Marnus Labuschagne has overtaken England’s Joe Root to seize prime spot within the ICC males’s Test participant rankings after changing into simply the eighth participant to attain a double-century and ton in the identical Test.
Labuschagne, who was simply two factors behind Root earlier than the 2 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Tests have been accomplished over the previous week, now enjoys a wholesome lead on the prime as Root slipped to fourth behind Steve Smith and Babar Azam (Pakistan).
Labuschagne’s scores of 204 and 104 not out within the first Test towards the West Indies in Perth earned him 50 score factors and he leads compatriot Smith by 42 score factors.
The Queenslander has regained the No.1 place after Root overtook him in mid-June with successive centuries towards New Zealand.
Smith himself has gained two slots after contributing to the win with unbeaten scores of 200 and 20, together with Labuschagne registering the fifth occasion of two Australians scoring double-centuries in the identical Test. Smith’s tally of 893 score factors is his highest since January 2021.
Off-spinner Nathan Lyon moved up one place to fifteenth amongst bowlers after an eight-wicket haul that helped full a 164-run victory and consolidate his group’s prime place within the WTC factors desk.
For the West Indies, captain Kraigg Brathwaite is again within the prime 20 after scores of 64 and 110 within the Perth Test whereas Kyle Mayers progressed to forty first within the bowlers’ rankings.
