Tim David against South Africa

Batters from Australia and South Africa make rankings gains

Some massive gains for Tim David and Dewald Brevis near the top of the T20I batting charts, while a group of New Zealand stars are rewarded on the latest Test rankings.

In-form stars from Australia and South Africa have been the big winners and reached new career-high ratings following the latest update to the ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings.

Tim David is the leading run-scorer across the opening two matches of the T20I series between Australia and South Africa and the hard-hitting right-hander has improved six spots to jump to 10th overall for T20I batters with a new career-high rating as a result.

Teammate Cameron Green also gains six spots to rise to 17th on the same list, while youngster Dewald Brevis is the big winner from a South African perspective following his record-breaking exploits in the second game of the series in Darwin.

Brevis exploded with a superb innings of 125 as the Proteas squared the three-match series against the Aussies at 1-1 and rocketed up the T20I Batting Rankings from outside the top 100 to 21st as a result.

It was the highest T20I score by any South African men's batter and the highest ever against Australia in what was Brevis' ninth T20I appearance for his country.

South African teammate Tristan Stubbs (up 12 spots to equal 27th) also makes some gains for T20I batters, while Josh Hazlewood (up three spots to 20th), Kagiso Rabada (up 15 places to equal 44th) and Lungi Ngidi (up 14 rungs to 50th) are the improvers in the latest rankings for T20I bowlers.

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There are also big gains on the Men's Test Player Rankings for a host of New Zealand players following their recent impressive 2-0 series sweep over Zimbabwe away from home.

Pacer Matt Henry was named Player of the Series for his 16 wickets at an average of 9.12 and the right-armer also receives a new career-high rating and improves one place to third overall on the latest rankings for Test bowlers.

Henry's strong series sees him jump ahead of Australia captain Pat Cummins, with No.1 ranked Jasprit Bumrah and second-placed Rabada the only players ahead of him on the updated list for Test bowlers.

A trio of New Zealand batters make good ground on the rankings for Test batters, with Rachin Ravindra (up 15 places to 23rd), Devon Conway (up seven spots to 37th) and Henry Nicholls (up six rungs to 47th) rewarded for decent scores in Zimbabwe.

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There is also some movement on the latest ODI rankings following the first two matches of the series between the West Indies and Pakistan and it's in the bowling charts where the largest gains have been made.

West Indies spinner Gudakesh Motie jumps five spots to 12th after picking up a wicket in each of the first two matches of the series, while teammate Jayden Seales (up 24 places to 33rd) and Pakistan's Abrar Ahmed (up three rungs to 54th) also make ground.