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Lewis and Joseph move up on ICC ODI Rankings

by October 3rd, 2017

The West Indies pair of Evin Lewis and Alzarri Joseph have both made huge strides on the latest release of the ICC One Day International Rankings, following career-best performances in the just concluded five-match series against England.

The left-handed Lewis leapt 31 places in the batting rankings to break into the top 100 in the world at 78th while Joseph jumped 28 spots to become the 108th ranked bower.

The movement for both players comes against the backdrop of outstanding performances in the fourth ODI where Lewis chalked up a sublime 176 and the 20-year-old Joseph became the youngest ever Windies bowler to take five wickets in an ODI when he bagged 5 for 56.

Alzari Joseph

Alzari Joseph

There was also movement for captain Jason Holder who rose 11 places in the batting ranking to 73rd, following his career-best 77 also in the fourth ODI.

Off-spinner Sunil Narine, who has not played a One Day game in a year, slipped two places to 10th but remained the highest-ranked West Indies bowler.

Holder is the next best at 26th but is the only other West Indian in the top 50 of the rankings headed by South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir ahead of Josh Hazlewood and Kagiso Rabada.

In the batting, the highest ranked West Indies player is Marlon Samuels at 47th with India stroke-maker Virat Kohli occupying the number one spot followed by David Warner and AB de Villiers.

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