Two South Africa stalwarts are top of the pile for their country after the series with Pakistan. Gary Kirsten shares 11th place in the batting with Herschelle Gibbs, while Shaun Pollock is back at number one in the bowling.
The reasons for Pakistan’s series victory can be seen further down the table. Taufeeq Umar has climbed to 16th in the batting, while Imran Farhat has risen to 52nd. In the bowling, Shabbir Ahmed ends the series in 31st place, after only his fourth Test.
============================================
TOP 25 TEST BATSMEN:
1 Matthew Hayden AUS
2 Brian Lara WI
3 Ricky Ponting AUS
4 Rahul Dravid IND
5 Adam Gilchrist AUS
6 Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK
7 Sachin Tendulkar IND
8 +1 Marcus Trescothick ENG
9 -1 Mark Richardson NZ
10 +4 Michael Vaughan ENG
11 Herschelle Gibbs SA
11 +6 Gary Kirsten SA
13 -3 Kumar Sangakkara SL
14 -2 Steve Waugh AUS
15 +1 Mahela Jayawardene SL
16 +8 Taufeeq Umar PAK
17 -2 Jacques Kallis SA
18 -6 Mark Butcher ENG
19 -1 Venkata Laxman IND
20 -1 Shivnarine Chanderpaul WI
21 -1 Yousuf Youhana PAK
22 -1 Justin Langer AUS
23 +2 Ramnaresh Sarwan WI
24 +5 Graham Thorpe ENG
25 +1 Craig McMillan NZ
TOP 25 TEST BOWLERS:
1 +1 Shaun Pollock SA
2 -1 Muttiah Muralitharan SL
3 Glenn McGrath AUS
4 Shoaib Akhtar PAK
5 Jason Gillespie AUS
6 Harbhajan Singh IND
7 Daryl Tuffey NZ
8 +1 Anil Kumble IND
9 -2 Jacques Kallis SA
10 Stuart MacGill AUS
11 Saqlain Mushtaq PAK
11 +3 Makhaya Ntini SA
13 Mervyn Dillon WI
14 -2 Waqar Younis PAK
15 Zaheer Khan IND
16 +4 Matthew Hoggard ENG
16 Danish Kaneria PAK
18 -1 Shane Bond NZ
19 +11 Steve Harmison ENG
20 -2 Chaminda Vaas SL
21 -2 Heath Streak ZIM
22 -2 Javagal Srinath IND
23 -1 Brett Lee AUS
24 -1 Jermaine Lawson WI
25 -1 Andy Bichel AUS
TOP 5 TEST ALL ROUNDERS
1 Shaun Pollock SA
2 Jacques Kallis SA
3 Sanath Jayasuriya SL
4 Abdul Razzaq PAK
5 Heath Streak ZIM
[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Changez_like: *
great to see him there, many guppies don't think Razzaq is test material
[/QUOTE]
You should see who he is competing with - He is just above Heath Streak who is an average bowler and a very mediocre batsman.
Except Kallis, Hardly anyone in that list can be called a TEST allrounder.
It seems to me the definition of 'ALL ROUNDER' has changed. There used to allrounders like Imran,Hadlee,Botham, Kapil who could change the course of the match either as a bowler or a batsmen.
In recent times very few players have the capability to do that and the few come to mind have names like ,Klusener, Cairns, Flintoff & Kallis.
Gilchrist qualifies as a WK allrounder
Razzaq was good 3 years ago, He & Streak can't win a TEST match either as a bowler or a batsman, Jaisurya can't win you a test match as a bowler, Pollock can't do that as a batsman either. They are not genuine all rounders, at the best they can be called bowlers who could bat or batsmen who could bowl.
It seems to me the definition of 'ALL ROUNDER' has changed. There used to allrounders like Imran,Hadlee,Botham, Kapil who could change the course of the match either as a bowler or a batsmen.
In recent times very few players have the capability to do that and the few come to mind have names like ,Klusener, Cairns, Flintoff & Kallis.
[/QUOTE]
I think the way the game has changed we havent really seen a geniune all rounder since the Imran , Botham, Kapil & Hadlee era. Kallis is the only one who comes close to the greats as an all rounder. Razzaq has seen good times. Klusner, Cairns, Flintoff they were all useful but not in the same class as the greats.
[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Asif_k: *
You should see who he is competing with - He is just above Heath Streak who is an average bowler and a very mediocre batsman.
Except Kallis, Hardly anyone in that list can be called a TEST allrounder.
...
In recent times very few players have the capability to do that and the few come to mind have names like ,Klusener, Cairns, Flintoff & Kallis.
[/quote]
I agree that he is not that sort of an all rounder as we have seen in past like Imran Khan, Botham etc., but he is a lot more than "bits and pieces". Though he is not main strike bowler and not frontline batsman but he manages to perform good if not best in both sides.
[quote]
Razzaq was good 3 years ago, He & Streak can't win a TEST match either as a bowler or a batsman, Jaisurya can't win you a test match as a bowler, Pollock can't do that as a batsman either. They are not genuine all rounders, at the best they can be called bowlers who could bat or batsmen who could bowl.
[/QUOTE]
But then there are "best batsman" who can't win you games :p
1 Matthew Hayden AUS
2 Brian Lara WI
3 Ricky Ponting AUS
4 Rahul Dravid IND
5 Adam Gilchrist AUS
6 Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK
7 Sachin Tendulkar IND
8 +1 Marcus Trescothick ENG
9 -1 Mark Richardson NZ
10 +4 Michael Vaughan ENG
11 Herschelle Gibbs SA
11 +6 Gary Kirsten SA
13 -3 Kumar Sangakkara SL
14 -2 Steve Waugh AUS
15 +1 Mahela Jayawardene SL
16 +8 Taufeeq Umar PAK
17 -2 Jacques Kallis SA
18 -6 Mark Butcher ENG
19 -1 Venkata Laxman IND
20 -1 Shivnarine Chanderpaul WI
21 -1 Yousuf Youhana PAK
22 -1 Justin Langer AUS
23 +2 Ramnaresh Sarwan WI
24 +5 Graham Thorpe ENG
25 +1 Craig McMillan NZ
inzi bhai is above 10+dulkar wow tis is amzing, one of the gr8test talents in the game is not perfroming as well in tests as he is doing in the odi’s
TOP 25 TEST BOWLERS:
1 +1 Shaun Pollock SA
2 -1 Muttiah Muralitharan SL
3 Glenn McGrath AUS
4 Shoaib Akhtar PAK
5 Jason Gillespie AUS
6 Harbhajan Singh IND
7 Daryl Tuffey NZ
8 +1 Anil Kumble IND
9 -2 Jacques Kallis SA
10 Stuart MacGill AUS
11 Saqlain Mushtaq PAK
11 +3 Makhaya Ntini SA
13 Mervyn Dillon WI 14 -2 Waqar Younis PAK
15 Zaheer Khan IND
16 +4 Matthew Hoggard ENG
16 Danish Kaneria PAK
18 -1 Shane Bond NZ
19 +11 Steve Harmison ENG
20 -2 Chaminda Vaas SL
21 -2 Heath Streak ZIM
22 -2 Javagal Srinath IND
23 -1 Brett Lee AUS
24 -1 Jermaine Lawson WI
25 -1 Andy Bichel AUS
look @ waq' bhai's dehshat he doesn't even need to play for pakistan and he can remain in the top half of the rankings. kya baat hai i applaud u waq' my man ur the best simply irreplacable
wow tis is amzing, one of the gr8test talents in the game is not perfroming as well in tests as he is doing in the odi’s 