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Home / News / Sports News / ICC Test Rankings: Joe Root ranked number one among batters
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ICC Test Rankings: Joe Root ranked number one among batters

ICC Test Rankings: Joe Root ranked number one among batters
Written by Parth Dhall
Jun 15, 2022, 02:58 pm 3 min read
ICC Test Rankings: Joe Root ranked number one among batters
Root is the only active cricketer with over 10,000 runs (Source: Twitter/@ICC)

Former England captain Joe Root has dethroned Australia's Marnus Labuschagne to claim the top spot in the latest ICC Test Rankings (batters). The former recently became the only active cricketer to complete 10,000 runs in Test cricket. Root has already slammed four Test centuries this year. He scored his 27th in the recently-concluded Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge. Here are further details.

Rankings
Root leads Labuschagne by five points

Root now has 897 rating points at the top, five more than second-placed Labuschagne in the ICC Test Rankings for batters. Labuschagne's teammate Steven Smith occupies third place, with Pakistan skipper Babar Azam (fourth) and New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (fifth) following Smith. India's Rohit Sharma sits at number eight, while Virat Kohli owns the 10th spot in the Batting Rankings.

Twitter Post
A look at the latest ICC Test Rankings

🔹Joe Root reclaims No.1 spot 🥇
🔹Trent Boult bursts into top 10 🔥

Plenty of movement in the @MRFWorldwide ICC Test Player Rankings after the second #ENGvNZ match 👉 https://t.co/J6m5cEKRSA pic.twitter.com/CqV1mlBMmF

— ICC (@ICC) June 15, 2022
Milestone
14th cricketer to slam 10,000 Test runs

Root is only the second Englishman to get past the 10,000-run mark afterAlastair Cook (12,474). In a career spanning a decade, Root has slammed 10,194 runs at 49.97. Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid, Cook, Kumar Sangakkara, Brian Lara, S Chanderpaul, Mahela Jayawardene, Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Sunil Gavaskar, and Younis Khan are the others to have slammed over 10,000 Test runs.

Information
Root equals Smith and Kohli

Root hammered his 27th Test century in the second Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge. The former England captain equaled the tally of Smith, Kohli, Graeme Smith, and Allan Border in terms of Test tons.

Run
Most Test runs since January 2021

Root has been on a roll since the start of 2021. He slammed 2,371 runs at an incredible average of 57.82 in this period. The tally includes 10 centuries, four half-centuries, and two double-hundreds. As far as the Fab Four is concerned, Smith has scored 773 runs since January 2021 (one century). Kohli and Williamson racked up 725 and 412 runs, respectively.

Bowling
A look at the Bowling Rankings

Among bowlers, Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah (third), Pakistan speedster Shaheen Afridi (fourth), and South Africa seamer Kagiso Rabada (fifth) have climbed a spot each. New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson dropped to sixth spot. His teammate Trent Boult has jumped four places to occupy ninth spot. While Boult entered the top 10, his compatriot Tim Southee plunged to 13th place.

ODIs
ICC ODI Rankings: Imam-ul-Haq surpasses Virat Kohli

As far as the ODI Batting Rankings are concerned, Pakistan's Imam-ul-Haq has surpassed Virat Kohli to enter the top two. Kohli has slipped to number three, while Babar Azam leads the Rankings. Among bowlers, Australian pace spearhead Josh Hazlewood climbs to second spot, while New Zealand's Matt Henry follows him. Oman's Zeeshan Maqsood moved 13 places to enter the top 10 (All-rounders Rankings).

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Parth Dhall covers sports news for NewsBytes. He has previously worked with Cricket Today and Follow Your Sport. In a career spanning over five years, Parth has written for several other publications, including IANS, The Statesman, Sportskeeda. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies (VIPS) of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.
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