Indian player, a record previously set by spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Bumrah
As per Wisden, Brook, who has 898 rating points, levelled with Sachin, who had a career-high rating of 898 points during the 2002 following a Test match against Zimbabwe