{"id":18754,"date":"2021-01-06T05:10:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T06:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=18754"},"modified":"2021-01-06T09:25:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T09:25:42","slug":"kiwis-new-number-one-team-in-test-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=18754","title":{"rendered":"Kiwis new number-one team in Test cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia are no longer the number-one ranked Test team in the world after New Zealand, spearheaded by prolific batsman Kane Williamson and bean-stalk quick Kyle Jamieson, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/live-scores\/new-zealand-v-pakistan-new-zealand-v-pakistan-test-series-2020-2021\/49339\" title=\"demolished Pakistan by an innings and 176 runs in Christchurch\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">demolished Pakistan by an innings and 176 runs in Christchurch<\/a> to claim the title for the first time ever.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Paine&#x27;s men are now tasked with winning <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/tim-paine-sydney-test-selection-david-warner-will-pucovski\/f47c286a-8b52-4a4d-b7c3-bceaf2c2d47a\" title=\"the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series<\/a> to return to the top perch, while <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/tim-paine-third-test-tension-boiling-over-with-indian-team\/11b586e6-fa55-45e5-b87e-49e5f7a6bca3\" title=\"India\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India<\/a> will jump both Australia and New Zealand if they emerge as victors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICC\/status\/1346678702009012226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICC\/status\/1346678702009012226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jamieson, who towers at 203 centimetres, ripped through Pakistan&#x27;s batting line-up on the fourth day of the second and final Test, finishing with career-best figures of 6-48.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old&#x27;s third-innings onslaught followed his 5-69 on the opening day of the match.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICC\/status\/1346690601832468480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICC\/status\/1346690601832468480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jamieson&#x27;s heroics earned him man-of-the-match honours even though <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/new-zealand-v-pakistan-test-series-kane-williamson-phenomenal-run-of-form\/60082b50-3cb4-46bc-bed4-5e42b660c89a\" title=\"Williamson compiled an innings of 238 runs\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Williamson compiled an innings of 238 runs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6220225938001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/01\/335470\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"Pakistan&#x27;s classy gesture for Kiwi ace after fourth double ton of Test career\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckjjkpc1200040hpcutgcyfle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But Williamson was named player of the series after garnering 388 runs at an average of 129.33, including knocks of 129 and 238.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/icc-test-batting-rankings-kane-williamson-overtakes-steve-smith-virat-kohli\/22dff075-4a44-46fb-88f9-ab472b21e6b0\" title=\"The star right-hander last week became the number-one ranked batsman in Test cricket\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The star right-hander last week became the number-one ranked batsman in Test cricket<\/a>, edging ahead of Virat Kohli and Steve Smith.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true)\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"clicking here!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Australia are no longer the number-one ranked Test team in the world after New Zealand, spearheaded by prolific batsman Kane Williamson and bean-stalk quick Kyle <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=18754\" title=\"Kiwis new number-one team in Test 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