The Dubai Test was also a memorable one for Pakistan’s leg-spinner Yasir Shah, who has achieved the number-two ranking for the first time in his career. Yasir picked up eight for 180 in Pakistan’s 178 runs victory, which has earned him 25 points. This has, in turn, enabled him to leapfrog the pace trio of England’s James Anderson and Stuart Broad, and New Zealand’s Trent Boult.
Given that Yasir is still in the qualification period for bowlers, it is likely that he will be able to further reduce the 78-point gap with world number-one Dale Steyn if he puts up another solid show in the Sharjah Test.
Root back as No.1 ranked Test batsman, Yasir becomes second best bowler in the world - ICC Cricket
Younus Khan, Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq and Asad Shafiq have also reaped the rewards of good performances in the Dubai Test, which went down to the wire.
Younus has returned to the top five in fifth position following knocks of 56 and 118, Misbah has moved up five places to 11th following his scores of 102 and 87, and Asad Shafiq has achieved a career-high ranking of 12th after he scored 83 and 87. For this performance, Asad has earned 43 points, which, in turn, has put him ahead of Virat Kohli, Ross Taylor, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Brendon McCullum and Faf du Plessis.
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J.E. Root
ENG
913
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S.P.D. Smith
AUS
910
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A.B. de Villiers
SA
890
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H.M. Amla
SA
881
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Younus Khan
PAK
854
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A.D. Mathews
SL
851
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K.S. Williamson
NZ
813
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A.N. Cook
ENG
783
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D.A. Warner
AUS
775
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C.J.L. Rogers
AUS
761
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D.W. Steyn
SA
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Yasir Shah
PAK
827
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J.M. Anderson
ENG
824
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S.C.J. Broad
ENG
817
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T.A. Boult
NZ
814
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AUS
773
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SA
770
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R. Ashwin
IND
760
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SL
751
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NZ
713
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Re: Yasir becomes second best bowler in the world
ma man Yasir. I love to watch him because of the energy he brings with him. Always smiling and trying even when batsman is on top…
Re: Yasir becomes second best bowler in the world
we have yet to see his performances in English and Australian conditions....too bad our fast bowling is seriously lacking genuine and REGULAR bowlers.
hopefully he can repeat his successes there as well, not just in uae....