Harry Brook named as number one test batsman

Daniel Wales looks at the new ICC test batsman rankings with Harry Brook named as the new number one.

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00:00Yorkshire and England's Harry Brooke has been named as the number one test batsman in the world

00:06in the latest ICC rankings. Brooke who has been playing at number five for England in the order

00:12in their most recent tests away in New Zealand scored successive centuries in the first two

00:17matches helping England to a series win against the Black Caps having scored a total of over 300

00:24against Pakistan several weeks ago. Brooke is closely followed in the rankings by his Yorkshire

00:29and England teammate Joe Root who has been consistently performing for England for some

00:34time now scoring more centuries in the last few years than many of the other big names in test

00:39batting from other nations such as Kane Williamson of New Zealand, Steve Smith of Australia and Virat

00:45Kohli of India. England will hope they both continue to perform into 2025 as a series

00:52against India and the Ashes in Australia gets ever closer.