West Indies left-arm spin bowling duo of Akeal Hosein and Gudakesh Motie benefitted from strong performances in the deciding fifth Twenty20 International against England last recently
Hosein, playing on home soil, took two for 20 from his allotted four overs in the match, and he moved two spots up to fourth in the ICC Player Rankings for T201s, overtaking the Sri Lankan players Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana.
Motie moved up 75 spots after taking three for 24 in his four overs to earn the Player-of-the- Match in the same contest against England. He entered the top 100 for the first time in the 91st position.
Pacer Alzarri Joseph who did not play in the last two matches of the series, is ranked at 19th, and fellow pacer Jason Holder is ranked at 26th, but no other West Indies bowler that featured in the series appeared in the top 100. The out-of-favour trio of Obed McCoy is at 51st, Sheldon Cottrell at 77th, and Odean Smith at 85th.
Former West Indies white ball captain Nicholas Pooran and opener Brandon King, who gained an all-time high sixth during the series, are the highest ranked batsmen at 12th and 13th respectively.
West Indies captain Rovman Powell, who achieved a career-best 23rd ranking during the series, is ranked 30th, with left-handed opener Kyle Mayers at the 36th spot , opener Johnson Charles at 51st, Sherfane Rutherford at 71st, Shai Hope at 89th, and Shimron Hetmyer st 98th.
