Mujeeb Ur Rahman reached his career-best rank while Andrew Balbirnie made big gains in the rankings tables after the Ireland v Afghanistan one-day international series.
Afghanistan won the three-match series, which was played in Belfast, 2-1 after Rashid Khan led a sterling bowling effort in the final game, shooting the home side out for just 124 before the runs were knocked off in just 23.5 overs.
Mujeeb hit a career high by the end of the series. He picked up only two wickets in the three games but was economical all the way through, and reached 599 points and a rise of one spot to No.23, joint with England’s Liam Plunkett.
The top bowler in the series was undoubtedly Irish veteran Tim Murtagh, who returned 4/31 and 4/30 in the first two games. The 37-year-old paceman moved up two spots to 21st place as a result with 602 points against his name.
The other major mover for Ireland was Andrew Balbirnie, the top-order batsman who scored 55, 60 and 17 to comfortably top the series chart with 132 runs. It meant he rose 21 places to No.72 in the batters’ ranking.
