ICC: Masood, Woakes and Buttler move up in Test rankings

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Pakistan opener Shan Masood’s solid first-innings century and crucial second innings knocks by the England pair of Chris Woakes and Jos Buttler reflect in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings, which were updated on Sunday after the first Test in Manchester.

  • Formerly top-ranked Yasir Shah also gains in update after opening Test in Manchester

Left-hander Masood’s knock of 156, which helped Pakistan take a 107-run first innings lead, has lifted him 14 places to a career-best 19th position, making him the second highest ranked Test batsman from his side after sixth-placed Babar Azam. Masood’s previous best was 32nd position in February this year.

Player of the Match Woakes has progressed 18 places to 78th position after figuring in a 139-run sixth-wicket stand with Buttler that guided England to a three-wicket win. Woakes, who scored 19 and 84 in the match, has also jumped to seventh position in the list of all-rounders. Buttler’s innings of 38 and 75 have lifted him from 44th to 30th while Ollie Pope has attained a career-best 36th position after scoring 62 and seven.

In the bowlers’ list, Pakistan leg-spinners Yasir Shah and Shadab Khan have made notable gains. Shah, a formerly top-ranked bowler, has moved up two places to 22nd place after finishing with eight wickets in the match. Shadab has re-entered the rankings at a career-best 69th position.

For England, Stuart Broad remains in third position after taking six wickets in the match, but has closed the gap with New Zealand bowler Neil Wagner to seven points. Jofra Archer’s four wickets have helped him advance two places to 37th in the list.

In the ICC World Test Championship points table, England have moved to 266 points, within 30 points of second-placed Australia. India lead the table with 360 points, New Zealand are fourth with 180 points and Pakistan fifth at 140.

Each series of the WTC is worth 120 points, distributed evenly over the number of matches in a series. The points range from 60 for each match of a two-Test series to 24 for each match of a five-Test series. More on the WTC is available here.

MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings (as of 9 August, after the first England-Pakistan Test in Manchester):

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank(+/–)PlayerTeamPtsAvgeHighest Rating
1(-)Steve SmithAus91162.84947 v SA at Durban 2018
2(-)Virat KohliInd88653.62937 v Eng at Southampton 2018
3(-)Marnus LabuschagneAus827*!63.43827 v NZ at Sydney 2020
4(+1)Kane WilliamsonNZ81250.99915 v Ban at Hamilton 2019
5(+2)David WarnerAus79348.94880 v NZ at Perth 2015
6(-)Babar AzamPak79144.74800 v Ban at Rawalpindi 2020
7(–3)Ben StokesEng77537.84827 v WI at Old Trafford 2020
8(-)Cheteshwar PujaraInd76648.66888 v SL at Nagpur 2017
9(-)Joe RootEng74248.05917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
10(-)Ajinkya RahaneInd72642.88825 v NZ at Indore 2016

Other selected rankings

Rank(+/–)PlayerTeamPtsAvgeHighest Rating
19(+14)Shan MasoodPak653!33.62653 v Eng at Old Trafford 2020
30=(+14)Jos ButtlerEng58932.31635 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2018
36=(+10)Ollie PopeEng564*!42.20564 v Pak at Old Trafford 2020
78=(+18)Chris WoakesEng39627.25496 v Ind at Lord’s 2018

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank(+/–)PlayerTeamPtsAvgeHighest Rating
1(-)Pat CumminsAus90421.82914 v Eng at Old Trafford 2019
2(-)Neil WagnerNZ84326.60859 v Aus at Melbourne 2019
3(-)Stuart BroadEng83627.79880 v SA at Johannesburg 2016
4(-)Tim SoutheeNZ812!29.00812 v Ind at Christchurch 2020
5(-)Jason HolderWI81026.69862 v Eng at Southampton 2020
6(-)Kagiso RabadaSA80222.95902 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2018
7(-)Mitchell StarcAus79726.97807 v NZ at Perth 2019
8(-)Jasprit BumrahInd779*20.33834 v WI at Jamaica 2019
9(-)Trent BoultNZ77027.65825 v Eng at Lord’s 2015
10=(-)Josh HazlewoodAus76926.20864 v Ind at Begaluru 2017
10=(+3)Mohammad AbbasPak769*20.84838 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2018

Other selected rankings

Rank(+/–)PlayerTeamPtsAvgeHighest Rating
22(+2)Yasir ShahPak62330.16878 v Eng at Lord’s 2016
37(+2)Jofra ArcherEng412*29.21465 v Aus at The Oval 2019
69(RE)Shadab KhanPak202*!36.64202 v Eng at Old Trafford 2020

All-rounders (top five)

Rank(+/–)PlayerTeamPtsHighest Rating
1(-)Ben StokesEng464497 v WI at Old Trafford 2020
2(-)Jason HolderWI447485 v Eng at Southampton 2020
3(-)Ravindra JadejaInd397438 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2017
4(-)Mitchell StarcAus298346 v India at Pune 2017
5(-)Ravichandran AshwinInd281492 v Eng at Mohali 2016

For more information on player rankings, please click here.

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