London: West Indies pair Jayden Seales and Jason Holder have been the big winners on the updated ICC Men’s Test Player rankings.

Seales and Holder both performed well during the West Indies’ recent test series against South Africa, despite the fact the Caribbean side fell to a 1-0 series defeat. Fast bowler Jayden Seales of the West Indies moved up to a career-best 13th position in the ICC Men’s Test Bowling rankings after finishing as the most successful bowler in the second test against South Africa in Guyana. Seales, who finished with nine wickets in a 40-run loss that helped South Africa win the ICC World Test Championship series 1-0, has moved up 13 places to become the top-ranked Test bowler from the West Indies. Spinners Jomel Warrican (52nd) and Gudakesh Motie (64th) have advanced two spots each while fast bowler Shamar Joseph has progressed 11 spots to 54th in other significant movements for the West Indies players in the bowling rankings.

Player of the Match Wiaan Mulder has advanced 27 places to 65th position after finishing with six wickets for South Africa while off-spinner Dane Piedt is up nine places to 66th after claiming two West Indies wickets in the second innings of the match. In the Test batting rankings, South Arica opener Aiden Markram and wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne have gained after notching half-centuries in the second innings. Markram inched up two places to 21st while Verreynne has progressed from 62nd to 46th.