LAHORE, Dec. 8 -- Australia's Marnus Labuschagne's aggregate of 308 runs in the first Test against West Indies has lifted him past Joe Root to the top of ICC Test batting rankings. Labuschagne scored 204 and 104 not out in Perth, becoming just the eighth player to record a century and a double-ton in the same Test. The knocks gave him 50 rating points, helping him regain his position at the top of the rankings table for the first time since June this year. He rises to 935 rating points, just one behind his previous best of 936. Another solid showing in the second Test, starting tomorrow, can well take him past the likes of Virat Kohli and Viv Richards, who have all-time highs of 937 and 938 respectively.
Root, with scores of 23 and 73 in t...