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Marco Jansen becomes world number-1 Test all-rounder
South Africa's Marco Jansen has claimed the number-1 spot in the ICC Test all-rounder rankings, ending Ravindra Jadeja's four-year reign at the top. Following a decisive performance against Australia in the World Test Championship, the 26-year-old reached a rating of 451.
Jansen's ascent follows a match-winning contribution where he scored 85 runs and took a five-wicket haul. This performance also propelled him to the number-1 position in the Test bowling rankings, overtaking Mitchell Starc, and saw him climb 13 places in the batting rankings to 56th.
India's Ravindra Jadeja dropped to second place with a rating of 422. Other notable shifts in the rankings include South African captain Temba Bavuma rising to second in the Test batting rankings after scoring 179 runs, and spinner Simon Harmer climbing to eighth in the all-rounder standings.
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