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Top 20 Batsmen:

1 Matthew Hayden 893
2 Brian Lara WI 887
3 Rahul Dravid IND 849
4 Adam Gilchrist AUS 825
5 Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK 805
6 Sachin Tendulkar IND 804
6 Ricky Ponting AUS 804
8 Marcus Trescothick ENG 751
9 Jacques Kallis SA 746
10 Herschelle Gibbs SA 742
11 Kumar Sangakkara SL 737
12 Steve Waugh AUS 733
13 Mark Butcher ENG 731
14 Michael Vaughan ENG 728
14 Mark Richardson NZ 728
16 Mahela Jayawardene SL 717
17 Gary Kirsten SA 703
18 Justin Langer AUS 701
19 Yousuf Youhana PAK 696
20 Shivnarine Chanderpaul WI 690

Top 20 Bowlers:
1 Shaun Pollock SA 867
2 Muttiah Muralitharan SL 861
3 Glenn McGrath AUS 840
4 Jason Gillespie AUS 766
5 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 760
6 Harbhajan Singh IND 741
7 Jacques Kallis SA 719
8 Anil Kumble IND 700
9 Stuart MacGill AUS 674
10 Makhaya Ntini SA 669
11 Zaheer Khan IND 653
12 Saqlain Mushtaq PAK 649
13 Waqar Younis PAK 631
14 Mervyn Dillon WI 619
15 Shane Bond NZ 607
16 Daryl Tuffey NZ 602
17 Heath Streak ZIM 574
18 Chaminda Vaas SL 572
19 Brett Lee AUS 565
20 Javagal Srinath IND 558

Top 5 All Rounders:
1 Jacques Kallis SA
2 Shaun Pollock SA
3 Sanath Jayasuriya SL
4 Heath Streak ZIM
5 Chaminda Vaas SL

Dravid to overtake Tendulkar](www.cricketratings.com)
News Release Date: 11/10/2003

For years Rahul Dravid has been in the shadow of Sachin Tendulkar, in terms of both his celebrity and his rating. Now the latter at least has changed, with Dravid taking his first ever substantial lead over Tendulkar in the ratings. Innings of 222 and 73 for Dravid in the first NZ Test, compared with two low scores for Tendulkar, put the former 45 points clear of his team mate.

Dravid clearly has a liking for New Zealand bowlers. Early in 1999, Dravid spent a couple of weeks with a 9 point lead over Tendulkar - also, coincidentally after a New Zealand Test match.

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Stats are stats and difficult to agree or argue with. But will someone explain what conclusions we're supposed to draw? I ask because I see 2 Indian batsmen in top 20 but FOUR Indian bowlers!

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Dravid reaches new high](BBC SPORT | Cricket | Dravid reaches new high)
By Oliver Brett, BBC Sport

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Born: 11 January 1973
Tests: 70
Runs: 5,909
Highest Score: 222 (v NZ, Ahmedabad, October 2003)
Average: 55.22
Centuries: 15

His runs in the drawn Ahmedabad Test, a massive haul of 222 and 73 to be precise, elevated Rahul Dravid to the status of third best batsman in the world.

**The PricewaterhouseCoopers ratings have him behind only Matthew Hayden and Brian Lara with Sachin Tendulkar slipping to sixth equal.

But a quick straw poll on the streets of any Indian city would reveal Tendulkar remains the darling of the fans by a massive margin.**

Dravid is often ignored by the most fervent of the pro-Tendulkar contingent when he is at the wicket.

Usually batting at three, he comes in one place above the shorter, stockier man from Bombay.

And while the 30-year-old from Bangalore is there, the crowds can grow a bit restless, awaiting the entrance of their little maestro.

Like the picador in a Spanish bullfight, Dravid is there simply to goad the opposition before Tendulkar - the matador - tears them asunder.

The reality, however, especially in recent times, is starkly different.

For Dravid is also known as the Wall, an impregnable line of defence that can have some of the finest bowlers in world cricket exasperated.

His finest hour, of course, was the 180 he made in Calcutta when the Indians came from nowhere to beat the best Australian side ever assembled.

But the partnership of 376 he shared with VVS Laxman tends to be remembered for the latter’s weightier innings of 281.

Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie have a chance to gain their revenge in December when the Indians play Australia on their own turf.

IN SACHIN’S SHADOW
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A smaller man, Tendulkar remains a bigger hero in India

And that tour could go some distance to establishing just how good Dravid is.

His most telling purple patch of all came in 2002.

India went 1-0 down in a Test series in England, before two Dravid centuries turned the series on its head.

It all boiled down to a decider at The Oval, where India had to respond to England’s first innings score of 515.

Yet again, Dravid came up with goods, hitting 217 to guarantee a draw.

