ICC Test Ranking: Ravichandran Ashwin continue to rule bowlers' list

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Ravichandran Ashwin remained the World No. 1 bowler in the latest ICC Test Ranking as the 36-year-old Indian spinner ahead of Australian captain Pat Cummins, who moved two places to take the World No. 2.

Ravichandran Ashwin, who didn't feature in the World Test Championship final against Australia, is on 860 ratings while Cummins climbed to 826 ahead of South African pacer Kagiso Rabada, who is at 825. Rabada lost no places but veteran English pacer James Anderson moved down from second to fourth spot at 813.

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson replaced Joe Root as the top-ranked batter. Former England Test skipper Root has slipped to fifth position, allowing Williamson to regain the top spot. This is the sixth stint at the top for Williamson, who first attained number one position in November 2015 and was last at the top in August 2021.

Australia batter Steve Smith has made rapid progress towards the top of the Test rankings after the second England-Australia Test at Lord's. Smith's 'player of the match' effort of 110 and 34 have lifted him four places to the second position.

Smith was last at the top in June 2021, when he had replaced Williamson for a couple of weeks before being overtaken again by the New Zealand batter. The race for the top positions in the list is bound to remain interesting in the coming days as Smith is just one point behind Williamson's 883 rating points after the latest weekly update, while third-placed Marnus Labuschagne (873) and Travis Head are also separated by just one point.

England batter Ben Duckett has shot up 24 places to reach the top 20 for the first time in his career after scores of 98 and 83 in the second Ashes Test while his captain Ben Stokes is up nine places to 23rd after a valiant 155 in the second innings.

With inputs from PTI