England's Nick Knight is second with 9704 points, while Shahid Afridi, Pakistan's young all-rounder who recently scored the world's fatest one-day century, is third with 8252 points.

Mark Taylor of Australia and Mohammad Azharuddin of India lie fourth and fifth.

It must be noted that the ratings do not include all Singer Champions' Trophy scores - doubtless when these are added on, Pakistan's Saeed Anwar who scored two hundreds in the ongoing tournament is certain to rise from his current position at number nine.

England's all-rounder Adam Hollioake meanwhile heads the bowlers' list, with Allan Donald of South Africa ranking second. Sri Lanka's new left arm seamer, Sanjeeva D'Silva is ranked third, with Anil Kumble of India and Saqlain Mushtaq of Pakistan following him in the order.

The full rankings are as follows:

Batting:

P A D'Silva (Sri Lanka) 9756, Knight N.V. (Eng) 9704, Shahid Afridi (Pak) 8252, M.A. Taylor (Aus) 6346, M Azharuddin (Ind) 6335, Darryl Cullinan (SA) 6000, Kirsten G. (SA) 5956, Evans (Zim) 5918, Saeed Anwar (Pak) 5911, Romesh Kaluwitharne (Sri) 5589, Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) 5571, Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri) 5334, Brown A (Eng) 5268, Stewart (Eng) 5252, Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 4961, Graham Thorpe (Eng) 4578, Steve Waugh (Aus) 4413, Jonty Rhodes (SA) 4381, Rahul Dravid (Ind) 4362, Michael Bevan (Aus) 4295.

Bowling:

A.J. Hollioake (Eng) 9474, Allan Donald (SA) 8462, Sanjeeva De Silva (Sri) 7765, Anil Kumble (Ind) 6578, Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) 6390, Rennie JA (Zim) 5886, Muthaiah Muralitharan (Sri) 5792, Abdul Razak (Pak) 5710, Dominic Cork (Eng) 5466, Robin Singh (Ind) 5341, Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak) 5320, Nicky Boje (SA) 5207, Croft RDB (Eng) 5184, Venkatesh Prasad (Ind) 4878, Upul Chandana (Sri) 4742, Wasim Akram (Pak) 4657, Peter Martin (Eng) 4564, Derryck Crookes (SA) 4533, Chris Lewis (Eng) 4083, Thomas Odoyo (Ken) 3935.