Andy Flower goes top of the PwC Ratings for batsmen
Andy Flower has gone to Number One in the PwC Ratings for batsmen
PricewaterhouseCoopers Media Release
11-Sep-2001
Andy Flower has gone to Number One in the PwC Ratings for batsmen. Only four
other batsmen have occupied this slot in the last six years: Steve Waugh,
Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar and (very briefly) Inzamam-ul-Haq. After his
batting feats in the last 18 months, Flower is a worthy new joiner to this
exclusive club.
The feat of endurance that in the last three days brought him two big
centuries against one of Test cricket's stronger attacks has lifted Flower
to 895 points, 18 points clear of Steve Waugh. He is the first Zimbabwean
and the first wicket-keeper ever to go top of the Ratings.
Flower's outstanding form in the last 18 months won him the FICA/PwC
international player of the year award in July, when a panel of former Test
players chose him from a shortlist of seven.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings - Batsmen
After Colombo and Harare Test Matches
Rank (Change) Player Team Points Average Highest Rating
1 (+2) Andy Flower Zim 895 55.18 895 v SA at Harare 2001
2 (-1) Steve Waugh Aus 877 51.87 909 v WI at Melbourne 1996
3 (-1) S.R.Tendulkar Ind 866 57.18 897 v Zim at Bulawayo 2001
4 ( - ) Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 818 47.73 865 v Eng at Lord's 1996
5 (+2) M.Jayawardene Sri 805 47.42 805 v Ban at Colombo (SSC) 2001
6 (-1) Rahul Dravid Ind 798 53.77 862 v NZ at Hamilton 1999
7 (-1) Adam Gilchrist Aus 790* 51.30 813 v Eng at Nottingham 2001
8 ( - ) Brian Lara WI 769 47.68 917 v Aus at St John's 1999
9 (+1) Mark Waugh Aus 743 42.92 803 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1997
10 (-1) Daryll Cullinan SA 739 44.21 803 v WI at Bridgetown 2001
11 (+10) Jacques Kallis SA 702 43.76 764 v Sri at Kandy 2000
12 (-1) Saeed Anwar Pak 694 45.52 835 v Ind at Calcutta 1999
13 (-1) Craig McMillan NZ 688 41.97 713 v Zim at Bulawayo 2000
14 (-1) Graham Thorpe Eng 687 40.89 803 v WI at Kingston 1998
15 (-1) Yousuf Youhana Pak 668 42.98 725 v NZ at Christchurch 2001
16 (-1) Ricky Ponting Aus 667 42.87 829 v Ind at Sydney 2000
17= (+15) Gary Kirsten SA 666 42.14 766 v Ind at Calcutta 1996
(-1) Mark Richardson NZ 666* 54.61 666 v Pak at Hamilton 2001
19 (-2) Alec Stewart Eng 665 39.31 791 v Zim at Lord's 2000
20 (-2) Damien Martyn Aus 658* 51.00 658 v Eng at The Oval 2001
21= (-2) Chris Cairns NZ 657 32.55 705 v Zim at Harare 2000
(-2) Justin Langer Aus 657 40.59 767 v NZ at Hamilton 2000
23 (-2) M.E.Trescothick Eng 656* 36.93 661 v Aus at Nottingham 2001
24 (-1) Venkata Laxman Ind 653 35.95 723 v Aus at Chennai 2001
25 (+8) H.H.Gibbs SA 644 37.17 644 v Zim at Harare 2001
26 (+8) Marvan Atapattu Sri 640 37.43 667 v SA at Kandy 2000
27 (-3) P.A.de Silva Sri 636 41.91 796 v Aus at Colombo (SSC) 1999
28 (-3) Mathew Sinclair NZ 635* 51.21 643 v Pak at Christchurch 2001
29= (-3) Michael Slater Aus 626 42.83 768 v Sri at Melbourne 1995
(-3) Ridley Jacobs WI 626 28.80 632 v Zim at Bulawayo 2001
31= (-3) Carl Hooper WI 622 35.06 705 v SA at Johannesburg 1998
(-3) Matthew Hayden Aus 622* 38.79 623 v Eng at Nottingham 2001
33 (-2) Stephen Fleming NZ 618 37.07 676 v Eng at Auckland 1997
34 ( - ) S.Chanderpaul WI 610 39.34 746 v Ind at Georgetown 1997
35 (-5) K.Sangakkara Sri 605* 39.15 648 v Ind at Galle 2001
36 ( - ) Mark Butcher Eng 602 28.96 623 v Aus at Leeds 2001
37 ( - ) Nasser Hussain Eng 594 35.00 784 v SA at Durban 1999
38 ( - ) S.T.Jayasuriya Sri 577 39.68 750 v Ind at Colombo (SSC) 1997
39 ( - ) Nathan Astle NZ 569 35.28 648 v Aus at Wellington 2000
40 ( - ) S.Ramesh Ind 568* 37.97 645 v NZ at Ahmedabad 1999
41 ( - ) Shiv Sunder Das Ind 556* 44.84 556 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 2001
42 ( - ) Younis Khan Pak 553* 39.23 563 v NZ at Auckland 2001
43 ( - ) Chris Gayle WI 550* 36.35 550 v Zim at Harare 2001
44 (+2) Lance Klusener SA 543 34.36 661 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 2000
