Cummins dethroned as 87-year record shattered

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Australian skipper Pat Cummins has mislaid his ranking arsenic the world's No.1 Test bowler, with 40-year-old James Anderson becoming the oldest subordinate to instrumentality the apical spot since 1936.

Cummins' four-year reign arsenic No.1 has ended following a hard commencement to the bid successful India, which has seen the accelerated bowler assertion conscionable 3 wickets astatine 39.67.

In contrast, Anderson took 7/54 successful England's triumph implicit New Zealand successful Mount Maunganui. He's been a cardinal portion of the broadside which has won 10 of its past 11 matches, claiming 43 wickets astatine 17.84 since the commencement of 2022.

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It's the sixth clip Anderson has claimed the satellite No.1 ranking, and helium becomes the oldest subordinate since Australia's Clarrie Grimmett successful 1936 to clasp apical spot.

During the Mount Maunganui Test, Anderson and Stuart Broad broke the grounds antecedently held by Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne for the astir wickets taken successful Test matches arsenic a pair.

Cummins, who has returned location from India for idiosyncratic reasons, has dropped 2 spots to No.3 successful the rankings, with India's Ravi Ashwin astatine No.2. Ashwin has taken 14 wickets astatine 13.92 successful the 2 Tests against Australia to date.

His rotation partner, Ravindra Jadeja, is up six spots to No.9. Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood person each dropped 1 spot, to No.10 and No.12 respectively.

There's small alteration successful the batting rankings, with Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith inactive ranked No.1 and No.2, with the under-pressure David Warner besides dependable astatine No.20.

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