Here are the latest ICC Test bowling rankings as of August 6, 2025:

🏆 Top 5 Test Bowlers in the World

Based on the most recent official updates

1. Jasprit Bumrah (India) – ~908 rating points (CricTracker)
2. Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) – ~837–851 points (CricTracker)
3. Pat Cummins (Australia) – ~824–838 points (CricTracker)
4. Josh Hazlewood (Australia) – ~815–818 points (CricTracker)
5. Noman Ali (Pakistan) – ~806 points (Ask Sports Info)

🌍 Full Top 10 Snapshot

🎯 Notable Recent Updates

• Mohammed Siraj (India) has climbed to his career-best position, following a stunning match-winning haul at The Oval, elevating his ICC Test bowling ranking significantly (Ask Sports Info). He now appears at around 22nd rank with ~630 points (Times Of Sports, UrduPoint).
• Scott Boland (Australia) made a major leap into the top‑10 for the first time after picking up a hat‑trick and standout performances against the West Indies in July 2025 (News.com.au). He currently sits at 6th place, ahead of Starc who dropped to around 10th (News.com.au).
• Jasprit Bumrah continues to dominate, retaining the coveted No. 1 spot, extending his lead with consistent, match-winning performances throughout 2025 (The Economic Times, Khel Now, Ask Sports Info).

✅ Key Takeaways

• Bumrah remains the undisputed World No. 1 in Test bowling, now with an elite rating near 908.
• Australia’s pace arsenal is exceptionally strong, with Cummins, Hazlewood, Boland, Lyon, and Starc firmly in the top‑10.
• Kagiso Rabada is the leading South African bowler in 2nd spot.
• Siraj’s breakout performance at The Oval has propelled him into a personal best ranking this week.

Let me know if you’d like the full top‑20 list or details on Test batting or all‑rounder rankings!

Here’s a summary:

🧠 Who are they called — and what does hibakusha mean?

The survivors of the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings are known by the Japanese term “hibakusha” (被爆者), literally meaning “explosion-affected persons” (The Times, Wikipedia).
Officially recognized by Japan’s Atomic Bomb Survivors Relief Law, hibakusha include those who were within a few kilometers of the blast, exposed via fallout, or carried in utero at the time (Wikipedia).

How many are still alive today (August 6, 2025)?

• As of March 31, 2025, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare reported 99,130 living hibakusha in Japan (Nippon).
• This marked the first time the total fell below 100,000, with the average age now 86.13 years (Nippon).
• Other sources cite slightly higher figures (e.g. ~106,000 in March 2024 or ~100,000 survivors) but the most current and official number is 99,130 as of March 2025 (Nippon).
• Every year 6,000 to 10,000 hibakusha pass away, so their numbers are rapidly declining (Arms Control Association).

Summary

Why it matters

• With only ~99,000 survivors left—all elderly—it is increasingly urgent to record their firsthand testimonies while possible.
• Survivors have long been central to global anti-nuclear advocacy, primarily through Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A‑ and H‑Bomb Sufferers Organizations, which won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for its decades‑long peace activism and survivor testimony (El País, Wikipedia, Arms Control Association, Nippon).
• Some extremely rare individuals are double hibakusha, exposed to both bombs—only two confirmed living survivors remain, such as Ayano Hirashima, who survived both Hiroshima and Nagasaki (The Times).

In short: about 99,130 hibakusha are still alive in Japan as of March 2025, most aged in their mid‑ to late 80s. Their continued testimonies are vital to preserving memory and advocating against future nuclea

Polio remains a formidable challenge in Pakistan—with the virus still active in 2025—despite significant declines in recent years. Here’s a detailed update on where things stand:

📉 Current Status: Progress and Setbacks

• In 2024, Pakistan recorded 74 cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1). So far in 2025, 13 confirmed cases, including the latest from Gilgit‑Baltistan, bring the total to 13 by late July. That’s a modest drop from prior years, but far from elimination (Devdiscourse, Endpolio).
• Pakistan accounted for 18 of the 20 global WPV1 cases reported through early August 2025—Afghanistan had only 2 cases—underscoring Pakistan’s continued status as one of the last two endemic countries (Wikipedia).
• Environmental surveillance detected poliovirus in sewage samples from 20 districts, including major urban centers. This reflects ongoing virus presence even where symptomatic cases are few (Wikipedia).

🏥 What’s Behind the Persistent Transmission?

