New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has retired in 19th position in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings. This is after he gained two places following scores of 145 and 25. McCullum’s career-high Test batting ranking was 12th, which he had achieved against Sri Lanka after the Christchurch Test in December 2014.
New Zealand’s BJ Watling is the other player to make an improvement. The wicketkeeper-batsman scored 58 and 46 to move up four places to 31st, two points ahead of Burns.
Meanwhile Joe Burns, who won the player of the match award in the Christchurch Test, has stormed up the batting charts in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings, which were released today.
Burns scored 170 and 65 as Australia won by seven wickets to surge to the top of the ICC Test rankings. For this performance, Burns has gained 26 places to claim a career-high 32ndposition.
Adam Voges has also made an upward movement following scores of 60 and 10 not out. He has moved up two places to a career-high seventh.
Australia captain Steve Smith, who started in number-one position on 901 points, has gained 24 points following scores of 138 and 53 not out. He has now opened up a 36-point gap with Kane Williamson, who scored 97 in the second innings.
In the bowlers’ rankings, Neil Wagner of New Zealand and Australia’s James Pattinson have broken into the top 20 for the first time in their careers.
Wagner has jumped four places to 18th after taking six for 106 and one for 60, while Pattinson’s two for 81 and four for 77 have helped him rise two places to 19th. The two bowlers are now separated by 16 points.
Inside the top 10, Trent Boult of New Zealand and Australia’s Josh Hazlewood have swapped places. Boult is now seventh after claiming three wickets in the match, while Hazlewood has slipped one place after also taking three wickets.
The bowlers’ list is headed by England’s Stuart Broad.
MRF TYRES ICC TEST PLAYER RANKINGS (as of 26 February, following New Zealand and Australia Test series)
Batsmen (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
1 ( - ) Steve Smith Aus 925 60.18 936 v Eng at Lord's 2015
2 ( - ) Joe Root Eng 889 54.93 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015
3 ( - ) K. Williamson NZ 868 49.23 893 v Aus at Perth 2015
4 ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 860 51.45 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013
5 (+1) Younus Khan Pak 826 53.94 880 v SL at Lahore 2009
6 (+1) AB de Villiers SA 818 50.46 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014
7 (+2) Adam Voges Aus 811*! 95.50 811 v NZ at Christchurch 2016
8 ( - ) Angelo Mathews SL 808 50.18 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014
9 (-4) David Warner Aus 800 50.06 880 v NZ at Perth 2015
10 ( - ) Misbah-ul-Haq Pak 764 48.89 842 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2014
Other selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave HS Rating
15 (-1) Ross Taylor NZ 715 45.49 871 v WI at Hamilton 2013
19 (+2) B. McCullum NZ 680 38.64 760 v SL at Christchurch 2014
27 ( - ) Usman Khawaja Aus 608* 49.54 613 v NZ at Wellington 2016
31 (+4) BJ Watling NZ 577 37.35 644 v Eng at Headingley 2015
32 (+26) Joe Burns Aus 575*! 49.29 575 v NZ at Christchurch 2016
35 (-4) Tom Latham NZ 570* 38.00 590 v SL at Dunedin 2015
Bowlers (top 10)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Econ HS Rating
1 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 872 28.66 880 v SA at Johannesburg 2016
2 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 871! 25.39 871 v SA at Delhi 2015
3 ( - ) Yasir Shah Pak 846*! 24.17 846 v Eng at Sharjah 2015
4 ( - ) Dale Steyn SA 841 22.53 909 v WI at Centurion 2014
5 ( - ) James Anderson Eng 805 29.18 847 v WI at Barbados 2015
6 ( - ) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 789*! 23.76 789 v SA at Delhi 2015
7 (+1) Trent Boult NZ 757 29.14 825 v Eng at Lord's 2015
8 (-1) Josh Hazlewood Aus 741* 25.77 792 v WI at Hobart 2015
9 (+1) Morne Morkel SA 724 29.33 776 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
10 (+1) Vernon Philander SA 717 22.08 912 v Ind at Johannesburg 2013
Other selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Econ HS Rating
12 (-3) Tim Southee NZ 703 32.12 799 v WI at Jamaica 2014
13 ( - ) Nathan Lyon Aus 690 32.87 696 v NZ at Wellington 2016
15 ( - ) Peter Siddle Aus 621 29.88 816 v Eng at Old Trafford 2013
18 (+4) Neil Wagner NZ 607*! 32.43 607 v Aus at Christchurch 2016
19 (+2) James Pattinson Aus 591*! 26.15 591 v NZ at Christchurch 2016
36 (-1) Doug Bracewell NZ 414* 38.05 538 v WI at Jamaica 2012
39 (-1) Mark Craig NZ 401* 45.56 405 v Aus at Wellington 2016
All-rounders (top five)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating
1 ( - ) R. Ashwin Ind 406 419 v WI at Mumbai 2013
2 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 384 419 v Zim at Khulna 2014
3 ( - ) Stuart Broad Eng 310 382 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2012
4 ( - ) Ben Stokes Eng 276 /*! 276 v SA at Centurion 2016
5 ( - ) Vernon Philander SA 275*/ 376 v Aus at Cape Town 2014
