PwC RATINGS OF TEST CRICKETERS
PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings
Batsmen
1st December 1999
After Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka, Harare
Changes over the three Test matches just completed
Rank (Change) Player Team Points Career Average Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Brian Lara WI 917 51.98 917 v Aus at St John's 1999
2 (+1) Sachin TendulkarInd 851 56.68 870 v Pak at Chennai 1999
3 (-1) Steve Waugh Aus 835 50.21 909 v WI at Melbourne 1996
4 ( - ) Saeed Anwar Pak 787 46.10 835 v Ind at Calcutta 1999
5 ( - ) Aravinda de Silva Sri 780 43.72 796 v Aus at Colombo (SSC) 1999
6 (+1) Rahul Dravid Ind 746 52.68 862 v NZ at Hamilton 1999
7 (-1) Michael Slater Aus 743 45.77 768 v Sri at Melbourne 1995
8 (+4) Daryll Cullinan SA 732 43.24 736 v Ind at Johannesburg 1997
9 (+1) Alec Stewart Eng 721 40.70 783 v SA at Nottingham 1998
10 (-1) Hansie Cronje SA 706 39.04 752 v Eng at Nottingham 1998
11 (-3) Jacques Kallis SA 702 40.33 721 v Zim at Harare 1999
12 (+8) Andy Flower Zim 695 43.78 695 v Sri at Harare 1999
13 (+13) Ricky Ponting Aus 690 42.22 690 v Pak at Perth 1999
14 (+5) Justin Langer Aus 687 38.04 687 v Pak at Perth 1999
15 (-4) Nasser Hussain Eng 674 36.38 723 v Aus at Sydney 1999
16 (-2) Sourav Ganguly Ind 672 50.68 706 v Pak at Delhi 1999
17 (-4) Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 656 43.22 865 v Eng at Lord's 1996
18 (+3) Ijaz Ahmed, sen.Pak 655 39.42 695 v Eng at The Oval 1996
19 (-4) Mark Waugh Aus 652 41.77 803 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1997
20 (-3) S.Chanderpaul WI 648 42.05 746 v Ind at Georgetown 1997
21 (-3) Sadagopan RameshInd 645 55.92 645 v NZ at Ahmedabad 1999
22 (-6) Gary Kirsten SA 638 40.10 766 v Ind at Calcutta 1996
23 (-1) Stephen Fleming NZ 622 37.51 676 v Eng at Auckland 1997
24 (-1) M.Azharuddin Ind 614 44.88 723 v Eng at The Oval 1990
25= (+13) Mah. JayawardeneSri 609 46.55 609 v Zim at Harare 1999
( - ) Craig McMillan NZ 609 43.48 633 v SA at Auckland 1999
27= (-1) Graham Thorpe Eng 600 39.11 803 v WI at Kingston 1998
(-3) Murray Goodwin Zim 600 41.48 715 v Aus at Harare 1999
29 ( - ) Nathan Astle NZ 594 35.32 606 v Eng at Manchester 1999
30 (+3) Sherwin CampbellWI 580 35.91 686 v Aus at Sydney 1996
31 (-1) Jonty Rhodes SA 579 34.59 601 v Zim at Bloemfontein 1999
32= (-1) Mark Ramprakash Eng 578 27.88 633 v Aus at Melbourne 1998
(-4) San. Jayasuriya Sri 578 42.67 750 v Ind at Colombo (SSC) 1997
34 ( - ) Jimmy Adams WI 572 47.33 830 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 1995
35 (+1) Aamir Sohail Pak 564 36.53 696 v WI at Karachi 1997
36 (-2) Greg Blewett Aus 561 35.72 710 v NZ at Hobart 1997
37 (-5) Michael AthertonEng 554 37.90 771 v SA at Johannesburg 1995
38 (+1) Arjuna RanatungaSri 548 35.30 690 v Ind at Kanpur 1986
39 (+1) Navjot Sidhu Ind 546 42.13 670 v Aus at Bangalore 1998
40 (-3) Marvan Atapattu Sri 544 32.75 561 v Zim at Bulawayo 1999
