{"id":112817,"date":"2025-09-04T01:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/112817\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T01:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:19:10","slug":"icc-rankings-age-just-a-number-39-year-old-sikandar-raza-no-1-odi-all-rounder-35-year-old-keshav-maharaj-no-1-odi-bowler-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/112817\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC Rankings: &#8216;Age just a number&#8217; \u2014 39-year-old Sikandar Raza No.1 ODI all-rounder; 35-year-old Keshav Maharaj No.1 ODI bowler | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/icc-odi-rankings.jpg\" alt=\"ICC Rankings: 'Age just a number' \u2014 39-year-old Sikandar Raza No.1 ODI all-rounder; 35-year-old Keshav Maharaj No.1 ODI bowler\" title=\"Sikandar Raza and Keshav Maharaj\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Sikandar Raza and Keshav Maharaj Zimbabwe&#8217;s veteran star <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sikandar-raza\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sikandar Raza<\/a> has etched his name in history, climbing to the No.1 spot in the ICC Men\u2019s ODI all-rounder rankings at the age of 39. Despite Zimbabwe falling short in their ODI series against Sri Lanka in Harare, Raza\u2019s consistent brilliance with both bat and ball propelled him past Afghanistan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mohammad-nabi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mohammad Nabi<\/a> and Azmatullah Omarzai to claim the top ranking.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@toisports\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">SUBSCRIBE NOW!<\/a>Raza registered back-to-back half-centuries in the series, along with figures of 1\/48 in the opening game, underlining his impact in all facets. His efforts saw him reach 302 rating points, moving ahead of Nabi (292) and Omarzai (296). His batting form also earned him a jump of nine places to 22nd in the ODI Batting Rankings.While Zimbabwe couldn\u2019t secure a victory, Raza\u2019s rise was the standout storyline. His feat is particularly inspiring given his age, proving that experience and determination can still dominate at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Should age be a factor in assessing a player&#8217;s performance?<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Sri Lanka\u2019s series win was marked by impressive leaps in the rankings. Pathum Nissanka\u2019s scores of 122 and 76 pushed him up seven spots to 13th among ODI batters, while Janith Liyanage surged 13 places to 29th. On the bowling charts, pacers Asitha Fernando and Dilshan Madushanka climbed to 31st and 52nd respectively.South Africa\u2019s emphatic win over England in Leeds also sparked movement. Left-arm spinner <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/keshav-maharaj\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keshav Maharaj<\/a> consolidated his hold at the top of the ODI Bowling Rankings with 690 points, while Lungi Ngidi rose to equal 23rd. England pacer Jofra Archer, despite the defeat, broke into the top 20, sitting 19th with 571 points.In T20Is, Mohammad Nabi gained ground, moving up to second among all-rounders behind India\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/hardik-pandya\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hardik Pandya<\/a>. Ibrahim Zadran\u2019s fine knocks pushed him into the top 20 T20 batters, while Pakistan\u2019s Sufiyan Muqeem entered the top 25 bowlers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sikandar Raza and Keshav Maharaj Zimbabwe&#8217;s veteran star Sikandar Raza has etched his name in history, climbing to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,27710,54303,37792,54301,54300,101,56,54,55,54302],"class_list":{"0":"post-112817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-hardik-pandya","10":"tag-icc-rankings","11":"tag-keshav-maharaj","12":"tag-mohammad-nabi","13":"tag-sikandar-raza","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom","18":"tag-zimbabwe-cricket"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}