His success during that summer played a huge part in his decision to play for the amateur Scottish team in their first season playing against English counties the following year.

Shortly after his wedding and a brief honeymoon, Dravid took his new bride Vijeta to Edinburgh for most of the season.

And so enamoured was he by life north of the border that he said he would like to come back for more cricket in Scotland in 2004.

“It’s a beautiful part of the world. It’s a lovely country,” he said. “I intend to buy a kilt before I leave and I’ll probably wear it at home in Bangalore.”

Rather typically, Dravid was kept out of the global cricket headlines at the weekend.

Hayden’s record-breaking 380 against Zimbabwe kept his achievements against New Zealand in the shade.

But his admirers can be sure he will continue scoring big runs in his own quiet way for some time to come.

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Hey guys, checkout the ODI ratings PWC.



ICC One-Day International Championship Table
 as at 12 October 2003 ] 

  Team Rating 
1 Australia 135 
2 South Africa 118 
3 England 107 
4 Pakistan 107 
5 West Indies 106 
6 New Zealand 106 
7 Sri Lanka 105 
8 India 104 
9 Zimbabwe 63 
10 Kenya 28 
11 Bangladesh 0

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PriceWaterhouseCoopers One Day Ratings - latest update - 13th October 2003
 
Batsmans Ratings 
Rank Change  Player             Team Points  
   1  (-)    SR Tendulkar        IND  773   
   2  (-)    RT Ponting          AUS  763       
   3  (+4)   Yousuf Youhana      PAK  753    
   4  (-1)   BC Lara             WI   745       
   5  (-1)   ME Bevan            AUS  743   
   6  (+4)   JH Kallis           SA   736    
   7  (-2)   CH Gayle            WI   735    
   8  (-2)   AC Gilchrist        AUS  727    
   9  (-1)   ME Trescothick      ENG  724    
  10  (-1)   ML Hayden           AUS  718   

Bowlers Ratings 
Rank Change   Player          Team Points  
   1  (+1)    SM Pollock       SA   909     
   2  (-1)    M Muralitharan   SL   893     
   3  (-)     GD McGrath       AUS  871     
   4  (-)     B Lee            AUS  807    
   5  (-)     WPUCJ Vaas       SL   805     
   6  (+1)    JN Gillespie     AUS  804   
   7  (-2)    M Ntini          SA   799    
   8  (-)     SE Bond          NZ   756    
   9  (-)     Zaheer Khan      IND  742     24.82         
  10  (-)     Harbhajan Singh  IND  728

http://www-usa.cricket.org/link_to_database/STATS/RATINGS/PWCODIINDIV.html]Link

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YOYO at number 3 :k:

Top innings since 1990](www.cricketratings.com)
News Release Date: 13/10/2003

Matthew Hayden’s 380 may have broken the records, but was it the best? Some account has to be taken of the opposition when rating an innings, which is what our ratings do, of course. The ratings also make an adjustment according to the overall level of scoring in the match, and we give a bonus for good performances in a victory.

So here are the ten innings that are rated the highest since 1990 according to our ratings. Hayden’s 380 ranks fifth. Brian Lara tops the table, though it is his 213 against Australia, not his 375 against England, that gets the most credit.

TEN TOP RATED TEST INNINGS SINCE 1990 ACCORDING TO PWC:

213 Brian Lara v Australia, Kingston, 1999

281 VVS Laxman v Australia, Kolkata 2001

154* Graham Gooch v West Indies, Headingley 1991

329 Inzamam-ul-Haq v New Zealand, Lahore 2002

380 Matthew Hayden v Zimbabwe, Perth 2003

188* Saeed Anwar v India, Kolkata 1999

333 Graham Gooch v India, Lord’s 1990

375 Brian Lara v England, St John’s 1994

226 Gordon Greenidge v Australia, Bridgetown 1991

274* Stephen Fleming v Sri Lanka, Colombo 2003

(Three other innings by Lara, including his 153* in Bridgetown, are not far behind)

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Inzi is in there with his 329.

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by UMAIR316: *
Inzi is in there with his 329.
[/QUOTE]

How about this
188* Saeed Anwar v India, Kolkata 1999 ? :)

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^^ :k:!!!

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I suppose Kallis must be considered the best all-rounder today being among the top 10 both as batsman and bowler.

Still years for him to play for RSA…unfortunately out Minister of Sport stated that he does not like watching him perform :nook:

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jealousy? or political differences?

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Decent 6Chora: *

How about this
188* Saeed Anwar v India, Kolkata 1999 ? :)
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It was a great inning, but I wouldn't really call it top 10 greatest of 90s.

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Changez_like: *
jealousy? or political differences?
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He would prefer watching a non-white player instead - a rasist remark he made during last year.