• The resurgence began in mid‑2023, first in sewage surveillance and later in paralyzing cases. It’s focused in core reservoir areas: Karachi, southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Quetta block, and now Gilgit‑Baltistan (who.int).
• Factors include low coverage in difficult-to-access regions, vaccine refusals (over 60,000 refusals recorded during an April 2025 campaign), campaign gaps, and security threats to health workers from local militant groups (Wikipedia).
• Internal program weaknesses—falsified records, untrained vaccination staff, and continued reliance on oral polio vaccine despite its known limitations—have also been flagged by WHO and independent reports (apnews.com).

🚀 Government Response & Immunization Campaigns

• Pakistan launched its third nationwide polio campaign of 2025 in May, targeting over 45 million children under five with oral vaccine and Vitamin A supplementation (Endpolio).
• The government reports a 99% target coverage in recent campaigns, with improved coordination and IT monitoring, supported by federal leadership and high-level engagement by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (Endpolio, Dawn, nation.com.pk).

🎯 How Close Is Pakistan to Eradication?

• Although Pakistan has seen over a 99% reduction in cases compared to peak years, the 2025 target for eradication is unlikely to be met. Experts now see 2029 as the earliest realistic certification year for eradication, aligning with WHO’s global timeline (Dawn, ABC, reuters.com, Wikipedia).
• Continued access barriers, rising vaccine hesitancy in urban centers, and cross-border population movement with Afghanistan continue to pose high risks to progress (Wikipedia, Reddit).

✅ Bottom Line: Where Pakistan Stands

Pakistan has made remarkable gains, but wild polio persists. Without closing immunity gaps in underserved communities and reforming surveillance and campaign quality, eradication remains elusive. The country is in a critical final phase—where every missed child matters.

Would you like to explore interventions tackling vaccine hesitancy, or how cross-border coordination with Afghanistan is being managed?

Egg freezing—also known as oocyte cryopreservation—is a widely used fertility preservation method, but its success depends on many factors, especially age and number of eggs retrieved.

👶 How Successful Is Egg Freezing?

✅ Key Success Metrics

1. Egg survival after thawing
   With modern vitrification techniques, around 90–95% of frozen eggs survive thawing (PubMed, theeggloo.com, Extend Fertility).
2. Live birth rates per egg or oocyte extraction
   According to ASRM/SART data, live birth rates per thawed egg are approximately:
   • 40–50% for women under 35
   • 35–45% for ages 35–37
   • 25–35% for ages 38–40
   • <10% above age 40 (theeggloo.com).
3. Estimated chance of a live birth based on age and egg count
   • Freezing 10 eggs at age 35 offers ~70% chance of a live birth; freezing 20 eggs boosts this to ~90% (Wikipedia, Extend Fertility).
   • A study model found women under 35 freezing 10–20 eggs have 70–90% chance for at least one live birth later on (Extend Fertility).
4. Real‑world cumulative outcomes
   A Dutch study (≥2-year follow-up) found about 25.5% of women returned to use their eggs, with a 34.6% live birth rate per patient (Wikipedia, PubMed).

👵 Age matters most

Egg quality and quantity decline over time. Younger women typically yield more viable eggs and therefore higher success odds. After age 35, both recovery and success rates drop significantly (UCSF). Decision‑tree modeling suggests egg freezing may increase live birth chances most at age 37, though the quality is best when done before age 34 (PMC).

🎯 Practical Example: A Real Scenario

Aged 35, retrieving 13 eggs might yield:

• ~10 eggs survive thaw,
• ~6 fertilize,
• ~4 viable embryos,
• Enough for one healthy child—with good probabilities for a second child (Allure, The Times).

⚠️ Important Considerations

• Most don’t use their eggs: Only about 10–15% of women return to thaw their eggs, which can limit measurable outcomes (Reddit).
• Emotional and financial toll: The procedure is taxing, expensive (often via personal or employer-funded insurance), and not risk-free emotionally. Regret remains low among users, but higher among those who considered but declined the procedure (Allure, Adelaide Now).
• Clinic variability matters: Success hinges on lab technique (cycle protocols), embryologist skill, and clinic reporting transparency. Not all published success rates are representative or guaranteed (fertilitychoices.com).

📋 Summary Table

✅ Bottom Line

Egg freezing can give women more flexibility—but it’s not a guarantee. It offers best results when done early, with multiple eggs stored, and with full understanding of costs, realistic expectations, and likely outcomes. It is most effective when seen as an insurance option, not a certainty, particularly for career-planning, medical concerns, or delayed partnership.

If you’d like help interpreting what your personalized success rates could look like—or strategies to improve outcomes—I’m here to help!