New Zealand stars Devon Conway and Martin Guptill move up in T20I Rankings

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Players from New Zealand and Australia make significant gains in the men’s weekly T20I Player Rankings update after the first two matches of the ongoing series between the two sides.

New Zealand left-hander Devon Conway and opener Martin Guptill may have missed out on centuries in the first two matches of their home series against Australia but have significant gains to show in the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings.

New Zealand stars on the rise

Conway’s 99 not out in the Christchurch opener has helped him gain 46 spots and reach 17th position after just eight matches while Guptill, who has reached as high as second in the past, has gained three slots to reach 11th position after his knock of 97 in Dunedin.

In what is a chance for both sides to prepare for this year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in India, New Zealand took a 2-0 lead in the five-match series and had some other fine performances too that resulted in significant gains for their players.

Glenn Philips and Jimmy Neesham have moved up in the list for batsmen while Tim Southee (up one place to sixth), Mitchell Santner (up two places to seventh), Ish Sodhi (up three places to 11th) and Trent Boult (up 24 places to 49th) have progressed in the bowlers’ list.

For Australia, Marcus Stoinis’s knock of 78 in the second match sees him gain 77 places to reach 110th position. Matthew Wade (up from 132nd to 118th) among batsmen and Jhye Richardson (reentered at 115th) among bowlers are the others to gain from the mid-series update as per the new system which sees a weekly update for all women’s player rankings on Tuesdays and those for men on Wednesdays.

With the ongoing New Zealand versus Australia series and an upcoming series between the West Indies and Sri Lanka from Thursday, a lot of changes can be expected in the men’s T20I rankings at the next update.

ICC T20I Rankings

 ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings (as of 3 March 2021):

 

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge S/R Highest Rating
1 ( – ) Dawid Malan Eng 915! 53.43 149 915 v SA at Cape Town 2020
2 ( – ) Lokesh Rahul India 816 44.05 145 854 v Eng at Old Trafford 2018
3 (+1) Babar Azam Pak 801 48.05 130 896 v Eng at Cardiff 2019
4 (-1) Aaron Finch Aus 788 36.64 153 901 v Zim at Harare 2018
5 (+1) Van der Dussen SA 700* 38.71 137 744 v Eng at Cape Town 2020
6 (+1) Virat Kohli India 697 50.48 138 897 v Eng at Edgbaston 2014
7= (-2) Glenn Maxwell Aus 676 31.9 157 838 v SL at Adelaide 2019
(+3) H Zazai Afg 676* 40.71 155 736 v WI at Lucknow 2019
9 (-1) Colin Munro New Zealand 668 31.34 156 830 v Pak at Dubai 2018
10 (+1) Eoin Morgan Eng 662 30.37 139 872 v India at Old Trafford 2011

 

Other selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge S/R Highest Rating
11 (+3) Martin Guptill New Zealand 653 31.97 136 793 v SA at Hamilton 2012
17 (+46) Devon Conway New Zealand 597* 68.75 154 618 v Aus at Christchurch 2021
66 (+5) Glenn Phillips New Zealand 423* 24.06 138 430 v Aus at Christchurch 2021
110= (+77) Marcus Stoinis Aus 307*! 24.76 138 307 v NZ at Dunedin 2021
118 (+14) Matthew Wade Aus 296* 22.04 125 402 v India at Melbourne 2012
128 (+68) J Neesham New Zealand 281*! 24.69 160 281 v Aus at Dunedin 2021


Bowlers (top 10)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating
1 ( – ) Rashid Khan Afg 736 12.62 6.14 816 v Ban at Dehradun 2018
2 ( – ) Tabraiz Shamsi SA 733! 28.14 7.37 733 v Pak at Lahore 2021
3 ( – ) M Ur Rahman Afg 730 17.72 6.15 745 v Ire at Greater Noida 2020
4 ( – ) Adil Rashid Eng 700 25.8 7.52 716 v WI at St Kitts 2019
5 ( – ) Adam Zampa Aus 676 22.27 6.73 720 v SL at Brisbane 2019
6 (+1) Tim Southee NZ 653 25.72 8.41 659 v Aus at Christchurch 2021
7 (+2) Mitchell Santner NZ 648 21.18 7.51 724 v Pak at Wellington 2018
8 (-2) Ashton Agar Aus 643 22.53 7.04 717 v Eng at Southampton 2020
9 (-1) S Cottrell WI 634 21.81 7.89 648 v NZ at Auckland 2020
10 ( – ) Chris Jordan Eng 618 25.31 8.7 659 v NZ at Wellington 2019


Other selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating
11 (+3) Ish Sodhi NZ 617 23.54 8.09 732 v Pak at Wellington 2018
49 (+24) Trent Boult NZ 454 23.95 8.62 624 v Aus at Sydney 2018
115 (RE) J Richardson Aus 337* 29.75 8.5 387 v Pak at Harare 2018
138= (+37) Kyle Jamieson NZ 286*! 48.5 9.38 286 v Aus at Dunedin 2021


All-rounders (top five)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Highest Rating
1 ( – ) M Nabi Afg 294 355 v Ban at Mirpur 2019
2 ( – ) S Al Hasan Ban 268 409 v Pak at Mirpur 2015
3 ( – ) G Maxwell Aus 205 368 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2016
4 ( – ) R Berrington Sco 194 204 v Ire at Malahide 2019
5 ( – ) S Williams Zim 190 225 v Nepal at Singapore 2019
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