By Admin 
Great batting against Zimbabwe has made 3 players of England’s top order a big advantage in the ICC men’s Test batsman rankings. All these have now reached closer to the top position.
England veteran player Joe Root Test batsmen topped the fresh rankings, while his partner Harry Brook has made the difference with him just 15 rating the difference with Jimbabwe in Nottingham after 58 in innings."Text-Align: justify;"> Root (888 rating points) scored 34 runs in the same match, which has maintained his very minor lead on the top. Although Brooke (873), Kane Williamson (867), Yashasvi Jaiswal (847) and Steve Smith (823) are in the list of top-5 batsmen.
In the four -day Test match played at Trent Bridge, Jak Croly (124), Ben Docket (140) and Oli Pope (171) scored strong centuries, which they have benefited in the Test rankings.
Docklets have reached two places up. He is currently ranked 13th. Pope is at the 22nd position above six places and Croly is present at the 33rd position by climbing eight rank.
England team will start their new ICC World Test Championship campaign against India with a Test series of five matches. Even though Zimbabwe suffered a defeat against England by an innings and 45 runs against England, this camp will be excited by the performance of Scene Williams and Brian Bennett, whose bat in the only Test and he came up in the rankings.
Paer Gus Atkinson took three wickets in the only Test against Zimbabwe and in the latest Test bowlers ranking 13th with one place bounce, while Shoaib Bashir, who is among the England fellow players, has climbed up to 43rd positions with nine wickets."Text-Align: justify;"> India’s fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah remains the world’s number 1 Test bowler before the team’s tour of England, while Atkinson has also climbed one place to reach the seventh position in the list of Test all-rounders. Ravindra Jadeja is currently the world’s number-1 Test all-rounders.
There has also been some reshuffle in the ranking in white ball cricket. West Indies batsman Kyi Cathy Cart has reached the 16th position to rise up 20 places in the list of latest ODI batsmen. He recently scored a brilliant 170 runs in the third match against Ireland. Andrew Balburney of Ireland has risen up to 48th positions. At the same time, US fast bowler Saurabh Netwalkar has climbed four places to 22nd position in the list of ODI bowlers.