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Huge Gains for Esterhuizen, Pretorius

South Africa batters Connor Esterhuizen and Lhuan-dre Pretorius have made huge gains in the ICC Men’s T20I Batting Rankings after some fine knocks in the Namibia T20I Tri-Series which their team won after defeating Zimbabwe by 48 runs in the final on Sunday.

Esterhuizen struck 88 against Namibia in a league match and 32 in the final to make a whopping 65-place ascent to a career-best 25th position while Pretorius, who missed the final due to a groin injury, has advanced 61 places to 43rd after knocks of 94 against Zimbabwe and 101 against Namibia in league matches.

Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus has advanced 16 places to 55th following unbeaten knocks of 88 against Zimbabwe and 30 against South Africa in the last league match of the tri-series played on Friday. Erasmus is also up four places to eighth among all-rounders while Namibia opener Louren Steenkamp, who struck 61 not out on Friday, has advanced 32 slots to joint-73rd in the batting rankings.

The ICC Men’s T20I Bowling Rankings see Zimbabwe all-rounder Brad Evans move up four places to joint-22nd position after taking two wickets each in three league matches of the tournament this past week which helped him finish the double-league tournament with a total of 10 wickets.

Zimbabwe fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani (up two places to 30th), South Africa’s left-arm seamer Kwena Maphaka (up 16 places to joint-38th) and left-arm spinner Bjorn Fortuin (up 37 places to 78th) have also made their way up the ladder.

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