World Cricket Rankings – 12th September 2018
These Cricket rankings are issued by: International Cricket Council
As per Allsportspk readers request as and when any of the ranking is announced it is being published. Currently, from Men’s cricket rankings only Test players rankings have been updated. From Women’s cricket only team rankings have been updated.

Cricket Rankings – Men

Test Teams – Cricket Rankings

India vs England

After losing 4-1 to England, India retained it’s top position as the No.1 test team. While, England, jumped from the 6th to the 4th position in the Men’s Test team cricket rankings.

Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1  India 35 4,016 115
2  South Africa 35 3,712 106
3  Australia 33 3,499 106
4  England 45 4,722 105
5  New Zealand 23 2,354 102
6  Sri Lanka 38 3,668 97
7  Pakistan 21 1,853 88
8  West Indies 29 2,235 77
9  Bangladesh 19 1,268 67
10  Zimbabwe 8 12 2

Test Batsmen – Cricket Rankings

India Vs England

Virat Kohli failed to score big in the 5th and final test against England, however he successfully maintained his top position as the No.1 batsman in Men’s Test cricket rankings. Meanwhile, Joe Root who scored his much awaited century in the 2nd innings of the 5th test, moved to the 4th position.

Alastair Cook who scored 71 in the 1st and 147 in the 2nd innings of the 5th test, moved to the 10th position. Other significant upgrades were of Lokesh Rahul, Jos Buttler and Temba Bavuma who are now placed at 19th, 23rd and 35th position respectively.

Rank Name Country Rating
1 Virat Kohli India 930
2 Steve Smith Australia 929
3 Kane Williamson New Zealand 847
4 Joe Root England 835
5 David Warner Australia 820
6 Cheteshwar Pujara India 772
7 Dimuth Karunaratne Sri Lanka 754
8 Dinesh Chandimal Sri Lanka 733
9 Dean Elgar South Africa 724
10 Alastair Cook England 709
11 Aiden Markram South Africa 703
12 Ross Taylor New Zealand 697
13 Kraigg Brathwaite West Indies 695
14 Hashim Amla South Africa 673
15 Azhar Ali Pakistan 672
16 Francois Du Plessis South Africa 665
17 Kusal Mendis Sri Lanka 641
18 Jonny Bairstow England 637
19 Lokesh Rahul India 635
20 Usman Khawaja Australia 633
21 Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh 632
22 Ajinkya Rahane India 616
23 Jos Buttler England 611
24 Angelo Mathews Sri Lanka 607
25 Shaun Marsh Australia 605
26 Asad Shafiq Pakistan 602
27 Bj Watling New Zealand 596
28 Quinton De Kock South Africa 593
29 Tamim Iqbal Bangladesh 592
30 Mushfiqur Rahim Bangladesh 592
31 Tom Latham New Zealand 587
32 Ben Stokes England 583
33 Henry Nicholls New Zealand 573
34 Shai Hope West Indies 572
35 Temba Bavuma South Africa 566
36 Shikhar Dhawan India 560
37 Peter Handscomb Australia 559
38 Mominul Haque Bangladesh 558
39 Murali Vijay India 556
40 Jeet Raval New Zealand 552
41 Sarfraz Ahmed Pakistan 551
42 Niroshan Dickwella Sri Lanka 549
43 Moeen Ali England 539
44 Sam Curran England 537
45 Brendan Taylor Zimbabwe 534
46 Roston Chase West Indies 532
47 Hamilton Masakadza Zimbabwe 531
48 Dhananjaya De Silva Sri Lanka 529
49 Rohit Sharma India 518
50 Sikandar Raza Zimbabwe 510

Test Bowlers – Cricket Rankings

James Anderson

James Anderson overtook Glenn McGrath to become the highest wicket taker in fast bowling history, and maintain his rank as the top bowler in Men’s Cricket rankings.

Meanwhile, Mohammad Shami dropped down in rankings’ owing to his bad performances in the 5th test. Some of the other significant upgrades were of Vernon Philander, Kemar Roach and Dale Steyn who are now placed at 3rd, 19th and 22nd place respectively.

