The New Zealand skipper has jumped from 4th position to 2nd after his remarkable score of 251 in the first Test against West Indies in recent innings.
WELLINGTON: (UrduPoint/Pakistan Point News-Dec 7th, 2020) Another good for New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson as he has joined Virat Kohli at No 2 in batting rankings after doing his career’s best score of 251 in the first Test against West Indies.
International cricket Council confirmed that Williamson’s innings of 251 was the 9th highest individual score in New Zealand’s Test history which shifted him from fourth position to second position.
He has secured second place in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings.
Earlier, this position was only captured by Indian batsman Virat Kohli.
Kane Williamson, with his latest performance, gained 74 points moving from 812 to 886 while Tom Latham, his compatriot, garnered his career-best points tally of 733 and 10th place on the table—thanks to the his innings of 86.
From the West Indies camp, Jermaine Blackwood continued the good form he showed on the tour of England earlier in the year, scoring his second Test century. The knock shot him up 17 places to 41st, his best position since reaching 40th in August 2017.
According to ICC, Alzarri Joseph’s unlikely 86 in the West Indies second innings rocketed him up 31 places to rank 123 with a career-best of 219 points.
Neil Wagner’s six wickets in the match edged him ahead of England’s Stuart Broad back into second place in the bowlers’ rankings, equalling his career-best position, which he first achieved back in December 2019. Tim Southee made his Test debut back in March 2008, but his current tally of 817 points is his highest taking him to 4th.
West Indies Captain, Jason Holder dropped from fifth to seventh having not taken any wickets. Holder has also lost the top spot in the all-rounders table. He was top by one point from England’s Ben Stokes, but Stokes now has a twelve-point advantage. Stokes briefly held the top spot during the summer, snatching it from Holder after the second Test with the West Indies, before Holder reclaimed it.
