England batter Joe Root has reclaimed the no.1 Test batter throne from Marnus Labuschagne in the latest ICC Test rankings update on June 15, 2022, after smashing a second successive century in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship series against New Zealand.
Root now leads by five rating points, and is on 897 points after his knock of 176 in the first innings of the Nottingham Test, 20 less than his highest of 917 points. Root has been No.1 in Tests for 163 days so far.
Steve Smith (1,506 days), Virat Kohli (469 days), and Kane Williamson (245 days) are the others to have had substantial vigils at the top in recent years.
Apart from Root, his England teammates Jonny Bairstow and captain Ben Stokes saw a rise in rankings as well. Bairstow’s 92-ball 136 that led the last day chase for an eventual five-wicket win, has moved up 13 places to 39th position while Stokes’s 75 not out has taken him from 27th to 22nd position.
For New Zealand, Daryl Mitchell’s scores of 190 and 62 not out have lifted him 33 places to a career-best 17th position while Tom Blundell’s first-innings century has helped him move up four places to 31st position.
In the ICC bowling rankings for Tests, Pat Cummins remains at the top spot, followed by India’s R Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah.
In the all-rounder's rankings, Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin occupy the top two spots.
(ICC inputs)
