Marnus Labuschagne is new world No.1 Test batsman

Labuschagne's performances in the ongoing Ashes campaign have helped lift him above Joe Root to the summit

Marnus Labuschagne has risen to the top of the ICC Test batting rankings for the first time.

Labuschagne's performances in the ongoing Ashes campaign have helped lift him above Joe Root to the summit despite the England captain breaking the national record for most Test runs in a calendar year. 

The Aussie No.3 has 912 rating points, topping Root's 897.

^{Marnus Labuschagne is the new Test No.1 batsman (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)}

His international teammate, Steve Smith, sits third while Kane Williamson and Rohit Sharma complete the front five.

Australia have half of the top six batsmen in the world in Test cricket, according to the rankings, with David Warner rounding off an impressive return.

Labuschagne, who benefited from Smith's concussion at Lord's in 2019 to get his chance in the Australia side and has never looked back, has scored the majority of his runs in the format at home.

Australia have not played a Test on foreign soil since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

ICC TEST BATTING RANKINGS: TOP 10

1 - Marnus Labuschagne

2 - Joe Root

3 - Steve Smith

4 - Kane Williamson

5 - Rohit Sharma

6 - David Warner 

7 - Virat Kohli

8 - Dimuth Karunaratne

9 - Babar Azam

10 - Travis Head

Labuschagne, 27, became the fifth-fastest batsman by innings played to reach 2,000 Test runs during the day-night clash with England at the Adelaide Oval.

His overall Test record now shows 2,113 runs at an average of 62.14.

He followed his first-innings 74 against England in the first Ashes Test at the Gabba with a first-innings hundred at Adelaide, as well as contributing 51 second time around.