Big gains for Australia batters in MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings

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• Erasmus and Netravalkar also gain in latest weekly update; Conway and Kumar among those to move up in T20Is

Australia openers David Warner and Travis Head have made notable gains in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings after an epic 269-run partnership at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) while Steve Smith’s consistence performances in the home series against England have helped him attain a career-best equaling seventh position

Warner, a formerly top-ranked batter, has gained one spot to reach fifth position in the list after a score of 106 in the final match that helped him finish with 240 runs and win the Player of the Series award. Head, who accumulated 208 runs after his Player of the Match effort of 152 at the MCG, has progressed 12 spots to reach 30^th position.

Smith finished third in the list of run-scorers, his 195 runs good enough to lift him three places to seventh place, a position he had held in January 2017. Marnus Labuschagne and Mitchell Marsh too have moved up the list and occupy 68^th and 84^th positions, respectively.

Fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who was named Player of the Match for a haul of four for 47 in the second ODI in Sydney, has moved up four places to take fourth position while leg-spinner Adam Zampa (up eight places to seventh) and Pat Cummins (up one place to 17^th) have also moved up the bowlers’ rankings.

For England, Phil Salt and Dawid Malan have entered the top 100. Salt has progressed six slots to reach 97^th position while Malan has advanced 56 places and is ranked 100^th.

Players from Namibia and the USA have also gained in the latest weekly update for their performances in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2. Skipper Gerhard Erasmus of Namibia (up two places to 48^th) and Monank Patel of the USA (up three places to 50^th) have moved up the batters’ list while Saurabh Netravalkar of the USA has reached a career-best 31^st position among bowlers after taking two wickets each against Namibia and Papua New Guinea.

In the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings, New Zealand opener Devon Conway’s knock of 59 in the tied final match of the series against India has helped him gain one slot to reach third position while Glenn Phillips (up one place to seventh among batters) and Tim Southee (up two places to joint-14^th among bowlers) have also gained.

For India, captain Hardik Pandya’s unbeaten 30 in the final match has helped him reach joint-50^th position among batters while Bhuvneshwar Kumar (up two places to 11^th), Arshdeep Singh (up one place to 21^st) and Yuzvendra Chahal (up eight places to 40^th) are the bowlers to gain in the latest update.

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