New Zealand trip to the top of Test Rankings

The seventh country ever until main place in the rankings of the tests, New Zealand spent much of the last two years second on the board with a recent impeccable home record.

So how did they get there?

Kane Williamson: Leading from the front

In a time of flashy superstition, Kane Williamson is a throwback to the old-fashioned cricketer who runs a class every time he takes the crease. Kane Williamson has such clarity that he is not only the captain and fulcrum of the New Zealand battery order, but also the world’s No.1 test bat, surpassing Virat Kohli and Steve Smith in the ICC Rankings final update for 2020 Williamson jumped that incredible duo with three centuries, including two doubles in his last six innings.

After another double-win win by the captain against Pakistan in Christchurch, the Black Caps took the lead in the Test and then went close to the top two places in the ICC World Test Championship stand. The 364-ball double era a couple of days ago was a 573-minute lead in a hit test game from Kane Williamson, leading his team from the front. However, that was not the end of it, as he rewrote several records in the process: –

· Scores of the majority of tests (13) & 50+ (31) in New Zealand

· First captain in New Zealand to 2000+ Test running at home

· Second captain from New Zealand for a score of 3000+ runs

· Third batch from New Zealand to 7,000+ runs in Tests

· Co-op for most doubles in test cricket for New Zealand: 4

· Third highest participation in test cricket for New Zealand (369 – Williamson & Nicholls)

· Second captain for a 10+ test centuries score from 2016

· Highest average cricket test since 2017 among catchers with at least 1000 runs:

Kane Williamson (NZL) – 65.74
Babar Azam (PAK) – 62.80
Marnus Labuschagne (AUS) – 58.81
Henry Nicholls (NZL) – 53.53
Steve Smith (AUS) – 52.62
Virat Kohli (IND) – 52.56

A team effort for sustainable excellence

While Kane Williamson has been heavily involved in New Zealand’s rise to the top, there’s a lot more to the Black Caps than just their captain. Since 2017, Tom Latham, Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, and Williamson, have performed more than 6500 test runs between them that spanned the 21st century. With Tom Latham (11th), Henry Nicholls (12th) and Ross Taylor (14th) just outside the top-10 ICC Tests for batting, there has been plenty of running throughout the New Zealand battery order on the t. -way to the top.

Kiwis speed duo Neil Wagner and Tim Southee are third and fourth in the ICC Test Ranking for bowing. Since 2017, the pair, along with Trent Boult, have built 275 wikis between them at an average of 23.95. Kyle Jamieson’s meteoric rise as the fourth pillar of New Zealand’s bowling unit has added new dimension and strength to this already talented attack.

The final piece of the puzzle for raising New Zealand is the old adage, ‘A place is not like home’. After breaking just the longest climb they have won in test cricket with their sixth win against Pakistan, the New Zealand home series has been an inevitable challenge for all sides of travel for the past three years. gone. Such has led Williamson’s side on his home decks that March 2017 was the last time the Testing team won a Test in New Zealand.

England, South Africa, India and Australia have all had a year at the top of the ICC Test Rankings in the last 10 years. With incredible results against the West Indies and Pakistan, and both have been involved in consecutive Trials with innings each, New Zealand have confirmed that they are now the largest Test team in cricket. the universe and the rankings reflect that fact.