{"id":303006,"date":"2023-12-20T19:25:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=303006"},"modified":"2023-12-20T19:25:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:25:29","slug":"englands-adil-rashid-becomes-worlds-no-1-twenty20-bowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/%d1%81ricket\/englands-adil-rashid-becomes-worlds-no-1-twenty20-bowler\/","title":{"rendered":"England&apos;s Adil Rashid becomes world&apos;s No 1 Twenty20 bowler"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> England&#8217;s Adil Rashid becomes world&#8217;s No 1 Twenty20 bowler after taking seven wickets and keeping West Indies power-hitters in check&#8230; and it&#8217;s been 13 years since an Englishman was in top spot<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leg-spinner Rashid, 35, is the leading wicket-taker in Caribbean series<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>His economy rate of 6.43 is England&#8217;s best in the series by some distance<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rashid has overtaken Rashid Khan and Ravi Bishnoi to take the No 1 position\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Adil Rashid has become the world&#8217;s No 1-ranked Twenty20 bowler on the back of his strong form on England&#8217;s tour of the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>Yorkshire&#8217;s Rashid is the leading wicket-taker in the series with seven and has also kept West Indies&#8217; big hitters in check, returning an outstanding economy rate of 6.43 &#8211; the next best amongst his England team-mates is Reece Topley with 9.2.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old has overtaken two other leg-spinners in Afghanistan&#8217;s Rashid Khan and Ravi Bishnoi, of India, to hit the summit.<\/p>\n<p>Graeme Swann, a World Cup winner with England in 2010, is the only other England bowler to have risen to No 1 in the International Cricket Council&#8217;s rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Rashid became the first Englishman to 100 T20 international wickets in the opening match of an enthralling tussle between the sides here that is locked at 2-2 going into Thursday&#8217;s decider at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmation of his rise to the top came a day after he surprisingly went unsold during the Indian Premier League auction.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/18\/79183833-12886883-image-a-24_1703097211473.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England&#8217;s Adil Rashid (second right), seen celebrating a wicket in Grenada, is No 1 in the world<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/18\/79183837-12886883-image-a-25_1703097242990.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rashid celebrates with Phil Salt after getting the wicket of Rovman Powell in Tarouba\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12886883\/Englands-Adil-Rashid-worlds-No-1-Twenty20-bowler-seven-wickets-West-Indies-13-years-Englishman-spot.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England&#8217;s Adil Rashid becomes world&#8217;s No 1 Twenty20 bowler after taking seven wickets and keeping West Indies power-hitters in check&#8230; 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