Only three Pakistanis in ICC’s top 10 Rankings

ISLAMABAD: Only three Pakistanis won places in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Player Rankings released on Tuesday.

In the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen Pakistan’s Younis Khan is placed on 5th position with an average of 53.94 and 826points followed by Test Skipper Misbah ul Haq on the 10th spot with an average of 48.89 and 764 points, said a press release issued here.

In the ICC s Player Rankings for Test Bowlers Yasir Shah of Pakistan is ranked 4th with an average of 24.17 and 846 points.

However England’s James Anderson has topped the Rankings for Test Bowlers for the first time in his career after bowling his side to a nine wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the second Test at Chester le Street on Monday.

Other bowlers to improve their rankings post the Chester le Street Test are Nuwan Pradeep (43rd up by five places) Milinda Siriwardana (50th up by 13 places) and Chris Woakes (73rd up by 16places).

In the batting table England’s Moeen Ali has achieved a career high ranking.

The left handed batsman scored 155 not out his career best score in 25 Tests which helped England to declare its first innings at 498 for nine.

For this achievement Ali has earned82 points that has lifted him 12 places to a career high 35thposition in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen.

Australia captain Steve Smith is the number one ranked Test batsman followed by Joe Root of England and New Zealand s Kane Williamson.

The Test player rankings will now be updated after the Lords Test between England and Sri Lanka.

Batsmen (top 10) include Steve Smith (Australia 1st) Joe Root (England 2nd) Kane Williamson (New Zealand 3rd) Hashim Amla (South Africa 4th) Younus Khan (Pakistan 5th) AB de Villiers(South Africa 6th) Adam Voges (Australia 7th) David Warner (Australia 8th) Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka 9th) and Misbah ul Haq (Pakistan 10th).

Bowlers (top 10) James Anderson (England 1st)

Ashwin(India 2nd) Stuart Broad (England 3rd) Yasir Shah (Pakistan 4th) Dale Steyn (South Africa 5th) Ravindra Jadeja (India 6th) Trent Boult (New Zealand 7th) Josh Hazlewood (Australia 8th) Morne Morkel (South Africa) and Vernon Philander (South Africa 10th).