Steve Smith and Pat Cummins on Tuesday consolidated ir positions at top of ICC rankings after helping Australia score a 185-run victory over England in fourth Test in Manchester to retain Ashes. Steve Smith's player of match effort of 211 and 82 runs in two innings has lifted him to 937 rating points, only 10 less than his all-time best aggregate achieved in December 2017. He is w 34 points ahead of India captain Virat Kohli and virtually assured of remaining at top at end of five-match series. A match haul of seven for 103 has helped Cummins equal his career-best aggregate of 914 points, which is joint fifth-best of all time and joint best for Australia along with Glenn McGrath, who reached his best in 2001. 

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Pat Cummins tops bowlers ranking

Cummins is a good 63 rating points ahead of South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada, with India's Jasprit Bumrah in third place. Josh Hazlewood is in top 10 for first time this year, progressing from 12th to eighth. Jos Buttler (up four places to 37th) and Rory Burns (up six places to a career-best 61st) for England and captain Tim Paine (up six places to 60th) of Australia have also moved up batting list in latest rankings update carried out on Monday. ranking also takes into account performances in Chattogram Test between Afghanistan and Bangladesh that saw former emerge victorious, thanks to Rashid Khan.

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Afghanistan players receive a boost from Bangladesh win

Afghanistan's 224-run conquest over Bangladesh in Chattogram has resulted in major gains for ir players. Former captain Asghar Afghan's scores of 92 and 50 have taken him from 110th to 63rd position while Rahmat Shah's century in first innings has helped him move from 93rd to 65th. Captain Rashid Khan's player of match effort of 11 for 104 has lifted him from 69th to 37th while all-rounder Mohammad Nabi has retired from Tests in 85th position after gaining 21 slots. For Bangladesh, left-arm spinners Shakib Al Hasan and Taijul Islam have inched up one slot each to 21st and 22nd, respectively. Off-spinner Nayeem Hasan has advanced 21 places to 66th position.

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