Pat Cummins and Ben Stokes finished the year as the best all-rounder and test bowler respectively.
Following his Man of the Match performance against Pakistan at the Boxing Day Test, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson moved to No. 1 in the ICC rankings for Test hitters in the final 2020 update.
Williamson, who was third in the previous update, moved up two places, passing India captain Virat Kohli and Australian Steven Smith in first place. Kohli, who missed the Boxing Day test against Australia due to paternity leave, finished the year at No. 2 while Smith, who posted scores of 8 and 0 in his last two innings, fell to No. 3.
Williamson last won the No. 1 ranking in 2015, after which the top spot alternated between Kohli and Smith. Ajinkya Rahane, who reached a century in the second Test against Australia, climbed five spots to No. 6, while Marnus Labuschagne and Babar Azam held on to No. 4 and No. 5 respectively.
Among bowlers, Pat Cummins finished the year as the No. 1 test bowler, well ahead of England’s Stuart Broad at No. 2. The New Zealand fast bowling couple of Neil Wagner and Tim Southee are in. Nos. 3 and 4, while Mitchell Starc moved up two spots to No. 5. R Ashwin also moved two spots to No. 7, and is the only player in the top ten.
The off-road test standings were unchanged with England’s Ben Stokes at No. 1. Jason Holder, Ravindra Jadeja, Shakib Al Hasan and Mitchell Starc rounded out the top five.
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