{"id":10454,"date":"2016-07-19T08:33:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T08:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/?p=10454"},"modified":"2016-07-19T08:33:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T08:33:54","slug":"icc-top-10-test-batsmen-steve-smith-at-no-1-no-place-for-virat-kohli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/19\/icc-top-10-test-batsmen-steve-smith-at-no-1-no-place-for-virat-kohli\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC Top 10 Test Batsmen: Steve Smith at no. 1, no place for Virat Kohli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cricbol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/STEVE_SMITH_11705303043.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Smith, ICC Test Rankings, ICC Batsman rankings, Kane Williamson, Hashim Amla, Joe Root, AB de Villiers, Younus Khan, Adam Voges, David Warner, Misbah ul Haq, Angelo Mathews, Cricket\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As per the latest ICC Test Rankings, there is no place for Virat Kohli in the list of top 10 Test batsmen. Australian skipper Steve Smith is sitting at the top with a comfortable lead of 57 points, from New Zealand\u2019s skipper Kane Williamson, who is number 2 in the latest ICC Test rankings. South Africa\u2019s ace Test batsman Hashim Amla is at number 3, followed by England\u2019s Joe Root at 4. There are two Pakistani batsmen in the list; Younus Khan at 6 and Misbah-ul-Haq at 9. Interestingly, there is no Indian batsman in the list of top 10 batsmen in Test cricket. Here\u2019s the full list<\/p>\n<h3><strong>ICC Test Rankings (Top 10 batsmen)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Rank \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Player\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Team \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Pts \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ave\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HS Rating<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Steve Smith \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Aus\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 925 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a060.18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 936 v Eng at Lord\u2019s 2015<\/p>\n<p>2 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Kane Williamson \u00a0NZ\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 868 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a049.23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 893 v Aus at Perth 2015<\/p>\n<p>3 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Hashim Amla \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 SA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 860 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a051.45\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 907 v Pak at Abu Dhabi 2013<\/p>\n<p>4 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Joe Root \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eng\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 820 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a052.20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 917 v Aus at Trent Bridge 2015<\/p>\n<p>5 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0AB de Villiers \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0SA \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0818 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a050.46\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 935 v Aus at Port Elizabeth 2014<\/p>\n<p>6 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Younus Khan \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Pak \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 811 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a053.64\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 880 v SL at Lahore 2009<\/p>\n<p>7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Adam Voges \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Aus\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 811 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a095.50\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 811 v NZ at Christchurch 2016<\/p>\n<p>8 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0David Warner \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Aus\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 800 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a050.06\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 880 v NZ at Perth 2015<\/p>\n<p>9 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Misbah-ul-Haq \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Pak \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 786 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a049.07\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 842 v NZ at Abu Dhabi 2014<\/p>\n<p>10 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Angelo Mathews \u00a0 \u00a0 SL \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 765 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a048.70\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 877 v NZ at Christchurch 2014<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As per the latest ICC Test Rankings, there is no place for Virat Kohli in the list of top 10 Test batsmen. Australian skipper Steve Smith is sitting at the top with a comfortable lead of 57 points, from New Zealand\u2019s skipper Kane Williamson, who is number 2 in the latest ICC Test rankings. 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