Two common Test matches in Pakistan led to considerable slides in Ben Stokes‘ ICC Test positions in every classification.
An injury had actually required Stokes out of the three-match Test collection versus Sri Lanka in your home along with the initial Test of the Pakistan scenic tour. Ollie Pope had actually actioned in as captain, leading England to a 2-1 win in the previous and an innings win at Multan.
Stokes returned for the last 2 Tests in Pakistan, that transformed points around in amazing fashion to take the collection 2-1 Stokes himself made 1, 37, 12, and 3– 53 go for 13.25– and acknowledged 33 runs without taking an arch.
After the initial Test, Stokes had actually gone down 4 put on the Test batting positions, from 30th to 34th. After the 2nd, he moved even more, to 41st– the very first time considering that December 30, 2015 that Stokes is not in the leading 40 of the ICC Test batting positions. In in between, Stokes had actually gone to 40th two times, on October 30, 2016, and on February 3, 2019.
Stokes additionally went down from 46th to 51st on the bowling positions. Despite bowling sometimes nowadays, this is the very first time he dropped outside the leading 50 considering that August 2, 2015. During this duration, his lowest ranking had actually been 49th– on February 19, February 27, and July 30, 2024.
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Since the all-rounder ranking relies on the batting and bowling positions, Stokes’s position was affected there too. He went down from 9th to 12th, the very first time he was outside the leading 10 considering that December 30, 2015.
Stokes had actually held the leading all-rounder’s area for a long time in 2021, and made use of to be a continuous in the leading 5 for many years. In batting, he had actually increased to 3rd location (on July 20, 2020), while his finest bowling ranking has actually been 19th (July 31, 2017).
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