Kemar Roach’s player of the Match Performance in the recently concluded first Test against Bangladesh has seen him move into the top 10 of the ICC Men’s Test Bowling Rankings for the first time in more than two years.
The updated rankings released on Wednesday show the West Indies fast bowler jumping four spots from 12th to eighth, just one position from his career-best seventh rank which he attained in December 2014. The 33-year-old Barbadian has maintained his position as the top- ranked West Indies Test bowler.
Roach, who passed a fitness assessment to become a last minute addition to the squad for the Test in Antigua, which formed part of the ICC World Test Championship series, ended with match figures of seven for 74, including a five-wicket haul in the second innings.
He now has 252 CPL wickets in his career, which passes the legendary Michael Holding (249) in the West Indies all-time list of highest wickets-takers.
The other big West Indies climbers in the Test Bowling Rankings were Kyle Mayers who moved up five places to 40th and Alzarri Joseph who is nine places higher at 48th.
