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PwC Ratings: Gough is England's best since Willis
PricewaterhouseCoopers Media Release - 21 May 2001

Darren Gough has climbed to fourth place in the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Ratings for bowlers. He is at the highest points level for an English bowler since Bob Willis in 1983.

Andrew Caddick has climbed to ninth place, while Graham Thorpe has returned to the batting top ten for the first time in three years.

Saqlain Mushtaq (10th) remains the top rated Pakistan bowler, making his omission at Lord's all the more mystifying.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings - Batsmen

After England v Pakistan, Lord's

Rank(Chg) Player           Team  Pts   Average Highest Rating

1( - ) S.R.Tendulkar Ind 889 56.94 894 v Aus at Mumbai 2001 2( - ) Steve Waugh Aus 830 50.93 909 v WI at Melbourne 1996 3( - ) Andy Flower Zim 814 50.97 831 v NZ at Wellington 2000 4( - ) Rahul Dravid Ind 796 53.82 862 v NZ at Hamilton 1999 5( - ) Brian Lara WI 785 47.68 917 v Aus at St John's 1999 6 (+1) M.Jayawardene Sri 748 42.97 748 v Eng at Colombo (SSC) 2001 7 (+1) Daryll Cullinan SA 746 44.21 803 v WI at Bridgetown 2001 8 (-2) Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 740 45.82 865 v Eng at Lord's 1996 9 (+1) V.V.S. Laxman Ind 723* 37.13 723 v Aus at Chennai 2001 10 (+2) Graham Thorpe Eng 716 40.83 803 v WI at Kingston 1998 11 (-2) Saeed Anwar Pak 710 45.46 835 v Ind at Calcutta 1999 12 (-1) M.A.Atherton Eng 700 38.6 771 v SA at Johannesburg 1995 13( - ) Craig McMillan NZ 688 41.97 713 v Zim at Bulawayo 2000 14 (+1) Michael Slater Aus 675 43.94 768 v Sri at Melbourne 1995 15 (+1) Ricky Ponting Aus 666 42.96 829 v Ind at Sydney 2000 (+1) Mark Richardson NZ 666* 54.61 666 v Pak at Hamilton 2001 17 (+1) P.A.de Silva Sri 662 41.91 796 v Aus at Colombo (SSC) 1999 18 (+1) Adam Gilchrist Aus 660* 47.33 767 v Ind at Mumbai 2001 19 (-5) Yousuf Youhana Pak 659 41.54 724 v NZ at Christchurch 2001 20( - ) Chris Cairns NZ 657 32.55 705 v Zim at Harare 2000 21( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 656 41 764 v Sri at Kandy 2000 22( - ) Justin Langer Aus 654 39.04 767 v NZ at Hamilton 2000 23( - ) Mark Waugh Aus 647 41.65 803 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1997 24 (+1) Alec Stewart Eng 637 39.38 791 v Zim at Lord's 2000 25 (-1) Mathew Sinclair NZ 635* 51.21 643 v Pak at Christchurch 2001 26( - ) Ridley Jacobs WI 626 28.39 626 v SA at Kingston 2001 27( - ) Stephen Fleming NZ 618 37.07 676 v Eng at Auckland 1997 28( - ) Gary Kirsten SA 617 40.38 766 v Ind at Calcutta 1996 29( - ) S.Chanderpaul WI 615 39.31 746 v Ind at Georgetown 1997 30( - ) H.H.Gibbs SA 611 34.73 611 v WI at Kingston 2001 31 (+2) Nasser Hussain Eng 598 34.97 784 v SA at Durban 1999 32 (-1) Matthew Hayden Aus 593* 40.18 593 v Ind at Chennai 2001 33 (-1) Carl Hooper WI 585 34.17 705 v SA at Johannesburg 1998 34( - ) Marvan Atapattu Sri 579 34.07 667 v SA at Kandy 2000 35( - ) Sourav Ganguly Ind 578 44.01 706 v Pak at Delhi 1999 36( - ) Nathan Astle NZ 569 35.28 648 v Aus at Wellington 2000 37( - ) S.T.Jayasuriya Sri 563 39.17 750 v Ind at Colombo (SSC) 1997 38( - ) S.Ramesh Ind 558* 40.17 645 v NZ at Ahmedabad 1999 39( - ) Shaun Pollock SA 542 31.48 556 v WI at St John's 2001 40( - ) Lance Klusener SA 539 34.2 661 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 2000 ( - ) K.Sangakkara Sri 539* 33.31 539 v Eng at Colombo (SSC) 2001 42( - ) Younis Khan Pak 537* 39.05 563 v NZ at Auckland 2001 43( - ) Jimmy Adams WI 526 41.26 830 