--- title: "Pakistan cricket players' ICC rankings shift after Test series against England" description: "Most outlets highlighted Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Abbas's significant gains in the ICC Test rankings, while noting the decline of Babar Azam and Rizwan. ARY News contextualized the changes by mentioning Pakistan's heavy defeat to England in the second Test, whereas ProPakistani focused primarily on the players' gains without referencing the match result." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/6253-babar-rizwan-slide-as-saud-shakeel-surges-in-icc-test site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Pakistan cricket players' ICC rankings shift after Test series against England sports · latest filing 3 Sep 2026, 3:21 PM PKT · 2–3 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets over 2 developments ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 3 Sep 2026 — Babar, Rizwan slide as Saud Shakeel surges in ICC Test rankings (1 outlet) - **Minute Mirror** — [Babar, Rizwan slide as Saud Shakeel surges in ICC Test rankings](https://minutemirror.com.pk/babar-rizwan-slide-as-saud-shakeel-surges-in-icc-test-rankings-623918/) · 3 Sep 2026, 3:21 PM PKT > Saud Shakeel jumps 15 places to 18th in the ICC Test rankings, while Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan slide after Pakistan’s heavy defeat at.... ### 2 Sep 2026 — Pakistan cricket players' ICC rankings shift after Test series against England (2 outlets) > Most outlets highlighted Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Abbas's significant gains in the ICC Test rankings, while noting the decline of Babar Azam and Rizwan. ARY News contextualized the changes by mentioning Pakistan's heavy defeat to England in the second Test, whereas ProPakistani focused primarily on the players' gains without referencing the match result. - **ProPakistani** — [Pakistan Players Make Big Gains in Latest ICC Test Rankings](https://propakistani.pk/2026/09/02/pakistan-players-make-big-gains-in-latest-icc-test-rankings/) · 2 Sep 2026, 3:55 PM PKT > Pakistan’s Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Abbas have made significant gains in the latest ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings, while Babar… Read More - **ARY News (English)** — [Babar, Rizwan slide as Saud makes major gains in ICC rankings](https://arynews.tv/babar-rizwan-slide-as-saud-makes-major-gains-in-icc-rankings) · 2 Sep 2026, 2:54 PM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing > The changes came after Pakistan endured a heavy 194-run defeat against England in the second Test of the ongoing three-match series... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Pakistan Cricket Players Update ICC Test Rankings](https://harzaviya.com/stories/911-babar-azam-shan-masood-and-mohammad-abbas-rise-in-icc-test) · 30 Jul 2026 · 4 outlets · 2 developments · 84% related - [Babar Azam returns to ICC Test batting top 10 after nearly two years](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2922-babar-azam-returns-to-top-10-in-latest-icc-test-rankings) · 13 Aug 2026 · 9 outlets · 2 developments · 80% related - [Mohammad Abbas moves up in ICC Test Rankings after England series](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6563-mohammad-abbas-climbs-to-15th-in-icc-test-rankings-after) · 2 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 76% related - [Pakistan to make Test squad changes following England tour](https://harzaviya.com/stories/5602-pakistan-face-test-squad-shake-up-after-massive-defeats) · 31 Aug 2026 · 3 outlets · 70% related 3 articles from 3 outlets, 2–3 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.