ICC Test Rankings: Kane Williamson Joins Virat Kohli for 2nd Position, Smith retains his top spot

New Zealand skipper Williamson who was superb with the bat against West Indies in recently concluded 1st Test Match held in Hamilton where he scored 251 runs which is his highest individual score in red-ball cricket jumps in Test batsman rankings up to two places to Join Kohli at number 2nd spot falling behind Australian ace batsman Steven Smith who retains his top spot in latest ICC Test Batsman rankings.

Jason Holder was all praise for @BLACKCAPS skipper Kane Williamson, who scored a match-winning 251 in the first #NZvWI Test 🙌#WTC21 pic.twitter.com/bW10MZQdVB

— ICC (@ICC) December 7, 2020

However other Kiwi’s batsman Tom Latham played an outstanding knock of 86 runs due to which he garnered his carrier best tally of 733 and tenth place on the table. The only fighting knock from West Indies camp against New Zealand in first test came from Jermaine Blackwood who scored his second Test century which made he climb upto 17 places to reach at the 41st position in the latest ICC rankings.

New Zealand bowlers also did a commendable job against Caribbean side where Neil Wagner clinch six wickets edged him ahead of England speedster Stuart Broad into second place of the bowler’s rankings. Another experienced Kiwi bowler Tim Southee who made his Test debut in 2008 achieved a carrier points of 817 which eventually placed in 4th position of ICC Test Bowler rankings.

Let’s have a look at the recent ICC Test Rankings comprising of Batsman and Bowlers respectively

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avge	Highest Rating
1	( – )	Steve Smith	Aus	911	62.84	947 v SA at Durban 2018
2	(+2)	K Williamson	NZ	886	52.55	915 v Ban at Hamilton 2019
2	( – )	Virat Kohli	India	886	53.62	937 v Eng at Southampton 2018
4	( – )	M Labuschagne	Aus	827*!	63.43	827 v NZ at Sydney 2020
5	( – )	Babar Azam	Pak	797	45.44	800 v Ban at Rawalpindi 2020
6	( – )	David Warner	Aus	793	48.94	880 v NZ at Perth 2015
7	(- )	C Pujara	India	766	48.66	888 v SL at Nagpur 2017
8	(-1)	Ben Stokes	Eng	760	37.84	827 v WI at Old Trafford 2020
9	( – )	Joe Root	Eng	738	47.99	917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
10	( – )	Tom Latham	NZ	733!	42.83	733 v WI at Hamilton 2020

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avge	Highest Rating
1	(- )	Pat Cummins	Aus	904	21.82	914 v Eng at Old Trafford 2019
2	( +1)	Neil Wagner	NZ	849	26.31	859 v Aus at Melbourne 2019
3	(-1)	Stuart Broad	Eng	845	27.65	880 v SA at Johannesburg 2016
4	(- )	Tim Southee	NZ	817	28.83	817 v WI at Hamilton 2020
5	(+)	Kagiso Rabada	SA	802	22.95	902 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2018
6	(+)	Mitchell Starc	Aus	797	26.97	807 v NZ at Perth 2019
7	(-)	Jason Holder	WI	787	27.21	862 v Eng at Southampton 2020
8	(- )	James Anderson	Eng	781	26.79	903 v India at Lord’s 2018
9	(- )	Jasprit Bumrah	India	779*	20.33	834 v WI at Jamaica 2019
10	(+1)	Josh Hazlewood	Aus	769	26.20	864 v India at Bengaluru 2017