England batter Harry Brook is back at No. 1 in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings, with Australia opener Travis Head dropping down the list following his low scores in the first match of the ICC World Test Championship series against Bangladesh.
It is the fourth stint at the top for Brook, who first achieved the number one position in December 2024. Joe Root and Steve Smith have also overtaken Head, who could only manage scores of 22 and 17 in Darwin, where Bangladesh scored a comprehensive nine-wicket win to go one ahead in the two-match series. Smith scored 71 and 44 to move up to third position.
Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto has reached a career-best 20th position, a knock of 84 in his only innings lifting him nine places and above the likes of India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and compatriot Liton Das. Najmul’s tally of 659 rating points is the sixth highest for a batter from his country.
Cameron Green’s second-innings century has enabled him to advance five positions to 30th while Mominul Haque (up five places to 31st), Shadman Islam (up three places to 58th), Mehidy Hasan Miraz (up five places to 59th) and Tanzid Hasan (up 84 places to joint-88th) are the others to move up the batting rankings.
Seam bowler Hasan Mahmud has made headway with his Player of the Match effort. He is up 26 places to 38th after returning figures of six for 55 in the first innings while Mehidy’s haul of five for 66 in the second innings lifts him three places to 24th.
In the ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings, the biggest mover this week is Afghanistan left-hander Sediqullah Atal, whose scores of 143 and 98 in the last two matches of their five-match series against Ireland have helped him advance 37 places to 33rd. Ireland’s Curtis Campher’s scores of 84 and 96 have lifted him 23 places to 36th.
Canada batter Pargat Singh’s knock of 42 against Scotland in an ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 match in Dundee has helped him move up 10 places to 85th, while Ireland’s Andrew Balbirnie is up five places to 47th.
