Allen in top 10 of MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings

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• Pakistan captain Babar Azam attains career-high rating points for ODIs, Zimbabwe captain Taylor moves up in Test rankings

West Indies spinner Fabian Allen has moved into the top 10 of the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings after featuring in his team’s fine showing in an ongoing five-match series against Australia.

The 26-year-old left-arm spinner has gained 16 spots to reach 10^th position in the bowlers’ list after grabbing three wickets in the first three matches, which have all been won by the West Indies, who defend their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title later this year.

Fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell (up two places to 22^nd), Dwayne Bravo (up seven places to 37^th) and Obed McKoy (up 15 places to 38^th) have also moved up in the bowlers’ list for the West Indies, while for Australia, left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc has advanced five places and is now in 29^th position.

Shimron Hetmyer (up 37 places to 62^nd) and Lendl Simons (up six places to 64^th) have moved up in the batsmen’s list as have veterans Chris Gayle and Andre Russell, who are tied in 103^rd place after gaining 22 and 38 places, respectively.

The MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings update, which takes into account performances in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League series that England won 3-0 against Pakistan, and two matches of the ongoing Ireland-South Africa series, Babar Azam has consolidated his position at the top.

The 26-year-old Pakistan captain, who struck a fine 158 in the final match of the series, has gained eight rating points to reach a career-best 873 rating points, 16 more than India captain Virat Kohli, who is in second place. Rohit Sharma is third with 825 rating points.

Others to gain in Wednesday’s updates include the Ireland pair of William Porterfield (up five places to 74^th) and Harry Trector (up 37 places to 90^th) , South Africa’s Janneman Malan (up 12 places to 95^th) and England’s James Vince (up 85 places to 113^th) in the batters’ list.

England fast bowler Saqib Mahmood (up 89 places to 63^rd), Ireland’s Craig Young (up four places to 78^th) and Joshua Little (up 22 places to 86^th) have moved up among bowlers.

In the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings, Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor has made headway after knocks of 81 and 92 in the one-off Test against Bangladesh in Harare, which his team lost by 220 runs. He is up seven places to 28^th position.

Bowlers Blessing Muzarabani (up six places to 45^th) and Donald Tiripano (up three places to 76^th) are other Zimbabwe players to gain in the latest weekly update.

For Bangladesh, century-maker Mahmudullah is up 19 places to 44^th and Liton Das has gained 15 places and is now 55^th. Spinner Mehidy Hasan is up six places to 24^th after finishing with a nine-wicket match haul. Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed has advanced from 95^th to 89^th position.

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