Veteran England pacer James Anderson overtook Australia captain Pat Cummins and India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to become the No.1 ranked bowler in the latest ICC Men’s Test Rankings.
Anderson rises to the top on the back of his seven-wicket haul for England during their emphatic 267-run victory over New Zealand in Mount Maunganui last week, with the evergreen 40-year-old ending Cummins’ four-year reign as the top-ranked Test bowler.
It is the sixth time that Anderson has held the title as the premier bowler in the Test rankings, with the right-arm pacer first scaling the heights back in May 2016 when he went past teammate Stuart Broad and Ashwin to hold top billing in a distinguished international career that commenced way back in 2003.
Cummins drops to third on 858 rating points, but could still regain top billing with some strong performances during Australia’s ongoing Test series against India. India players didn’t miss out completely on the latest rankings update either, with spinner Ravindra Jadeja moving up seven places to ninth on the updated list for Test bowlers.
