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Pakistan have risen to No. 1 in the ICCs Test rankings for the first time. They took the top position from India, following Indias washed out Test against West Indies in Trinidad.Pakistan had moved to No. 2 on the table last week, after drawing the Test series in England 2-2 and after Australia were whitewashed 3-0 in Sri Lanka. At the same time, India had moved to No. 1 after beating West Indies in the St Lucia Test to go 2-0 up in their four-match series; they needed to win the final Test, in Trinidad, to hold on to No. 1, but the match was drawn after weather and outfield issues forced play to be abandoned over four days.Last week was the second time in less than a year that Pakistan had moved to No. 2 on the rankings - the highest they had previously been since the current rankings system was put in place in 2003. They had featured at No. 2 for the first time in November 2015, after beating England 2-0 in the UAE.Their rise to No. 1 was built on the back of a run of unbeaten Test series since August 2014, when they were down at No. 6. Apart from the successes against England, they had also beaten Sri Lanka 2-1 in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh 1-0 in Bangladesh, and whitewashed Australia 2-0 in the UAE. Against New Zealand in the UAE in November 2014, the series during which Phillip Hughes died in Sydney, they had drawn 1-1.Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said he was proud to have his team at the top, but his focus remained on delivering consistently good performances going forward. There is no greater feeling than to achieve the No. 1 ranking in the most traditional and purest format of the sport, Misbah said. This is what cricketers play for and want to achieve in their careers. It is a reward for something we had planned as a group a few years ago and have worked extremely hard to achieve it.I want to compliment everyone who has been involved in the process, including all the players, the support personnel, the management, as well as our loyal fans and followers who remained committed to us and continued to back and support the side through the good and not-so-good days.For us, the No. 1 ranking is not a destination but part of a journey. Our long-term objective and strategy is to remain competitive, continue to challenge the top sides with good cricket and once again become the most followed side like the Pakistan teams of yesteryears.PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan, much like former coach Waqar Younis, said credit for Pakistans achievement should go to Misbah. The ascension to the top of the ICC Test rankings culminates an incredible journey for Pakistan, Khan said. This is a historic moment in our rich Test cricket history and the credit for this great achievement goes not only to this team but to all... coaches and support staff members who have represented Pakistan in recent years. Misbah-ul-Haq deserves special credit for his leadership through six crucial years.The No. 1 rank has changed hands several times in 2016. In January, India took over from South Africa after South Africa were defeated 0-2 by England at home. In February, Australia climbed to No. 1 following their 2-0 win in New Zealand. They gave No. 1 back to India following their recent 0-3 loss in Sri Lanka, and then came Indias handover to Pakistan.The ICCs ranking system takes into account matches played over the previous four years, with the oldest matches in the cycle being dropped every May. For the current cycle, matches played from May 2013 to April 2015 carry 50% weightage, while matches played since then carry 100% weightage. 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One has been struggling all year. The other has been struggling for a week.The first place Cleveland Indians will host the last place Minnesota Twins. That the Twins are struggling is not news. At 49-81 they have the worst record in the American League and the second worst record in the majors.At 73-56 the Indians have the second best record in the American League, but they are coming off a disastrous seven-game trip to Oakland and Texas in which they lost five of the seven games. They could easily have lost six of the seven games because the score in one of their wins was 1-0.In their five losses on the trip that ended Sunday with a 2-1 loss in Texas, the Indians were out-scored 32-3. Overall, they scored one or zero runs in six of the seven games.The recent slump has not dimmed Manager Terry Franconas enthusiasm for his team.This team to me is pretty special, he said. Are we good enough (to reach the postseason)? I dont know. Were going to find out. I prefer to embrace the journey. You see teams in the World Series that look real glamorous, but those same teams had to weather stuff during the year. You weathered it enough to move on. I dont think that anybody claimed we were the 27 Yankees, but you look up and were in first place.On paper the first place Indians would seemingly welcome some games against the last place Twins, but in one of the seasons more inexplicable trends Minnesota has more wins against Cleveland than against the other three diivision teams combined.dddddddddddd. The Twins are 8-5 vs. the Indians and a combined 7-30 vs. the Tigers, Royals and White Sox.The two teams played a four-game series in Cleveland in early August and the Twins won three consecutive blowouts: 12-5, 10-6 and 13-5.Mondays pitching matchup will feature two pitchers who have struggled against the team they are facing. Cleveland will start Trevor Bauer (9-6, 3.88). In 10 career starts vs. Minnesota Bauer is 1-5 with a 5.86 ERA. In three starts against the Twins this year he is 0-2 with a 7.63 ERA.The Twins will start Hector Santiago (10-8, 5.16). In 13 career appearances vs. the Indians Santiago is 2/3 with a 6.10 ERA. In two starts against the Indians this year he is 0-2 with a 12.79 ERA.Santiago will be making his first start since Aug. 20. Due to a bruised left thumb, he was given some extra days off between starts. The injury occurred on July 2 when he was pitching for the Angels.In four starts since his trade to Minnesota Santiago is 0-4 with a 10.89 ERA. The thumb might be part of the problem.He talked about how it affects his ability on his off-speed stuff a little bit, his curveball, to have the same feel that he would like to have, Twins manager Paul Molitor told MLB.com. People have to pitch through things at times. Its not an issue for me that hes kind of trying to find a way to work himself through it.The Twins come into Mondays game having lost their last 10 games in a row. ' ' '