{"id":112634,"date":"2026-08-26T10:43:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/starc-dethrones-bumrah-as-no1-test-bowler-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T10:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:43:06","slug":"starc-dethrones-bumrah-as-no1-test-bowler-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/starc-dethrones-bumrah-as-no1-test-bowler-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Starc dethrones Bumrah as No1 Test bowler | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australia\u2019s Mitchell Starc has become the new No1 bowler in the ICC Men\u2019s Test Rankings after a match-winning ten-wicket haul against Bangladesh in Mackay.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old left-arm pacer climbed to the summit after taking six wickets for 12 runs in the first innings and four for 39 in the second, helping Australia secure an innings-and-51-run victory in the second Test of their ICC World Test Championship series.<\/p>\n

Starc, who was named Player of the Match as well as Player of the Series, now leads New Zealand\u2019s Matt Henry and India\u2019s Jasprit Bumrah by ten rating points.<\/p>\n

It is the first time Starc has occupied the top position in the Test bowling rankings. His previous best was second, a position he first achieved following last year\u2019s Boxing Day Test.<\/p>\n

Bumrah\u2019s latest stint at No 1 lasted only two months, although the Indian pacer has spent a combined 697 days at the summit, the most by an Indian bowler and the 14th-most in Test history.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s Ollie Robinson was another major mover in the latest rankings. His figures of five for 51 and three for 39 against Pakistan in Leeds helped England register an innings-and-103-run victory and earned Robinson the Player of the Match award.<\/p>\n

Robinson climbed 15 places to 11th, while fellow England pacer Josh Tongue rose 16 spots to 17th after claiming eight wickets at Headingley.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s Manav Suthar made one of the biggest jumps, rising 28 places to a career-best 48th following a 10-wicket haul in India\u2019s 165-run victory over Sri Lanka in Galle.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka\u2019s Asitha Fernando and Prabath Jayasuriya also advanced, moving five places to 15th and 16th respectively.<\/p>\n

Among other notable gains, Australia spinner Nathan Lyon moved two places to 10th, while Pakistan\u2019s Ali Usman climbed 30 places to 67th.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s Jofra Archer rose six places to joint-38th, India\u2019s Prasidh Krishna moved two places to 53rd and Bangladesh\u2019s Shoriful Islam jumped 17 places to 57th.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s Harry Brook has further consolidated his position at the top of the Test batting rankings, doubling his lead over teammate Joe Root to 24 rating points.<\/p>\n

Brook scored 90 in the Leeds Test, while Root contributed 66, allowing the England duo to retain the top two positions.<\/p>\n

India wicket-keeper-batter Rishabh Pant returned to the top ten for the first time in a year after scores of 39 and 66. He climbed six places to seventh.<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s Cameron Green was another significant mover, rising nine places to 21st, while Sri Lanka\u2019s Dhananjaya de Silva moved two places to 22nd.<\/p>\n

Pakistan batter Abdullah Shafique climbed seven places to joint-27th, while India\u2019s KL Rahul advanced five places to 30th.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka\u2019s Sonal Dinusha made one of the biggest gains in the batting rankings, jumping 49 places to 54th. India\u2019s Devdutt Padikkal also re-entered the rankings at 59th.<\/p>\n

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Australia\u2019s Mitchell Starc has become the new No1 bowler in the ICC Men\u2019s Test Rankings after a match-winning ten-wicket haul against Bangladesh in Mackay. The 36-year-old left-arm pacer climbed to the summit after taking six wickets for 12 runs in the first innings and four for 39 in the second, helping Australia secure an innings-and-51-run […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/starc-21787733917-0\/starc-21787733917-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t