da roleta: Shaun Pollock has regained the top spot in the PricewaterhouseCoopers ratings for bowlers, after returning figures of 8 for 104 in the third Test against England at Trent Bridge
Wisden Cricinfo staff19-Aug-2003Shaun Pollock has regained the top spot in the PricewaterhouseCoopers ratings for bowlers, after returning figures of 8 for 104 in the third Test against England at Trent Bridge. Pollock swapped places with Muttiah Muralitharan, who is in second place, 25 points behind Pollock.Michael Vaughan may have registered his first Test win as captain, but scores of 1 and 5 in the match meant that he slipped five places to No. 8 in the batting list. The two centurions for England, Nasser Hussain and Mark Butcher, both improved their rankings. Hussain advanced eight places to No. 20, while Butcher moved up three places to a career-best No. 17. Top 10 batsmen Rank Batsman Points 1 Brian Lara (WI) 887 2 Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 843 3 Matthew Hayden (Aus) 821 4 Ricky Ponting (Aus) 816 5 Adam Gilchrist (Aus) 799 6 Inzamam-ul-Haq (SA) 793 7 Rahul Dravid (Ind) 789 8 Michael Vaughan (Eng) 788 9 Jacques Kallis (SA) 775 10 Mark Richardson (NZ) 767 Top 10 bowlers Rank Bowler Points 1 Shaun Pollock (SA) 886 2 Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) 861 3 Glenn McGrath (Aus) 848 4 Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 746 5 Jason Gillespie (Aus) 740 6 Makhaya Ntini (SA) 695 7= Stuart MacGill (Aus) 691 Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) 691 9 Anil Kumble (Ind) 688 10 Andrew Caddick (Eng) 684 Click here for full PwC ratings