Australia captain Pat Cummins said he was “gutted” to be ruled out just hours before the second Ashes Test against England. Photo: Lindsey Parnaby / AFP
ICC Test rankings: Cummins stretches lead over Rabada
South Africa’s Proteas have remained static on the ICC Test rankings while their rivals have been making gains as the longer format comes to the fore once again.
Australia captain Pat Cummins said he was “gutted” to be ruled out just hours before the second Ashes Test against England. Photo: Lindsey Parnaby / AFP
Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins has consolidated his position at the top of the ICC Test bowler rankings ahead of the Proteas Kagiso Rabada.
Rabada slipped off the top spot largely due to the Proteas inactivity in the Test arena in recent months. Cummins meanwhile has reached a career-high ranking after a seven-wicket match haul in the first Ashes Test against England.
Following the conclusion of the Edgbaston Test, players from England and Australia rise in the charts after the latest update to the rankings.
Australia’s Steve Smith has gained one place to reach the third position among batsmen while spinner Nathan Lyon and fast bowler Pat Cummins are among the others to gain in the ICC Test Player Rankings after the Edgbaston Test.
Smith’s knocks of 144 and 142 won him the Man of the Match award and the formerly top-ranked batsman is back above the 900-point mark along with table leader Virat Kohli (922) and Kane Williamson (913), after having started the Test match in fourth place and with 857 points.
Lyon’s nine wickets in the match have lifted him six spots to 13th position among bowlers.
For England, Ben Foakes and Chris Woakes are in 69th and 70th positions in the list for batsmen after gaining one and 11 points, respectively. Opener Rory Burns’ knock of 133 in the first innings has helped him move up 25 places to a career-best 81st position.
Fast bowler Stuart Broad, who completed 100 Test wickets against Australia during the match, has gained two places to reach 16th position while Woakes has advanced four places to take the 29th slot after grabbing four wickets in the match. Woakes has also leapfrogged compatriot Moeen Ali to reach ninth among all-rounders.
Where are the Proteas?
The Proteas have three batsmen in the top ten of the Test rankings for batsmen with Aiden Markram heading the list in eighth place.
Directly behind Markram are wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock in ninth place, and skipper Faf du Plessis in tenth spot.
Vernon Philander is ranked fourth in the Test bowling rankings behind Cummins, Rabada and England’s Jimmy Anderson. Philander is also the fifth highest-ranked allrounder in the world. The allrounders rankings are topped by West Indies skipper Jason Holder.
ICC Test rankings
ICC Test Player Rankings (as of 6 August, after the Edgbaston Test)
ICC Test rankings Batsmen (top 10)
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Avge | Highest Rating |
| 1 | ( – ) | Virat Kohli | India | 922 | 53.76 | 937 v Eng at Southampton 2018 |
| 2 | ( – ) | K Williamson | NZ | 913 | 53.38 | 915 v Ban at Hamilton 2019 |
| 3 | (+1) | Steve Smith | Aus | 903 | 62.96 | 947 v SA at Durban 2018 |
| 4 | (-1) | C Pujara | India | 881 | 51.18 | 888 v SL at Nagpur 2017 |
| 5 | ( – ) | Henry Nicholls | NZ | 778*! | 45.75 | 778 v Ban at Wellington 2019 |
| 6 | (+1) | Joe Root | Eng | 741 | 48.94 | 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015 |
| 7 | (-1) | David Warner | Aus | 721 | 47.55 | 880 v NZ at Perth 2015 |
| 8 | ( – ) | Aiden Markram | SA | 719* | 43.80 | 759 v Aus at Johannesburg 2018 |
| 9 | ( – ) | Q de Kock | SA | 718 | 39.31 | 802 v NZ at Hamilton 2017 |
| 10 | ( – ) | Faf du Plessis | SA | 702 | 42.95 | 734 v India at Centurion 2018 |
Other selected rankings
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Avge | Highest Rating |
| 69 | (+1) | Ben Foakes | Eng | 438* | 41.50 | 507 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2018 |
| 70 | (+11) | C Woakes | Eng | 437 | 30.52 | 496 v India at Lord’s 2018 |
| 81= | (+25) | Rory Burns | Eng | 408*! | 28.50 | 408 v Aus at Edgbaston 2019 |
ICC Test rankings Bowlers (top 10)
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Avge | Highest Rating |
| 1 | ( – ) | Pat Cummins | Aus | 898*! | 21.64 | 898 v Eng at Edgbaston 2019 |
| 2 | (+1) | K Rabada | SA | 851 | 21.77 | 902 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2018 |
| 3 | (-1) | J Anderson | Eng | 831 | 26.94 | 903 v India at Lord’s 2018 |
| 4 | ( – ) | V Philander | SA | 813 | 21.64 | 912 v India at Johannesburg 2013 |
| 5 | ( – ) | Neil Wagner | NZ | 801! | 27.51 | 801 v Ban at Wellington 2019 |
| 6 | ( – ) | R Jadeja | India | 794 | 23.68 | 899 v Aus at Ranchi 2017 |
| 7 | ( – ) | Trent Boult | NZ | 787 | 27.54 | 825 v Eng at Lord’s 2015 |
| 8= | ( – ) | Jason Holder | WI | 770* | 27.69 | 778 v Eng at Antigua 2019 |
| ( – ) | M Abbas | Pak | 770* | 18.86 | 838 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2018 | |
| 10 | ( – ) | R Ashwin | India | 763 | 25.43 | 904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016 |
Other selected ICC Test rankings
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Avge | Highest Rating |
| 13 | (+ 6) | Nathan Lyon | Aus | 732 | 31.87 | 774 v Eng at Adelaide 2017 |
| 16 | (+2) | Stuart Broad | Eng | 713 | 28.78 | 880 v SA at Johannesburg 2016 |
| 29 | (+4) | Chris Woakes | Eng | 588* | 30.81 | 609 v Pak at The Oval 2016 |
All-rounders (top five)
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Highest Rating |
| 1 | ( – ) | Jason Holder | WI | 439/* | 448 v Eng at Antigua 2019 |
| 2 | ( – ) | S Al Hasan | Ban | 399 | 489 v Aus at Mirpur 2017 |
| 3 | ( – ) | R Jadeja | India | 387 | 438 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2017 |
| 4 | ( – ) | Ben Stokes | Eng | 346 | 395 v WI at Lord’s 2017 |
| 5 | ( – ) | V Philander | SA | 326 | 377 v SL at Galle 2018 |
*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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