West indies Fast bowler Alsari Joseph climb into the top 20 in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings.
West Indies fast bowler Alsari Joseph, who performed excellently in the recent series against Bangladesh in Guyana, has managed to reach the top 20 in the International Cricket Council’s one-day bowling rankings. He has moved up 3 places to 18th.
Ending IPL Final 2022, Just over 24 hours later, Alzarri was in Amstelveen, turning up for West Indies in the first ODI against the Netherlands.
Since then, he has played six ODIs and two Tests across three different continents
The West Indies suffered a clean sweep 3-0 defeat at the Guyana National Stadium, their fourth series defeat in five this year.
Joseph only played in the last two ODIs, conceding just 7 runs in 3 overs in his first match and an impressive 10 overs for 25 runs With one wicket in his last match.
The performance was good enough to see him jump three places to 18th in the charts headed by New Zealand left-arm seamer Trent Boult who has overtaken Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah.
Antiguan Joseph has been the leading bowler for West Indies this year, taking 18 wickets in 12 ODIs at an average of 24.
He is the only West Indies bowler in the top 30, with left-arm spinner Akeel Hossain the next best at 38th.
Meanwhile, captain Nicholas Pooran has moved up 4 places to the 35th position according to the 73 Runs he scored in the last one-day match last week.