41 (+1) H.P.TillekeratneSri 534 38.59 712 v Zim at Colombo (SSC) 1996
42 (+2) Chris Cairns NZ 531 28.28 531 v Ind at Ahmedabad 1999
43 (-1) Shaun Pollock SA 522 31.57 552 v WI at Port Elizabeth 1998
44 (-3) Yousuf Youhana Pak 520 34.50 576 v Aus at Brisbane 1999
45 ( - ) Salim Malik Pak 515 43.69 747 v SA at Johannesburg 1995
46 ( - ) Matthew Horne NZ 512 33.71 583 v Eng at Manchester 1999
47 (+3) Mark Boucher SA 501 30.17 501 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999
48 ( - ) Ridley Jacobs WI 499 32.85 528 v Aus at Bridgetown 1999
49= (+3) Moin Khan Pak 490 28.85 595 v WI at Peshawar 1997
( - ) Mark Butcher Eng 490 25.45 616 v Aus at Brisbane 1998
51 (+3) Adam Gilchrist Aus 489 88.00 489 v Pak at Perth 1999
52 (-5) Grant Flower Zim 485 33.90 611 v Pak at Bulawayo 1998
53 (-2) Graeme Hick Eng 479 34.14 724 v SA at Centurion 1995
54 (+8) Herschelle GibbsSA 478 35.32 478 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999
55 (-3) John Crawley Eng 476 31.64 580 v Aus at Nottingham 1997
56 (-1) R.Kaluwitharana Sri 461 30.97 522 v Pak at Lahore 1999
57= ( - ) Guy Whittall Zim 457 27.54 471 v SA at Bloemfontein 1999
(-1) Bryan Young NZ 457 31.78 637 v Sri at Hamilton 1997
59 (+3) Azhar Mahmood Pak 449 32.44 670 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1998
60 (-1) Adam Parore NZ 442 26.00 533 v Sri at Galle 1998
61 (-4) Matthew Elliott Aus 439 35.48 710 v Eng at Nottingham 1997
62 (-2) Mohammad Wasim Pak 435 32.88 465 v Zim at Harare 1998
63 (+1) Stuart Williams WI 420 24.26 455 v Eng at Port-of-Spain 1998
64 (+1) AlistairCampbellZim 413 26.31 534 v Sri at Harare 1994
65 (+8) Lance Klusener SA 407 28.80 427 v Aus at Melbourne 1997
66 (+101) Tuwan Dilshan Sri 403 86.00 403 v Zim at Harare 1999
67 (-1) Adam Bacher SA 397 26.03 596 v Pak at Sheikhupura 1997
68 (-1) Ian Healy Aus 396 27.39 603 v WI at Sydney 1996
69= (-8) Neil Johnson Zim 392 26.69 442 v Aus at Harare 1999
(-1) Shahid Afridi Pak 392 32.18 473 v Ind at Delhi 1999
71 (-2) Gary Stead NZ 384 44.60 384 v Ind at Ahmedabad 1999
72 (-2) Craig Spearman NZ 381 32.28 381 v Ind at Ahmedabad 1999
73 (-2) Russel Arnold Sri 377 32.31 421 v Aus at Galle 1999
74 (+4) Wasim Akram Pak 371 21.27 411 v Eng at Lord's 1992
75 (-3) Alex Tudor Eng 367 55.33 382 v NZ at Birmingham 1999
76 (-2) Venkata Laxman Ind 366 26.31 398 v Pak at Calcutta 1999
77 (-1) Devang Gandhi Ind 364 50.00 415 v NZ at Kanpur 1999
78 (-4) Gavin Rennie Zim 362 23.22 402 v Ind at Harare 1998
79 (-2) Junior Murray WI 351 24.13 462 v Aus at Adelaide 1997
80 ( - ) U.Hathurusinghe Sri 335 29.62 480 v Pak at Sialkot 1995
81 ( - ) Nayan Mongia Ind 327 24.41 461 v Aus at Delhi 1996
82= ( - ) Clayton Lambert WI 318 31.55 447 v Eng at St John's 1998
( - ) David Joseph WI 318 20.14 385 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 1999
84 ( - ) Dion Nash NZ 316 21.86 316 v Ind at Ahmedabad 1999
