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

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Cricket365
March 3, 2021

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