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 1995 44( - ) Guy Whittall Zim 522 32.06 527 v NZ at Harare 2000 ( - ) Neil McKenzie SA 522* 34.38 522 v WI at Kingston 2001 46( - ) Wavell Hinds WI 519* 29.25 589 v Pak at St John's 2000 47 (+2) M.E.Trescothick Eng 517* 36.64 533 v Sri at Galle 2001 48( - ) Jonty Rhodes SA 516 35.66 601 v Zim at Bloemfontein 1999 49 (-2) Ijaz Ahmed, sen Pak 513 37.67 695 v Eng at The Oval 1996 50( - ) S.L.Campbell WI 506 32.82 686 v Aus at Sydney 1996 51( - ) Michael Vaughan Eng 502* 27.43 574 v WI at Leeds 2000 52 (-1) Russel Arnold Sri 500 29.65 540 v Eng at Kandy 2001 53( - ) Moin Khan Pak 463 28.32 595 v WI at Peshawar 1997 54( - ) Marlon Samuels WI 462* 29.07 464 v SA at Port-of-Spain 2001 55( - ) Mark Boucher SA 457 28.21 554 v WI at Georgetown 2001 56( - ) Damien Martyn Aus 455* 42.53 478 v WI at Adelaide 2000 57( - ) R.R.Sarwan WI 452* 28.3 463 v SA at Port-of-Spain 2001 58( - ) Mark Ramprakash Eng 442 26.41 633 v Aus at Melbourne 1998 59( - ) Wasim Akram Pak 437 22.58 480 v Sri at Kandy 2000 60( - ) Chris Gayle WI 431* 25.66 431 v SA at Kingston 2001 61( - ) Grant Flower Zim 428 31.51 611 v Pak at Bulawayo 1998 62( - ) Adam Parore NZ 427 25.87 533 v Sri at Galle 1998 63( - ) Matthew Horne NZ 422 30.92 583 v Eng at Manchester 1999 64 (-1) Graeme Hick Eng 418 31.32 724 v SA at Centurion 1995 65( - ) A.D.R.Campbell Zim 415 26.45 534 v Sri at Harare 1994 66( - ) Shahid Afridi Pak 408* 31.26 473 v Ind at Delhi 1999 67( - ) Mohammad Wasim Pak 400* 30.11 465 v Zim at Harare 1998 68( - ) Habibul Bashar Ban 394* 44.16 394 v Zim at Harare 2001 69( - ) Shiv Sunder Das Ind 391* 39.6 391 v Aus at Chennai 2001 70( - ) Azhar Mahmood Pak 374* 30.32 670 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1998 71( - ) Javed Omar Ban 370* 63.66 433 v Zim at Bulawayo 2001 72( - ) Nicky Boje SA 369* 27.47 399 v Ind at Bangalore 2000 73( - ) R.Kaluwitharana Sri 360 27.15 522 v Pak at Lahore 1999 74( - ) Matthew Bell NZ 359* 24.68 359 v Pak at Hamilton 2001 75( - ) Craig Spearman NZ 352* 26.34 413 v Aus at Hamilton 2000 76( - ) Adrian Griffith WI 347* 24.53 463 v NZ at Wellington 1999 77( - ) Aminul Islam Ban 345* 43.33 433 v Zim at Bulawayo 2001 78 (+1) Gavin Rennie Zim 340* 23.48 402 v Ind at Harare 1998 (+10) Abdur Razzaq Pak 340* 24 340 v Eng at Lord's 2001 80 (-2) Craig White Eng 338* 20.2 369 v Sri at Kandy 2001 81 (-1) Heath Streak Zim 327 19.18 327 v Ban at Harare 2001 82 (-1) Nayan Mongia Ind 324 24.03 461 v Aus at Delhi 1996 83 (-1) Hamish Marshall NZ 316* - 329 v SA at Johannesburg 2000 84 (-1) Paul Strang Zim 307 25.83 411 v NZ at Harare 1997 85 (-1) Dion Nash NZ 302 22.7 324 v Zim at Harare 2000 86 (-1) Stuart Carlisle Zim 296* 23.66 305 v Ind at Nagpur 2000 87 (-1) Chaminda Vaas Sri 290 18.01 299 v SA at Galle 2000 88 (-1) Nick Knight Eng 286* 25.14 438 v Zim at Bulawayo 1996 (+1) T.M.Dilshan Sri 286* 26.57 403 v Zim at Harare 1999 90(NEW) Ian Ward Eng 280* 39 280 v Pak at Lord's 2001 91 (-1) M.V.Nagamootoo WI 279* 27.75 293 v Aus at Sydney 2001 92 (-1) K.Dharmasena Sri 278 21 372 v WI at St John's 1997 93 (-1) Daniel Vettori NZ 277 18 309 v Eng at The Oval 1999 94 (-1) Brett Lee Aus 276* 37.5 293 v WI at Perth 2000 95( - ) Dominic Cork Eng 270 18.26 346 v WI at Manchester 1995 96 (-2) Humayun Farhat Pak 263* 27 266 v NZ at Hamilton 2001 97( - ) Shane Warne Aus 254 15.11 311 v Ind at Adelaide 1999 98( - ) Boeta Dippenaar SA 249* 26.8 265 v Sri at Durban 2000 99 (-1) Andrew Flintoff Eng 246* 16.64 297 v SA at Cape Town 2000 (+1) Imran Nazir Pak 246* 30.5 367 v WI at Bridgetown 2000

PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings - Bowlers

After England v Pakistan, Lord's

Rank (Chg) Player           Team  Points  AverageHighest Rating

1 ( - ) Glenn McGrath Aus 910 21.71 912 v WI at Brisbane 2000 2 ( - ) Shaun Pollock SA 896 20.32 912 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999 3 ( - ) Allan Donald SA 817 21.64 897 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999 4 (+2) Darren Gough Eng 795 26.59 795 v Pak at Lord's 2001 5 (-1) M.Muralitharan Sri 773 25.62 849 v SA at Durban 2000 6 (-1) Harbhajan Singh Ind 761* 25.56 761 v Aus at Chennai 2001 7=( - ) Jason Gillespie Aus 710* 22.53 714 v WI at Melbourne 2000 ( - ) Brett Lee Aus 710* 16.07 754 v WI at Perth 2000 9 (+7) Andrew Caddick Eng 708 27.75 719 v WI at The Oval 2000 10 (-1) Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 683 29.6 746 v NZ at Auckland 2001 11 ( - ) Chris Cairns NZ 663 29.21 733 v WI at Wellington 1999 12 ( - ) Heath Streak Zim 661 24.48 752 v Sri at Colombo (RPS) 1996 13 ( - ) Javagal Srinath Ind 660 29.94 740 v NZ at Mohali 1999 14 (-4) Wasim Akram Pak 654 23.3 828 v Aus at Karachi 1994 15 (-1) Colin Miller Aus 653* 26.15 676 v WI at Sydney 2001 16 (-1) Jacques Kallis SA 646* 27.44 667 v WI at St John's 2001 17 ( - ) Waqar Younis Pak 629 23.13 912 v Zim at Rawalpindi 1993 18 ( - ) Damien Fleming Aus 610* 25.89 750 v Ind at Adelaide 1999 19 ( - ) Dion Nash NZ 604* 27.48 695 v WI at Wellington 1999 20 ( - ) Stuart MacGill Aus 591* 25.02 760 v WI at Port-of-Spain 1999 21 (+1) Dominic Cork Eng 582 28.24 680 v SA at Johannesburg 1995 22 (-1) Chaminda Vaas Sri 569 30.27 739 v Pak at Sialkot 1995 23 (-1) Shane Warne Aus 566 26.62 907 v Eng at Melbourne 1994 24 ( - ) Arshad Khan Pak 547* 28.4 575 v Eng at Faisalabad 2000 25=( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ 538 32.62 610 v Aus at Wellington 2000 ( - ) Nicky Boje SA 538* 26.34 592 v WI at Bridgetown 2001 27 ( - ) D.Ramnarine WI 504* 26.59 504 v SA at Kingston 2001 28 ( - ) Chris Martin NZ 503* 28.1 503 v Pak at Hamilton 2001 29 ( - ) Mervyn Dillon WI 501* 30.52 501 v SA at Kingston 2001 30 ( - ) Makhaya Ntini SA 492* 28.51 582 v Sri at Centurion 2001 31 ( - ) Shayne O'Connor NZ 490* 31.26 513 v SA at Port Elizabeth 2000 32 ( - ) S.T.Jayasuriya Sri 458* 33.86 458 v Eng at Colombo (SSC) 2001 33 ( - ) Paul Strang Zim 443* 35.28 465 v NZ at Harare 2000 34 (+1) Reon King WI 433* 27.91 589 v Eng at Birmingham 2000 