ICC Test Rankings: Harry Brook displaces Joe Root to become No.1 batter; Jasprit Bumrah retains his place as top bowler | Cricket News
Following his heroics against New Zealand in Wellington last week where he scored his 8th century, England batter Harry Brook displaced compatriot Joe Root from the top of the ICC Test rankings for batters.
Th 25-year-old Brook has a total of 898 rating points, one more than Root, and joins Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar with the equal 34th highest rating of all time for Test batters. Brook scored 123 and 55 in England’s massive 323-run victory over New Zealand, while Root had innings of 3 and 106 in the same Test.
Root was the top ranked Test batter since July this year after he displaced former New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson.
Joe Root’s reign is over 😮
A new World No.1 has been crowned in the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings 🏅 https://t.co/4r1ozlrWSA
— ICC (@ICC) December 11, 2024
“If you asked me, Brooky is far and away the best player in the world at the minute. He has such an all-round game, he can absorb pressure, he can apply it, he can whack you over your head for six, he can scoop you over his head for six, he can smack spin, he can smack seam. He’s so hard to bowl to,” Root had said about Brook after England’s win at Wellington.
Brook and Root, who are 1st and 2nd respectively are followed Williamson at 3 and India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal at 4. Travis Head, who scored a scintillating century against India in the Pink Ball test in Adelaide rounds up the Top 5.
In the bowlers’ rankings Jasprit Bumrah maintained his No.1 position with 890 rating points. The Indian has some tough competition from South Africa quick Kagiso Rabada (856) and Australian pace bowler Josh Hazlewood (851).
Ravindra Jadeja too maintained his top spot on the Test rankings for all-rounders with 415 rating points, followed dantly Bangladesh skipper Mehidy Hasan Miraz (285), who gained two places to move to second following his side’s series against the West Indies.
(With agency inputs)
