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Wisden CricInfo staff - February 26, 2002
Batting top 20
Bowling top 20
PwC Test ratings
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Less than 24 hours after he was confirmed as the new number one in the PwC Test ratings, the latest PwC ODI ratings revealed that Sachin Tendulkar is also the world's leading one-day batsman.
In the bowling rankings, Glenn McGrath and Muttiah Muralitharan fight it out for top spot. McGrath narrowly holds on to the No. 1 position, consolation for being held in second place by Murali in the Test rankings.
Darren Gough, England's only representative in the PwC Test and one-day top tens, leaves New Zealand as England begin preparations for another tough Test series. Gough is currently seventh in the PwC Test ratings, and after a strong one-day series he lies sixth in the One-Day Ratings. Marcus Trescothick (18th) is the highest-rated England Test batsman at present, while Nick Knight (15th) is the leading batsman in ODIs.
Nathan Astle's match-winning century in the deciding game means he ended the series as the top batsman on either side, 11th in the ratings.
Batting
Rank
|
|
Player
|
Team
|
Points
|
Average
|
1
|
( - )
|
S.R.Tendulkar
|
Ind
|
810
|
43.92
|
2
|
( - )
|
Michael
Bevan
|
Aus
|
803
|
56.91
|
3
|
( - )
|
Ricky
Ponting
|
Aus
|
762
|
41.37
|
4
|
( - )
|
Sourav
Ganguly
|
Ind
|
759
|
44.18
|
5
|
( - )
|
S.T.Jayasuriya
|
Sri
|
756
|
30.78
|
6
|
( - )
|
M.Jayawardene
|
Sri
|
753
|
33.20
|
7
|
( - )
|
Jacques
Kallis
|
SA
|
752
|
44.42
|
8
|
(+1)
|
Saeed
Anwar
|
Pak
|
708
|
39.75
|
9
|
(+1)
|
Brian Lara
|
WI
|
702
|
42.43
|
10
|
(+1)
|
Adam
Gilchrist
|
Aus
|
701
|
34.00
|
11
|
(+9)
|
Nathan
Astle
|
NZ
|
691
|
35.74
|
12
|
(-4)
|
Inzamam-ul-Haq
|
Pak
|
687
|
39.82
|
13
|
( - )
|
Steve
Waugh
|
Aus
|
686
|
32.90
|
14
|
( - )
|
Mark Waugh
|
Aus
|
685
|
39.35
|
15
|
(+7)
|
Nick
Knight
|
Eng
|
682
|
42.25
|
16
|
(-1)
|
Russel
Arnold
|
Sri
|
679
|
41.30
|
17
|
(-1)
|
Gary
Kirsten
|
SA
|
676
|
41.11
|
18
|
( - )
|
Jonty
Rhodes
|
SA
|
666
|
34.28
|
19
|
( - )
|
Rahul
Dravid
|
Ind
|
663
|
37.88
|
20
|
(+1)
|
Damien
Martyn
|
Aus
|
658
|
39.68
|
Bowling
Rank
|
|
Player
|
Team
|
Points
|
Av
|
Economy
|
1
|
( - )
|
Glenn
McGrath
|
Aus
|
921
|
23.13
|
3.95
|
2
|
( - )
|
M.Muralitharan
|
Sri
|
918
|
24.56
|
3.92
|
3
|
( - )
|
Shaun
Pollock
|
SA
|
861
|
22.86
|
3.76
|
4
|
( - )
|
Harbhajan
Singh
|
Ind
|
734
|
27.46
|
4.04
|
5
|
( - )
|
Chaminda
Vaas
|
Sri
|
732
|
27.38
|
4.21
|
6
|
(+9)
|
Darren
Gough
|
Eng
|
715
|
24.70
|
4.26
|
7
|
( - )
|
Shane
Warne
|
Aus
|
712
|
25.61
|
4.25
|
8
|
(+3)
|
Abdur
Razzaq
|
Pak
|
710
|
24.14
|
4.34
|
9
|
(-1)
|
Saqlain
Mushtaq
|
Pak
|
706
|
20.79
|
4.24
|
10
|
(-4)
|
Wasim
Akram
|
Pak
|
704
|
23.91
|
3.86
|
11
|
(+2)
|
Makhaya
Ntini
|
SA
|
683
|
25.56
|
4.16
|
12
|
(+2)
|
Brett Lee
|
Aus
|
682
|
25.15
|
4.85
|
13
|
(-3)
|
Waqar
Younis
|
Pak
|
678
|
23.51
|
4.61
|
14
|
(-5)
|
Alan
Mullally
|
Eng
|
677
|
27.42
|
3.84
|
15=
|
(+1)
|
Damien
Fleming
|
Aus
|
670
|
25.38
|
4.41
|
|
(+1)
|
Heath
Streak
|
Zim
|
670
|
30.27
|
4.51
|
17
|
(+1)
|
K.Dharmasena
|
Sri
|
669
|
35.00
|
4.32
|
18
|
(-7)
|
Andrew
Caddick
|
Eng
|
664
|
28.47
|
3.91
|
19
|
( - )
|
Ian Harvey
|
Aus
|
661
|
33.19
|
4.54
|
20
|
(+1)
|
Chris
Harris
|
NZ
|
654
|
35.59
|
4.28
|
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