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With a victory over Pakistan by an innings and 176 runs, New Zealand have scaled the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings to become the sixth country in the past ten years to be ranked No.1 in Test cricket.
The seventh country ever to hold the top spot in the Test rankings, New Zealand spent much of the last couple of years in second place on the table with an impeccable home record recently.
So how did they get there?
Kane Williamson: Leading from the front
In an era of flashy superstars, Kane Williamson is a throwback to the old-fashioned copybook cricketer who oozes class every time he takes the crease. Such is the brilliance of Kane Williamson that not only is he the captain and fulcrum of the New Zealand batting order, but also the current No.1 Test batsman in the world, upstaging Virat Kohli and Steve Smith in the final ICC Rankings update for 2020. Williamson leapfrogged that formidable duo with three centuries, including