85 ( - ) Roger Twose NZ 299 25.12 445 v Pak at Christchurch 1995
86 (-7) Wajah. Wasti Pak 290 50.50 377 v Sri at Lahore 1999
87 (-1) Daniel Vettori NZ 285 17.33 309 v Eng at The Oval 1999
88 (-1) Ajay Jadeja Ind 280 28.15 346 v NZ at Bangalore 1995
89 (-1) Chris Harris NZ 275 19.40 301 v SA at Wellington 1999
90 (-1) Shane Warne Aus 270 15.19 286 v WI at Bridgetown 1999
91 (-1) Roland Holder WI 269 25.33 330 v Sri at Kingstown 1997
92 (RE) Andrew Flintoff Eng 261 18.20 261 v SA at Johannesburg 1999
93= (-2) Javagal Srinath Ind 260 17.78 262 v Pak at Delhi 1999
(-2) Anil Kumble Ind 260 17.25 307 v Sri at Nagpur 1997
95 (-2) Adrian Griffith WI 258 19.00 258 v Aus at St John's 1999
96= ( - ) Heath Streak Zim 253 14.88 284 v Pak at Lahore 1998
(-1) Darren Lehmann Aus 253 28.50 441 v Pak at Rawalpindi 1998
98 (-5) Chaminda Vaas Sri 251 17.43 265 v Aus at Colombo (SSC) 1999
99 (-2) Nixon McLean WI 246 17.00 256 v SA at Centurion 1999
100 (NEW) Michael Vaughan Eng 243 19.00 243 v SA at Johannesburg 1999
1st December 1999
PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings
Bowlers
After Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka, Harare
Changes over the three Tests just completed
Rank (Change) Player Team Points Career Average Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Shaun Pollock SA 912 20.06 912 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999
2 ( - ) Allan Donald SA 897 21.45 897 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999
3 ( - ) Glenn McGrath Aus 869 23.02 883 v WI at Adelaide 1997
4 ( - ) Curtly Ambrose WI 831 21.31 915 v Eng at Port-of-Spain 1994
5 ( - ) Anil Kumble Ind 816 27.09 859 v Sri at Bangalore 1994
6 ( - ) Courtney Walsh WI 748 25.12 803 v Eng at Birmingham 1995
7 ( - ) M.Muralitharan Sri 736 26.83 787 v Aus at Galle 1999
8 ( - ) Wasim Akram Pak 725 23.10 828 v Aus at Karachi 1994
9 (+1) Javagal Srinath Ind 715 29.45 740 v NZ at Mohali 1999
10 (-1) Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 709 29.14 724 v Aus at Hobart 1999
11 ( - ) Damien Fleming Aus 683 25.22 691 v Pak at Brisbane 1999
12= (+3) Simon Doull NZ 661 28.14 795 v Ind at Hamilton 1999
(+1) Heath Streak Zim 661 24.55 752 v Sri at Colombo (RPS) 1996
14 (+4) Darren Gough Eng 657 28.06 693 v SA at Leeds 1998
15 (-3) Shane Warne Aus 656 25.52 907 v Eng at Melbourne 1994
16 (-2) Waqar Younis Pak 655 22.09 912 v Zim at Rawalpindi 1993
17 (-1) Stuart MacGill Aus 639 23.32 760 v WI at Port-of-Spain 1999
18 (-1) Dion Nash NZ 624 27.88 662 v Ind at Mohali 1999
19 (+2) Mushtaq Ahmed Pak 585 29.95 819 v NZ at Rawalpindi 1996
20 (-1) Andrew Caddick Eng 584 30.38 604 v NZ at The Oval 1999
21 (+1) Chris Cairns NZ 579 31.77 591 v Eng at The Oval 1999
22 (-2) Jacques Kallis SA 577 28.39 596 v Zim at Harare 1999
23 ( - ) Dean Headley Eng 566 27.85 627 v Aus at Sydney 1999
24 ( - ) Jason Gillespie Aus 560 22.16 701 v Eng at Leeds 1997
25 ( - ) Chaminda Vaas Sri 551 30.31 739 v Pak at Sialkot 1995
