Labuschagne, Head, Afridi achieve the best test ranking of their careers

Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head have achieved their top positions in the latest test bat leaderboard, and seaman Shaheen Shah Afridi has also achieved the feat on the bowler list.

Labuschagnes 74 and Heads 152 in the first Ashes test at the Gabba against England helped them to reach number 2 and 10 respectively on the list. Labuschagne jumped two places and also slipped past teammate Steven Smith, who has now slipped to 3rd place, while Head has moved up 16 places.

Another batsman who has won the first Ashes Test rankings is David Warner, who jumped from nine to six, while fast English bowlers Ollie Robinson (four places to 31st) and Mark Wood (two places to 50) The bowling charts, led by Australia's captain Pat Cummins, have risen.

Meanwhile, Afridi, who picked up three wickets for 34 runs against Bangladesh in the second Test, which Pakistan won by an innings and eight runs and eventually won the series, moved up two places to reach his career-best third position.

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For Bangladesh, Shakib Al Hasan, who scored 33 and 63 against Pakistan in the second test, has moved up to 35th place, a jump of eight places in the Batters List and at the same time occupies fourth place - out of five - among the all-rounders.

The latest ranking update also sees Dawid Malan regaining the # 1 position on the T20I batter list after losing the top spot to Pakistani captain Babar Azam, who scored 0 and 7 in the series against West Indies had.

On the T20I bowling list, Shadab Khan was back in the top 10, taking five spots and finishing ninth.