35= (+1) S.L.V.Raju Ind 432* 30.66 690 v WI at Mohali 1994 (-1) Ashley Giles Eng 432* 33 448 v Pak at Karachi 2000 37 ( - ) Mushtaq Ahmed Pak 420 32.24 819 v NZ at Rawalpindi 1996 38 ( - ) Pommie Mbangwa Zim 400* 31.43 605 v Pak at Peshawar 1998 39 ( - ) Paul Adams SA 394* 31.9 553 v Eng at Cape Town 2000 40 (+1) Sunil Joshi Ind 380* 35.85 468 v Ban at Dhaka 2000 41 (-1) Craig White Eng 379* 32.4 463 v Pak at Lahore 2000 42 ( - ) B.K.V.Prasad Ind 378* 35.9 602 v SA at Durban 1996 43 ( - ) Nantie Hayward SA 363* 26.68 405 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 2000 44 ( - ) Lance Klusener SA 360* 35.86 458 v Pak at Johannesburg 1998 45 (RE) Shoaib Akhtar Pak 357* 36.45 447 v Aus at Brisbane 1999 46 (-1) Henry Olonga Zim 349* 36.42 486 v Pak at Lahore 1998 47 (-1) Mfuneko Ngam SA 345* 17.18 366 v Sri at Cape Town 2001 48 (-1) Ajit Agarkar Ind 343* 36.86 350 v Aus at Mumbai 2001 49 (-1) P.Wick'singhe Sri 340* 41.87 387 v Pak at Peshawar 2000 50 (+9) Azhar Mahmood Pak 332* 35.05 332 v Eng at Lord's 2001 51 (-2) Daryl Tuffey NZ 324* 36.26 324 v Pak at Hamilton 2001 52= (-2) M.S.Kasprowicz Aus 309* 37 439 v Ind at Bangalore 1998 (-2) Franklyn Rose WI 309* 30.88 541 v SA at Durban 1998 54 (-2) K.Dharmasena Sri 293* 39.24 380 v NZ at Colombo (SSC) 1998 55 (-2) R.Pushpakumara Sri 290* 38.24 431 v Ind at Nagpur 1997 56 (-2) Robert Croft Eng 284* 37.81 504 v Aus at Lord's 1997 57 (-2) Nixon McLean WI 283* 42.56 298 v SA at Georgetown 2001 58 (-2) Nuwan Zoysa Sri 282* 34.5 369 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2000 59 (-2) Guy Whittall Zim 281* 37.02 349 v Eng at Nottingham 2000 60 (-2) Carl Hooper WI 279* 47.5 338 v Aus at St John's 1999 61 (-1) Bryan Strang Zim 261* 39.8 455 v NZ at Harare 1997 62 (-1) Paul Wiseman NZ 257* 43.82 380 v Zim at Bulawayo 2000 63 (-1) B.T.Watambwa Zim 255* 21.55 255 v Ban at Harare 2001 64 (-1) Shahid Afridi Pak 248* 29.2 277 v Eng at Faisalabad 2000 65 (-1) Upul Chandana Sri 234* 30.56 264 v SA at Kandy 2000 66 (-1) Abdur Razzaq Pak 223* 42.36 232 v Eng at Faisalabad 2000 67 (-1) S.R.Tendulkar Ind 222* 38.09 252 v Aus at Calcutta 2001 68 (-1) Andy Blignaut Zim 214* 22.66 291 v Ban at Bulawayo 2001 69 (-1) Ed Giddins Eng 209* 20 383 v Zim at Lord's 2000 70 (-1) Ray Price Zim 202* 26.71 202 v Ban at Harare 2001

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Teams Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe.
Players/Umpires Darren Gough, Bob Willis.