26 ( - ) Paul Adams SA 533 29.59 551 v Ind at Cape Town 1997
27 ( - ) Pommie Mbangwa Zim 523 27.00 605 v Pak at Peshawar 1998
28 ( - ) Franklyn Rose WI 509 25.08 541 v SA at Durban 1998
29 (+1) Daniel Vettori NZ 488 34.97 509 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 1998
30 (-1) Dominic Cork Eng 484 31.81 680 v SA at Johannesburg 1995
31 (+3) Alan Mullally Eng 469 30.94 469 v SA at Johannesburg 1999
32 ( - ) VenkateshPrasad Ind 467 33.25 602 v SA at Durban 1996
33 ( - ) Colin Miller Aus 457 29.93 506 v Sri at Kandy 1999
34 (-3) Henry Olonga Zim 453 32.55 486 v Pak at Lahore 1998
35 (+5) M. Kasprowicz Aus 424 32.80 439 v Ind at Bangalore 1998
36 (-1) Phil Tufnell Eng 415 34.67 682 v NZ at Christchurch 1992
37 (+2) Sunil Joshi Ind 374 33.14 378 v NZ at Kanpur 1999
38 (-2) Shoaib Akhtar Pak 370 40.44 447 v Aus at Brisbane 1999
39 (-1) G.WickremasingheSri 362 42.89 376 v Zim at Bulawayo 1999
40 (+1) Bryan Strang Zim 345 33.37 455 v NZ at Harare 1997
41 (-4) Lance Klusener SA 335 36.40 458 v Pak at Johannesburg 1998
42 ( - ) M.BandaratillekeSri 330 25.42 385 v NZ at Colombo (SSC) 1998
43 (+1) Adam Huckle Zim 298 34.88 400 v NZ at Bulawayo 1997
44 (+1) Peter Such Eng 295 33.56 327 v NZ at Lord's 1994
45 (+2) Aqib Javed Pak 292 34.70 464 v Sri at Sialkot 1995
46 (+2) Shayne O'Connor NZ 288 37.08 318 v Zim at Wellington 1998
47 (-1) Azhar Mahmood Pak 283 39.77 314 v Zim at Harare 1998
48 (-5) Hansie Cronje SA 282 34.05 312 v Sri at Centurion 1998
49 (+8) S. Jayasuriya Sri 281 42.93 288 v SA at Centurion 1998
50 (-1) Steve Elworthy SA 264 26.44 272 v NZ at Wellington 1999
51 (-1) Arshad Khan Pak 261 29.45 269 v Sri at Dhaka 1999
52 (-1) Robert Croft Eng 252 38.33 504 v Aus at Lord's 1997
53 ( - ) Harbhajan Singh Ind 245 38.57 254 v NZ at Kanpur 1999
54 (+16) Nuwan Zoysa Sri 242 30.06 242 v Zim at Harare 1999
55= (-3) Guy Whittall Zim 237 41.72 321 v Eng at Harare 1996
(-1) Mervyn Dillon WI 237 35.33 250 v SA at Centurion 1999
57 (-2) Nehemiah Perry WI 236 32.60 253 v Aus at Bridgetown 1999
58 (-2) Steve Waugh Aus 215 35.51 433 v Sri at Perth 1988
59 (-1) Nixon McLean WI 208 38.82 249 v SA at Cape Town 1999
60 (-1) Nathan Astle NZ 191 45.05 191 v Ind at Ahmedabad 1999
61 (-1) Gavin Robertson Aus 188 39.61 265 v Ind at Bangalore 1998
62 (-1) David Terbrugge SA 183 28.11 224 v WI at Durban 1998
63 (-1) Shahid Nazir Pak 164 33.29 361 v Zim at Faisalabad 1996
64 (-1) Mohammad Zahid Pak 163 30.30 391 v NZ at Rawalpindi 1996
65= ( - ) Arav. de Silva Sri 161 38.92 205 v Ind at Colombo (SSC) 1999
(-1) Shahid Afridi Pak 161 29.72 245 v Ind at Chennai 1999
67 (-1) Mark Waugh Aus 156 40.97 317 v Pak at Brisbane 1995
68 (-1) S.A.Muller Aus 150 36.85 152 v Pak at Hobart 1999
69 (RE) Mohammad Akram Pak 148 44.00 155 v Sri at Sialkot 1995
70 (-2) SachinTendulkar Ind 138 36.38 180 v Pak at Calcutta 1999
Qualifying match: Pakistan vs Australia, at Rawalpindi, on 01/10/1998
