by Wisden staff
Wednesday, December 19, 2001 Glenn McGrath's six-wicket haul has returned him to the top of the PricewaterhouseCoopers world ratings at the expense of Shaun Pollock, who dropped to second. Anil Kumble's ten wickets in Ahmedabad was enough to restore him to the top ten. The batting ratings continue to be dominated by Australia with no fewer than seven batsmen in the top 20. Damien Martyn, who hit an unbeaten 124 in the first innings against South Africa, rose to a career-best 11th in the batting ratings. Matthew Hayden's second-innings 131 elevated him to a personal-best 12th. Full PricewaterhouseCoopers world ratings

Top 10 batsmen 1 Brian Lara (WI) 905 points, 50.49 batting average
2 Andy Flower (Zim) 898 56.60
3 Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 874 57.70
4= Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 818 47.73
4= Jayawardene (SL) 818 48.35
6 Jacques Kallis (SA) 789 48.16
7 Steve Waugh (Aus) 783 50.72
8 Adam Gilchrist (Aus) 765 50.71
9 Rahul Dravid (Ind) 759 52.50
10 Herschelle Gibbs (SA) 730 41.26

Top 10 bowlers 1 Glenn McGrath (Aus) 909 21.82
2 Shaun Pollock (SA) 903 20.46
3 M.Muralitharan (SL) 881 24.63
4 Allan Donald (SA) 777 21.64
5 Darren Gough (Eng) 731 27.57
6 Chaminda Vaas (SL) 715 28.51
7 Shane Warne (Aus) 710 26.57
8 Jason Gillespie (Aus) 704 25.37
9 Waqar Younis (Pak) 686 23.02
10 Anil Kumble (Ind) 685 27.90

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