By chairman on Wednesday, 27 December 2017
Category: News

New Zealand's Boult moves up to fourth position in ODI bowling rankings

New Zealand's Trent Boult has moved up three places to fourth in the International Cricket Council One-Day International bowling rankings ©Getty Images New Zealand's Trent Boult has moved up three places to fourth in the International Cricket Council (ICC) One-Day International (ODI) bowling rankings after his team completed a 3-0 home series victory over the West Indies in Christchurch yesterday. The left-arm pace bowler, who finished last year as the top-ranked bowler in ODIs, has leapfrogged the Australia pair of Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood as well as South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada after finishing with 10 wickets in the series. This included a career-best haul of seven for 34 in the second match in Christchurch. Boult’s team-mate Mitchell Santner has moved into the top 10 after finishing with three for 15 in his only appearance in the series. The left-arm spinner has gained four places to reach 10th position after his fine performance in the final match, which was reduced to 23 overs per side and which the home side won by 66 runs. New Zealand’s Doug Bracewell is also a big mover, up 15 places to 77th. Pakistan pace bowler Hasan Ali is top of the latest rankings, which marks the last update of 2017. India captain Virat Kohli remains at the summit of the ODI batting rankings. This comes despite him slipping in the Twenty20 International rankings for batsmen after missing the recent three-match home series against Sri Lanka. New Zealanders Ross Taylor and Henry Nicholls were the other main gainers among batsmen.