Pakistan’s Noman Ali rises to career-best No. 2 in ICC Test Bowling Rankings

Pakistan spinner Noman Ali has climbed to a career-best second spot in the ICC Men’s Test Bowling Rankings after his match-winning 10-wicket haul against South Africa in Lahore. He now trails India’s Jasprit Bumrah by just 29 rating points.

Hyderabad: Pakistan spinner Noman Ali has attained a career-best second position in the ICC Men’s Test Bowling Rankings after helping his team win the first Test against South Africa in Lahore.

The left-arm spinner has progressed four places and is now only 29 rating points behind top-ranked Jasprit Bumrah of India after finishing with figures of six for 112 and four for 79 in Pakistan’s 93-run victory that helped take a 1-0 lead in the two-match ICC World Test Championship series.

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Noman is currently at a career-high of 853 rating points, becoming only the seventh from his country to cross the 850-point mark and the first since leg-spinner Yasir Shah in July 2016. Noman’s previous best was the fifth position that he had attained in January this year during a series against the West Indies when he had reached 806 rating points.