Rank Name Country Rating
1 James Anderson England 899
2 Kagiso Rabada  South Africa 882
3 Vernon Philander  South Africa 826
4 Ravindra Jadeja  India 814
5 Pat Cummins  Australia 800
6 Trent Boult  New Zealand 795
7 Rangana Herath  Sri Lanka 791
8 Ravichandran Ashwin  India 769
9 Neil Wagner  New Zealand 765
10 Josh Hazlewood  Australia 759
11 Shannon Gabriel  West Indies 757
12 Stuart Broad  England 734
13 Jason Holder  West Indies 732
14 Mitchell Starc  Australia 720
15 Tim Southee New Zealand 720
16 Nathan Lyon  Australia 710
17 Keshav Maharaj  South Africa 692
18 Yasir Shah  Pakistan 683
19 Kemar Roach  West Indies 667
20 Shakib Al Hasan  Bangladesh 665
21 Mohammad Abbas  Pakistan 652
22 Dale Steyn  South Africa 635
23 Dilruwan Perera  Sri Lanka 632
24 Mohammad Shami  India 627
25 Ishant Sharma  India 615
26 Bhuvneshwar Kumar  India 589
27 Ben Stokes  England 582
28 Suranga Lakmal  Sri Lanka 580
29 Wahab Riaz  Pakistan 568
30 Devendra Bishoo  West Indies 562
31 Umesh Yadav  India 558
32 Chris Woakes  England 556
33 Moeen Ali  England 541
34 Mohammad Amir  Pakistan 527
35 Mehedi Hasan  Bangladesh 510
36 Taijul Islam  Bangladesh 507
37 Jasprit Bumrah  India 482
38 Nuwan Pradeep  Sri Lanka 432
39 Rahat Ali  Pakistan 418
40 Akila Dananjaya  Sri Lanka 403
41 Steve O’keefe  Australia 375
42 Lahiru Kumara  Sri Lanka 371
43 Kasun Rajitha  Sri Lanka 367
44 Adil Rashid  England 366
45 Graeme Cremer  Zimbabwe 366
46 Lungi Ngidi  South Africa 362
47 Toby Roland-Jones  England 360
48 Andile Phehlukwayo  South Africa 354
49 Colin De Grandhomme  New Zealand 349
50 Mustafizur Rahman  Bangladesh 346

Test Allrounders – Cricket Rankings

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Shakib Al Hasan retained his position at the top while Ravindra Jadeja’s vital score in the 5th test, took him to the 2nd spot, in the Men’s Allrounder test cricket rankings. Stuart Broad also jumped in ranks, and is now placed at the 15th position.

Some of the other upgrades were of Kemar Roach, Mehedi Hasan and Graeme Cremer who are now placed at 23rd, 28th and 33rd place respectively.

Rank Name Country Rating
1 Shakib Al Hasan  Bangladesh 420
2 Ravindra Jadeja  India 383
3 Vernon Philander  South Africa 370
4 Jason Holder  West Indies 355
5 Ravichandran Ashwin  India 343
6 Ben Stokes  England 339
7 Moeen Ali  England 291
8 Chris Woakes  England 253
9 Pat Cummins  Australia 248
10 Mitchell Starc  Australia 247
11 Dilruwan Perera  Sri Lanka 226
12 Tim Southee  New Zealand 206
13 Kagiso Rabada  South Africa 193
14 Rangana Herath  Sri Lanka 188
15 Stuart Broad  England 183
16 Sam Curran  England 183
17 Bhuvneshwar Kumar  India 170
18 Colin De Grandhomme  New Zealand 168
19 Roston Chase  West Indies 167
20 Neil Wagner  New Zealand 160
21 Trent Boult  New Zealand 158
22 Keshav Maharaj  South Africa 154
23 Kemar Roach  West Indies 136
24 Hardik Pandya  India 133
25 Josh Hazlewood  Australia 132
26 Mitchell Santner  New Zealand 130
27 Nathan Lyon  Australia 130
28 Mehedi Hasan  Bangladesh 129
29 Mitchell Marsh  Australia 128
30 Yasir Shah  Pakistan 127
31 Kane Williamson  New Zealand 121
32 Devendra Bishoo  West Indies 120
33 Graeme Cremer  Zimbabwe 118
34 Jp Duminy  South Africa 114
35 Suranga Lakmal  Sri Lanka 113
36 Mohammad Amir  Pakistan 113
37 Mohammad Shami  India 104
38 James Anderson  England 101
39 Mahmudullah  Bangladesh 100
40 Joe Root  England 100
41 Dale Steyn  South Africa 100
42 Angelo Mathews  Sri Lanka 98
43 Adil Rashid  England 96
44 Hamilton Masakadza  Zimbabwe 88
45 Steve Smith  Australia 85
46 Sikandar Raza  Zimbabwe 84
47 Dean Elgar South Africa 83
48 Sean Williams  Zimbabwe 81
49 Akila Dananjaya  Sri Lanka 80
50 Kraigg Brathwaite  West Indies 80

For Women’s cricket rankings, move on to the next page!

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