Aiden Markram on his career-best ninth position: ICC Rankings
Aiden Markram on his career-best ninth position: ICC Rankings
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South Africa opener Aiden Markram has sustained his surge towards the top during an amazing first year in Test cricket, making his way to career-best ninth position in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Player Rankings for batsmen. The 23-year-old's brilliant knocks of 152 runs and 37 not only contributed in South Africa's massive 492-run victory over Australia in Johannesburg for a 3-1 Test series win but have also helped him move up six places to the ninth spot in the latest rankings, which also takes into account performances in the drawn second Test between New Zealand and England in Christchurch.

Proteas batsmen Aiden Markram, who led South Africa to victory in the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2014, has broken into the top ten for the first time and is now among a select group of 10 cricketers led by Don Bradman who have scored 1,000 runs or more in their first 10 Tests. Markram's opening partner Dean Elgar too has advanced after scoring 100 runs in the Test including a knock of 81 in the second innings while captain Faf du Plessis (up by five places to 17th) and Temba Bavuma (up by 12 places to 39th) are the other South Africa batsmen to make significant gains.

For Australia, captain Tim Paine has moved up eight places to 53rd position while for England, captain Joe Root (up by one place to third), wicket keeper Jonny Bairstow (up by three places to 13th) and Mark Stoneman (up by 14 places to 64th) are the ones to progress.

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