Australia's unrelentingly reliable quick Josh Hazlewood is homing in on the top spot in the world Test bowling rankings - with only the evergreen veteran tweaker Ravichandran Ashwin barring his way to No.1.
Hazlewood's terrific Test summer, in which he took 35 wickets at 15.31 apiece, concluded with his five-for in the second-Test win over New Zealand in Christchurch and moved him up to equal second-place in the rankings, alongside the previous No.1, Indian ace Jasprit Bumrah, on 847 points.
