Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand performers make ICC Rankings moves

Standouts in Pakistan's ODI series with Australia and the Test match between Ireland and New Zealand have made jumps after the latest ICC Player Rankings update.

Bowlers in particular enjoyed the matches in Rawalpindi and Lahore, with Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed making a seven-spot jump into fourth (633), a career high position and rating for ODI Bowlers thanks to a pair of two-wicket hauls. 

Fast bowling teammate Shaheen Afridi enjoyed a four-spot jump to 13th (593) thanks to four wickets of his own, while there was a big jump further down for Australian quick Nathan Ellis, who moved up 24 spots to 44th after claiming six wickets across the two outings.

With runs hard to come by in the series, Matt Renshaw's knocks of 43 and 61 helped him move over 100 spots (to 78th) in his renaissance as a reliable white-ball batting option for Australia. Only the likes of Josh Inglis (up three spots to 57th) and Cameron Green (up five spots to 63rd) elsewhere made inroads of note, while Salman Ali Agha lost his spot in the top ten, moving five spots down to 14th.

New Zealand's victory over Ireland meanwhile has led to a number of their red-ball performers make big gains on the latest ICC Men's Test Player Rankings.

The side under Tom Latham beat the hosts and now take on England in a three-match series as part of the World Test Championship beginning on June 4.

Rachin Ravindra headlines the rankings changes, moving into the top ten for Test batters for the first time (9th, 737) after a knock of 121.

Fellow centurion Tom Blundell, who compiled a top score of 186 in the Test match, moved eight places to 40th (575).

Ireland fast bowler Mark Adair returned to the rankings list in 24th, for Test bowlers, while Nathan Smith made a 24-spot jump to 59th, closely following compatriot Blair Tickner (54th, moving up nine spots).