Steve Smith attains joint 2nd highest ratings ever as a batsman

The Australian captain has now been at the top of the Test rankings for almost two years.

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Steve Smith of Australia bats. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Steve Smith, the top-ranked Test batsman, continued his phenomenal run to rise to new heights in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings, moving closer towards Don Bradman’s highest-ever ranking points, after a match-winning double-century in the third Test against England in Perth.

The Australian captain’s knock of 239, which helped his team regain the Ashes by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series, has seen him reach a tally of 945 points to take joint-second position in the all-time list, along with Len Hutton. Smith had reached 941 points after the first Test in Adelaide before dropping briefly to 938 after the Brisbane Test.

Smith, who has gained seven points after his performance in Perth to overtake Peter May, Ricky Ponting and Jack Hobbs. He is now within 16 points of Bradman’s tally of 961 points, and has had a minimum of 918 points over the past 12 months, which is 25 more than what second-placed Virat Kohli has as of now. His batting average of 62.32 is second only to Bradman in terms of batsmen with at least 20 Test innings and by the time the fourth Test of the series starts on Boxing Day, he would have been the number one for two years.

Smith is already ahead of Bradman with regard to the number of Tests at the top. He has now been number one for 114 Tests, which is the fifth-most in a list led by Gary Sobers (189 Tests) and with Viv Richards (179), Lara (140) and Tendulkar (139) the only ones ahead of him in this list.

Batsmen to reach career-best rankings after the Perth Test include Dawid Malan of England (up 47 places to a career-best 52nd) after his innings of 140 and 54 in Perth and Mitchell Marsh of Australia (up 44 places to 65th) after his score of 181. Jonny Bairstow (up one place to 15th) and Usman Khawaja (up two places to 19th) are the other batsmen to have moved up.

In the bowlers’ list led by England’s new-ball bowler James Anderson, Australia pace bowler Josh Hazlewood has gained one slot to move into the top five after finishing with eight wickets in the match. Pat Cummins of Australia (up four places to a career-best 39th) and Craig Overton of England (up seven places to 89th) have also gained in the latest rankings.

ICC Test team rankings

RankTeamMatchesPointsRating
1India404969124
2South Africa343767111
3England434497105
4New Zealand353489100
5Australia34329497
6Sri Lanka43405894
7Pakistan34298888
8West Indies36260672
9Bangladesh23165172
10Zimbabwe13202

ICC Test batsmen rankings

RankNameTeamRating
1S.P.D. SmithAUS945
2V. KohliIND893
3C.A. PujaraIND873
4K.S. WilliamsonNZ855
5J.E. RootENG852
6D.A. WarnerAUS801
7H.M. AmlaSA795
8Azhar AliPAK755
9L.D. ChandimalSL743
10L.R.P.L. TaylorNZ739

ICC Test bowler rankings

RankNameTeamRating
1J.M. AndersonENG892
2K. RabadaSA876
3R.A. JadejaIND870
4R. AshwinIND829
5J.R. HazlewoodAUS824
6H.M.R.K.B. HerathSL799
7N. WagnerNZ784
8M.A. StarcAUS782
9N.M. LyonAUS773
10D.W. SteynSA748

ICC Test all-rounders rankings

RankNameTeamRating
1Shakib Al HasanBAN438
2R.A. JadejaIND415
3B.A. StokesENG372
4R. AshwinIND369
5Moeen AliENG326
6V.D. PhilanderSA319
7M.A. StarcAUS306
8H.M.R.K.B. HerathSL216
9J.O. HolderWI208
10M.D.K. PereraSL206

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