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We're down to the final two.

At #2, I've gone with Rachin Ravindra.

This is probably the ranking I'm expecting the most debate over.

Ravindra has already gone from promising young talent to one of New Zealand's most important Test batters. At just 26, he has 1,865 Test runs at 47.82, with five centuries and seven fifties, including a remarkable 240 against South Africa.

And the most exciting part?

He is still improving.

Ravindra has the technique and temperament to play long Test innings, but he also has the ability to accelerate and completely change the momentum of a match. Add his left-arm spin and quality fielding, and you have a genuinely multi-dimensional cricketer.

So why isn't he #1?

Experience and sustained dominance.

He's already exceptional, but the player I've put at #1 has produced a longer period of elite Test cricket and has a larger body of evidence behind him.

That doesn't mean Ravindra won't eventually become New Zealand's best player.

He might.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he eventually makes the #1 spot his own.

But for right now, he sits at #2.

I've written the full breakdown on NZC Community:

📝 Substack: https://below0sports.substack.com/p/top-15-current-new-zealand-test-cricketers-39e?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=android&r=6qtx6n

🌐 Website: https://nzc-community.wixsite.com/below-0-sports/articles

Rankings so far:

15. Rhys Mariu

16. Zac Foulkes

17. Jacob Duffy

18. Nathan Smith

19. Mitchell Santner

20. Henry Nicholls

21. Glenn Phillips

22. Will O'Rourke

23. Tom Blundell

24. Devon Conway

25. Tom Latham

26. Kyle Jamieson

27. Daryl Mitchell

28. Rachin Ravindra

And now there is only one name left.

Tomorrow: #1 – Who do you think deserves the top spot?

Team India’s vice-captain KL Rahul completes 500 fours in Test cricket 👏👏

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On This Day, August 10, 2000, Sri Lankan cricket legend and 1996 Cricket World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga played his final Test match against South Africa at the SSC in Colombo.

For nearly two decades, Ranatunga was one of the defining figures of Sri Lankan cricket.

His international Test journey had begun 18 years earlier, when an 18-year-old Ranatunga played in Sri Lanka's very first Test match against England in February 1982.

He scored 50 in that historic match, becoming one of the first Sri Lankan batsmen to score a Test half-century.

Eighteen years later, he was still there as Sri Lanka reached the milestone of its 100th Test match—making Ranatunga a unique link between the beginning of Sri Lanka's Test history and its first century of Test cricket.

In 93 Test matches, Ranatunga scored:

🏏 5,105 runs

💯 4 centuries

🏏 38 half-centuries

⭐ Highest score: 135

But his greatest legacy came as a leader.

In 1996, Ranatunga captained Sri Lanka to its first-ever Cricket World Cup title, transforming the way the world viewed Sri Lankan cricket.

Known for his calm leadership, fierce determination, and fearless approach, "Captain Cool" became one of the most influential figures in Sri Lankan cricket history.

After his final Test in 2000, an extraordinary 18-year Test career came to an end.

Ranatunga's Records

🏏First Sri Lankan to score a half-century in Test cricket.

🏏 Most ODI Matches as Captain: 193

🏏 Most Test Matches as Captain: 56.

🏏 He was the first to be a part of both his country’s first and hundredth Test matches.