Robinson climbs to fifth in Test bowling rankings after Lord's win
England's pace pair rise in the ICC Men's Test Bowling Rankings after taking a 2-0 series lead over Pakistan, with Ollie Robinson up six places and Josh Tongue reaching a career high.
Ollie Robinson has risen to fifth in the ICC Men's Test Bowling Rankings, the governing body confirmed in its ranking update published on 2 September, after England took a 2-0 lead over Pakistan in their World Test Championship series at Lord's.
Robinson gained six places in the update. He finished the match with figures of 8 for 35 and was named Player of the Match in both Tests of the series so far. He has now moved 22 places since the series began.
Josh Tongue reached a career-best 13th, up four places, after taking five wickets in the match. Over the course of the series he has climbed 20 places.
Pakistan gains despite the deficit
The update was not one-way. Mohammad Abbas moved up ten places to joint-15th after a nine-wicket haul, and Mohammad Ali gained eleven places to 81st with five wickets.
Saud Shakeel produced the most significant batting movement of the update, climbing 15 places to 18th in the Test Batting Rankings following a second-innings 97. That leaves him the second-highest ranked Pakistan batter.
Elsewhere in the tables
Sri Lanka's Sonal Dinusha reached a career-best 25th, holding a Test average of 86.57 from five matches, while Pasindu Sooriyabandara climbed 170 places to 74th in only his second Test. India's Devdutt Padikkal moved to a career-best 54th after scoring 117.
In the T20I table, South Africa's Dewald Brevis rose six places to a career-best fourth.
Rankings movements reflect the ICC's published update of 2 September and are calculated by the ICC's own ratings system.
Sources
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