Imam ul Haq jumps to career-best third in ODI rankings

LAHORE: Pakistan opener Imam ul Haq and pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi made big strides in the latest ICC ODI rankings, updated on Wednesday.

Left-hander Imam, who remained the top scorer of the recently concluded ODI series between Pakistan and Australia, leaped to his career-best third rank from 10th.

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Imam finished the home series against Australia with 298 runs at an average of 147, including two centuries.

Left-arm pacer Shaheen jumped eight places to the seventh spot.

In the Test Bowling rankings, the pacer moved one place up to the fourth rank with South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada.

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Pakistan’s opening batter Imam ul Haq Thursday entered the record books. When he became the quickest batsman in the world to reach the ninth ODI hundred in his career.

Imam smashed a century during the second ODI against Australia in Lahore. His 2nd consecutive in the series, to surpass South Africa’s Hashim Amla in the list of taking the fewest innings to score the ninth ODI hundred.

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