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Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel climb two places in ICC Test rankings

DUBAI: Pakistan Test captain Babar Azam and batter Saud Shakeel climbed two places in the latest ICC Test rankings, while Salman Ali Agha, Noman Ali, Khurram Shahzad and Muhammad Abbas slipped after Pakistan suffered a 3-0 series whitewash against England.Babar moved two places up…

Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel climb two places in ICC Test rankings
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DUBAI: Pakistan Test captain Babar Azam and batter Saud Shakeel climbed two places in the latest ICC Test rankings, while Salman Ali Agha, Noman Ali, Khurram Shahzad and Muhammad Abbas slipped after Pakistan suffered a 3-0 series whitewash against England.Babar moved two places up…

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Azan Awais, meanwhile, climbed six places to 95th with 358 points.England's Harry Brook continues ruling as the world's number one Test batter, followed by Australia's Steve Smith in second, while England's returning captain Joe Root sits in third place.In the Test bowlers' rankings, spinner Noman Ali suffered a decline, dropping one place to 10th from ninth with 777 points.

Mohammad Abbas, despite being awarded Player of the Series after taking 13 wickets, dropped one place to 16th with 713 points.Pacer Shaheen Afridi retained his 31st spot with 593 points, while spinner Sajid Khan also remained in 32nd place with 587 points.

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Pacer Hasan Ali, who last played a red-ball match against Bangladesh in May this year, dropped one place to 44th.Khurram Shahzad retained his 55th spot, while spinner Ali Usman remained in 75th place, alongside pacers Mohammad Ali and Aamer Jamal at 81st and 83rd, respectively.

Spinner Asif Afridi was placed 91st.Australian pacer Mitchell Starc dominates the top spot as the number one Test bowler, while New Zealand's Matt Henry sits second.

England's Ollie Robinson climbed to third, with India's Jasprit Bumrah and Australia's Pat Cummins dropping to fourth and fifth, respectively.

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