https://cricwaves.appspot.com Latest news from cricwaves.appspot.com (c)cricwaves.appspot.com en-gb Sat 27 Apr 2024 https://cricwaves.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/oFKVE1GZcA_drh-sevawcirc/virat-kohli-and-steve-smith-are-the-best-williamson-after-achieving-no1-test-ranking.html New Zealand captain Kane Williamson ended 2020 as the No.1 batsman in Test cricket as the latest ICC Men’s Test Rankings were released on Thursday. Williamson moved past Indian captain Virat Kohli and Aussie run-machine Steve Smith to occupy the top slot. https://cricwaves.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/muHh6ketQU_drh-sevawcirc/new-world-test-championship-rating-system-confusing-and-difficult-to-understand-virat-kohli.html After leading the World Test Championship for most part, Team India now find themselves at the second position owing to ICC’s decision to modify the points system. As per the new system, sides will be ranked teams “in order of percentage of points earned” from the matches they have played. https://cricwaves.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/MKDS58b0UN_drh-sevawcirc/dont-believe-in-points-ranking-system-gambhir-after-australia-replace-india-as-number-one-test-team.html Former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir has expressed his disapproval of the ICC ranking system after the latest rankings released pushed India down to number three while Australia moved up to number one. New Zealand occupy the second rank in the updated rankings. https://cricwaves.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/cW6TvWx759_drh-sevawcirc/virat-kohli-finishes-2019-as-number-one-test-batsman-pat-cummins-tops-bowling-list.html Indian skipper Virat Kohli finished the year as the number one ranked Test batsman as per the newly released ICC rankings. Kohli finished 2019 on 928 points, 17 points clear of close competitor Steve Smith. Kohli https://cricwaves.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/Y7jFifqRr5_drh-sevawcirc/icc-test-rankings-labuschagne-in-top-5-azam-breaks-into-top-10.html Australia’s in-form batsman Marnus Labuschagne has continued his rise in the ICC Test Player Rankings following his knocks of 143 and 50 in the Perth Test. The knocks followed his 185 and 162 in the two Tests against Pakistan at Brisbane and Adelaide. Labuschagne, whose fortunes changed after he was brought in as concussion substitute for Steve Smith during the Ashes Test at Lord’s, moved up to number five from eight. https://cricwaves.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/pJkkNgv9vT_drh-sevawcirc/icc-test-rankings-stokes-is-now-no-2-all-rounder-bumrah-breaks-into-top-10.html England all-rounder Ben Stokes has gained significantly in the ICC Test rankings, following his heroics at Headingley. Stokes https://cricwaves.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/LaECLMWdZc_drh-sevawcirc/kohli-our-performance-has-reflected-in-the-rankings.html Virat Kohli heaped praise on his team after he was presented the ICC Test championship mace with India having retained the top spot in the ICC Test rankings. https://cricwaves.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/vhT6meLnKH_drh-sevawcirc/virat-lucky-to-play-13-home-tests-sourav-ganguly.html Former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels while Virat Kohli is lucky to have featured in 13 home Tests in a season, it’s still great that India have risen to the number one ranking