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Kane Williamson moves to second in MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings

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Kane Williamson's career-best score of 251 in the first Test against West Indies helped him jump up two places to join Virat Kohli at No.2 in the batting rankings.

Kane Williamson’s massive 251 against the West Indies in Hamilton catapulted him into second place in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings, a position he now shares with team India captain, Virat Kohli. With his recent performance, he gained 74 points, moving from 812 to 886. His compatriot, Tom Latham, garnered his career-best points tally of 733 and tenth place on the table, thanks to his innings of 86.

From the West Indies camp, Jermaine Blackwood continued the good form he showed on the tour of England earlier in the year, scoring his second Test century. The knock shot him up 17 places to 41st, his best position since reaching 40th in August 2017.

Alzarri Joseph’s unlikely 86 in the West Indies second innings rocketed him up 31 places to rank 123 with a career-best of 219 points.

Neil Wagner’s six wickets in the match edged him ahead of England’s Stuart Broad back into second place in the bowlers’ rankings, equalling his career-best position, which he first achieved back in December 2019. Tim Southee made his Test debut back in March 2008, but his current tally of 817 points is his highest taking him to 4th.

West Indies Captain, Jason Holder dropped from fifth to seventh having not taken any wickets. Holder has also lost the top spot in the all-rounders table. He was top by one point from England’s Ben Stokes, but Stokes now has a twelve-point advantage. Stokes briefly held the top spot during the summer, snatching it from Holder after the second Test with the West Indies, before Holder reclaimed it.

MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings (as of 6 December, after the New Zealand – West Indies Test in Hamilton)

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

All-rounders (top five)

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Highest Rating
1	(+1)	Ben Stokes	Eng	446	497 v WI at Old Trafford 2020
2	(-1)	Jason Holder	WI	434	485 v Eng at Southampton 2020
3	( - )	R Jadeja	India	397	438 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2017
4	( - )	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	366	489 v Aus at Mirpur 2017
5	( - )	Mitchell Starc	Aus	298	346 v India at Pune 2017

*indicates provisional rating; a batsman qualifies for a full rating after playing 40 Test innings; a bowler qualifies for a full rating when he reaches 100 Test wickets.
!indicates career-highest rating

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