Latest ICC rankings

As per the latest ICC rankings, released July 31, Joe Root is the top-ranked batter in men’s Test cricket. He displaced Kane Williamson.

Joe Root’s 87 against the West Indies at Edgbaston took him past Brian Lara’s tally of 11,953 Test runs and made him the seventh cricketer in history to reach 12,000 runs in the format. They also took him to 872 points at the top of the ICC rankings, 13 clear of Kane Williamson’s tally of 859.

Not as fortunate was Harry Brook, who made only two runs in the match, and slipped four positions to seventh place. The other Englishmen in the top 20 are Ben Duckett (who held onto the 16th place) and Zak Crawley (who dropped from 17th to 20th). Kraigg Brathwaite fell from 40th to 41st place but is the only West Indian in the top 50.

Among bowlers, Jason Holder slid from 24th to 26th. Among the West Indians, he jointly holds the top spot with Jayden Seales, who gained seven places. Alzarri Joseph rose one place to 31st as well.

Despite not playing in the entire series, Ollie Robinson (14th) held on to the top spot among English bowlers, though Chris Woakes remained at 19th, Mark Wood jumped six places to 20th. Three Test matches into his career, Gus Atkinson is already at 46th, while Shoaib Bashir is 54th.

Root’s batting helped him hold on to the fourth place on the list of all-rounders as Ben Stokes (sixth) and Holder (seventh) swapped positions and Woakes rose from 12th to ninth.

Top 5 in Test cricket

Batters: Joe Root (872), Kane Williamson (859), Babar Azam (768), Daryl Mitchell (768), Steve Smith (757). Bowlers: R Ashwin (870), Josh Hazlewood (847), Jasprit Bumrah (847), Kagiso Rabada (834), Pat Cummins (820). All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja (444), R Ashwin (322), Shakib Al Hasan (310), Joe Root (284), Axar Patel (269).

The only men’s ODIs played this week featured Oman, Scotland, and Namibia. None of their cricketers feature towards the top.

Batters: Babar Azam (824), Shubman Gill (801), Virat Kohli (768), Rohit Sharma (746), Harry Tector (746). Bowlers: Keshav Maharaj (716), Josh Hazlewood (688), Adam Zampa (686), Mohammed Siraj (678), Jasprit Bumrah (665). All-rounders: Mohammad Nabi (320), Shakib Al Hasan (292), Sikandar Raza (288), Assad Vala (248), Rashid Khan (239).

Over the course of the week, new Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav rose to held on to the second spot; Yashasvi Jaiswal (fourth) entered the top five; and Shubman Gill rose 16 places to secure 21st place. Despite the 0-3 sweep against India, Pathum Nissanka moved from 26th to joint 15th, while Kusal Mendis rose from 20th to 18th.

Wanindu Hasaranga dropped one place in the bowling rankings, and is now fourth, while Ravi Bishnoi jumped from 18th to 10th. Hasaranga lost his top rank as all-rounder as well, passing the mantle over to Marcus Stoinis.

Top 5 in men’s T20Is

Batters: Travis Head (844), Suryakumar Yadav (805), Phil Salt (797), Yashasvi Jaiswal (757), Babar Azam (755). Bowlers: Adil Rashid (718), Anrich Nortje (675), Rashid Khan (668), Wanindu Hasaranga (663), Josh Hazlewood (662). All-rounders: Marcus Stoinis (211), Sikandar Raza (208), Shakib Al Hasan (206), Wanindu Hasaranga (206), Mohammad Nabi (205).

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