Online Reporter
ZIMBABWE cricket captain Sikandar Raza closed the gap with Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarzai at the top of the ICC Men’s ODI All-Rounder Rankings.
Raza now sits at the second place with 276 points after he finished the three-match ODI series against Australia as the highest run-scorer, alongside his three wickets.
In the week since the previous update in the Rankings, the veteran all-rounder scored a 45 and an unbeaten 81, respectively, in the final two games of the series.
His antics with the bat have also propelled him by five spots up to 24th on the Men’s ODI Batting Rankings.
To add to his all-round display, in the series decider, which went right down to the wire as Australia seized a one-run win, Raza also clinched a brace with the ball.
Nathan Ellis, who wrapped up the series as the leading wicket-taker, rose three spots to 17th in the ICC Men’s ODI Bowling Rankings.
The right-arm quick snapped four wickets in the final two ODIs of the series, to follow his maiden ODI five-wicket haul.
Another key player in Australia’s win, Josh Inglis, climbed by 11 spots to 30th in the ODI Batting Rankings. Inglis scored a sensational century in the final ODI, his second in the format.
Meanwhile, India captain Shreyas Iyer rose seven spots to 22nd in the Men’s T20I Batting Rankings.
Iyer’s leap comes on the back of India’s series sweep against Afghanistan and his Player of the Match winning performance in a close one-off encounter against Japan.
The white-ball action between England and Sri Lanka also saw multiple winners emerge across categories.
The biggest winner of all was England seamer Jamie Overton. Impressive with his bowling in England’s T20I series win, Overton climbed by a whopping 47 spots to enter the top-10 in the Men’s T20 Bowling Rankings and a career best rating of 674. England’s Will Jacks enjoyed a massive leap of 35 places on the back of his match-winning efforts in the opening ODI of a three-match series. — icc-cricket.com
