{"id":60941,"date":"2020-07-21T15:34:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T15:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=60941"},"modified":"2020-07-21T15:34:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T15:34:44","slug":"stokes-replaces-holder-at-top-of-all-rounder-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=60941","title":{"rendered":"Stokes replaces Holder at top of all-rounder rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"wp-image-60942 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Ben_Stokes-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"893\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Ben_Stokes-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Ben_Stokes-696x395.jpg 696w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Ben_Stokes.jpg 726w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/>Sports Desk: Ben Stokes' man-of-the-match performance against the West Indies has catapulted him to the top of the International Cricket Council's Test all-rounder rankings as well as a career-best third in the batting standings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Stokes was at the heart of England's series-levelling win against the West Indies at Old Trafford that ended on Monday, scoring 176 and 78 not out as well as taking three wickets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Those performances were enough to see him leapfrog West Indies captain Jason Holder, who had been at number one for 18 months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Stokes is the first England\u00a0cricketer to top the all-rounder charts since Andrew Flintoff in May 2006.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The rankings, unlike traditional averages, also take the quality of opposition into account and Stokes' tally of 497 ratings points is the highest for any all-rounder since South Africa's Jacques Kallis was on 517 in April 2008.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Stokes' contrasting innings &#8212; a composed hundred followed by a rapid unbeaten fifty as England went in search of quick second-innings runs &#8212; propelled the left-handed batsman to joint third in the batting rankings, level with Australia's Marnus Labuschagne on 827 points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Only Australia star Steve Smith and India captain Virat Kohli are currently above the 29-year-old Durham star in that list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Stuart Broad's six wickets on his England recall at Old Trafford saw him return to the top 10 of the Test bowling rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Desk: Ben Stokes&#8217; man-of-the-match performance against the West Indies has catapulted him to the top of the International Cricket Council&#8217;s Test all-rounder rankings as well as a career-best third in the batting standings. 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