Kane Williamson reaches career-best of 915 rating points after New Zealand's win over Bangladesh; Neil Wagner and Tom Latham also climb up the rankings

Latham and Wagner move towards top 10 after Hamilton Test

Tamim, Mahmudullah and Soumya make significant gains

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has reached a career-best 915 rating points after an unbeaten double-century in the first Test against Bangladesh in Hamilton, which was the centerpiece of a victory by an innings and 52 runs.

Williamson’s 200 not out, which earned him the Player of the Match award, has lifted him from 897 points to within seven points of India captain Virat Kohli, who is perched at the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings with 922 points. With two more Tests to go in the series, Williamson has a chance to regain the top spot, which he occupied briefly towards the end of 2015.

Williamson’s rating points are the highest by any New Zealander in Test cricket with Richard Hadlee the only other player from his country to cross the 900-point mark with a best of 909 points in bowling.

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Openers Tom Latham and Jeet Raval have also made good progress after their centuries in Hamilton. Latham’s score of 161 has lifted him one place to a career-best 11th position and just three points shy of South Africa’s Faf du Plessis, who is in 10th place with 702 points. Raval’s maiden century, after seven fifties, has helped him gain five slots and reach 33rd position.

Among their bowlers, the pair of Trent Boult (down two places to eighth) and Tim Southee (ninth) remain in the top 10 while Neil Wagner is also moving in the right direction, gaining three places and reaching 11th position after finishing with seven wickets in the match, including a five-wicket haul in the first innings.

Neil Wagner has climbed up the rankings after picking up seven wickets against Bangladesh

For Bangladesh, left-handed opener Tamim Iqbal has gained 11 slots to reach 25th position after scores of 126 and 74, overtaking Shakib Al Hasan to become the top-ranked batsman from his country in this format. Mahmudullah has moved up 12 places to reach a career-best 40th after scoring 22 and 146 while Soumya Sarkar’s one and 149 in Hamilton have lifted him 25 places to 67th position.

Mahmudullah has also gained three places to reach 63rd position among bowlers.

MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings (as of 4 March, after the Hamilton Test)

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 915! 53.20 915 v Ban at Hamilton 2019 3 ( - ) C. Pujara India 881 51.18 888 v SL at Nagpur 2017 4 ( - ) Steve Smith Aus 857 61.37 947 v SA at Durban 2018 5 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 763 49.51 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015 6 (+1) David Warner Aus 756 48.20 880 v NZ at Perth 2015 7 (-2) Henry Nicholls NZ 755* 43.84 763 v SL at Christchurch 2018 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 11 (+1) Tom Latham NZ 699! 43.25 699 v Ban at Hamilton 2019 25= (+11) Tamim Iqbal Ban 626 38.98 709 v Aus at Mirpur 2017 33 (+5) Jeet Raval NZ 591* 38.29 614 v Win at Hamilton 2017 40= (+12) Mahmudullah Ban 562! 33.01 562 v NZ at Hamilton 2019 60 (+6) C de Grandhomme NZ NZ 474* 36.22 483 v Eng at Christchurch 2018 67 (+25) Soumya Sarkar Ban 449* 30.75 489 v SL at Colombo (PSS) 2017

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Highest Rating 1 ( - ) Pat Cummins Aus 878*! 22.02 878 v SL at Canberra 2019 2 ( - ) J Anderson Eng 862 26.93 903 v India at Lord's 2018 3 ( - ) Kagiso Rabada SA 851 21.77 902 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2018 4 ( - ) V. Philander SA 813 21.64 912 v India at Johannesburg 2013 5 ( - ) R Jadeja India 794 23.68 899 v Aus at Ranchi 2017 6= (+1) Jason Holder WI 770* 27.69 778 v Eng at Antigua 2019 (+1) M. Abbas Pak 770* 18.86 838 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2018 8 (-2) Trent Boult NZ 769 27.97 825 v Eng at Lord's 2015 9 ( - ) Tim Southee NZ 766 29.91 799 v Win at Jamaica 2014 10 ( - ) R Ashwin India 763 25.43 904 v Eng at Mumbai 2016

Other selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Highest Rating 11 (+3) Neil Wagner NZ 745 28.57 785 v Win at Wellington 2017 63 (+3) Mahmudullah Ban 243* 45.47 381 v Win at Grenada 2009

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 407 489 v Aus at Mirpur 2017 3 ( - ) R. Jadeja India 387 438 v SL at Colombo (SSC) 2017 4 ( - ) Ben Stokes Eng 357 395 v Win 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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