45 (-1) Shaun Pollock SA 542 31.48 556 v WI at St John's 2001
46 (-1) Sourav Ganguly Ind 540 41.62 706 v Pak at Delhi 1999
47 ( - ) Michael Vaughan Eng 533* 31.83 574 v WI at Leeds 2000
48 ( - ) Mark Ramprakash Eng 531 27.81 633 v Aus at Melbourne 1998
49 ( - ) Neil McKenzie SA 521* 35.18 522 v WI at Kingston 2001
50 ( - ) Jimmy Adams WI 515 41.26 830 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 1995
51 ( - ) R.R.Sarwan WI 513* 33.68 513 v Zim at Harare 2001
52 ( - ) Wavell Hinds WI 508* 29.25 589 v Pak at St John's 2000
53 ( - ) Ijaz Ahmed Pak 503 37.67 695 v Eng at The Oval 1996
54 ( - ) S.L.Campbell WI 496 32.82 686 v Aus at Sydney 1996
55 (+1) H.Tillekeratne Sri 487 39.43 712 v Zim at Colombo (SSC) 1996
56 (+1) Marlon Samuels WI 470* 30.60 470 v Zim at Harare 2001
57 (-2) Guy Whittall Zim 465 30.30 527 v NZ at Harare 2000
58 (+1) Mark Boucher SA 457 28.21 554 v WI at Georgetown 2001
59 (-1) Russel Arnold Sri 454 28.35 540 v Eng at Kandy 2001
60 ( - ) Moin Khan Pak 453 28.32 595 v WI at Peshawar 1997
61 (+1) Wasim Akram Pak 439 22.64 480 v Sri at Kandy 2000
62 (NEW) Md. Ashraful Ban 433* 70.00 433 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 2001
63 (+2) Adam Parore NZ 427 25.87 533 v Sri at Galle 1998
64 (+2) Matthew Horne NZ 422 30.92 583 v Eng at Manchester 1999
65 (-4) A.D.R.Campbell Zim 419 26.48 534 v Sri at Harare 1994
66 (-3) Grant Flower Zim 417 30.32 611 v Pak at Bulawayo 1998
67 ( - ) T.T.Samaraweera Sri 414* - 414 v Ban at Colombo (SSC) 2001
68 (-4) Habibul Bashar Ban 405* 39.66 437 v Pak at Multan 2001
69 ( - ) Shahid Afridi Pak 400* 31.26 473 v Ind at Delhi 1999
70 (+1) Graeme Hick Eng 393 31.32 724 v SA at Centurion 1995
71 (-1) Stuart Carlisle Zim 391* 25.85 410 v Ind at Harare 2001
72 (-4) H.Masakadza Zim 388* 56.50 403 v WI at Harare 2001
73 (-1) Azhar Mahmood Pak 381* 30.00 670 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1998
74 (-1) Abdur Razzaq Pak 371* 28.04 371 v Ban at Multan 2001
75 (-1) Nicky Boje SA 366* 27.47 399 v Ind at Bangalore 2000
76 (-1) Taufeeq Umar Pak 365* 104.00 365 v Ban at Multan 2001
77 (-1) Matthew Bell NZ 359* 24.68 359 v Pak at Hamilton 2001
78 (-1) Craig Spearman NZ 352* 26.34 413 v Aus at Hamilton 2000
79 (+2) Aminul Islam Ban 351* 35.00 433 v Zim at Bulawayo 2001
80 (-2) R.Kaluwitharana Sri 346 27.15 522 v Pak at Lahore 1999
81 (-2) Heath Streak Zim 332 19.64 347 v WI at Harare 2001
82 (-2) Gavin Rennie Zim 323* 23.48 402 v Ind at Harare 1998
83 (-1) Hamish Marshall NZ 316* - 329 v SA at Johannesburg 2000
84 ( - ) Javed Omar Ban 310* 36.28 433 v Zim at Bulawayo 2001
85 (-2) Nayan Mongia Ind 308 24.03 461 v Aus at Delhi 1996
86 (+7) Dion Ebrahim Zim 305* 23.76 305 v SA at Harare 2001
87 (-2) Dion Nash NZ 302 22.70 324 v Zim at Harare 2000
88= (-2) Paul Strang Zim 292 25.83 411 v NZ at Harare 1997
(-1) Craig White Eng 292* 18.00 366 v Sri at Kandy 2001
90 (-2) Chaminda Vaas Sri 291 18.09 299 v SA at Galle 2000
91 (-2) Daren Ganga WI 282* 18.76 282 v Zim at Harare 2001
92 (-2) Rashid Latif Pak 279* 24.03 448 v NZ at Wellington 1994
93 (-1) Daniel Vettori NZ 277 18.00 309 v Eng at The Oval 1999
94 (-3) T.M.Dilshan Sri 275* 26.57 403 v Zim at Harare 1999
95 (-1) M.V.Nagamootoo WI 273* 27.75 293 v Aus at Sydney 2001
96 (-1) Andy Blignaut Zim 269* 24.44 272 v WI at Harare 2001
97 (-1) K.Dharmasena Sri 267 21.00 372 v WI at St John's 1997
98 (-1) Humayun Farhat Pak 258* 27.00 266 v NZ at Hamilton 2001
99 ( - ) Nick Knight Eng 256* 23.96 438 v Zim at Bulawayo 1996
100 ( - ) Dominic Cork Eng 250 17.35 346 v WI at Manchester 1995
PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings - Bowlers
After Colombo and Harare Test Matches
Rank (Change) Player Team Points Average Highest Rating
1 ( - ) Glenn McGrath Aus 919 21.28 919 v Eng at The Oval 2001
2 ( - ) Shaun Pollock SA 894 20.52 912 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999
3 ( - ) M.Muralitharan Sri 864 24.79 864 v Ban at Colombo (SSC) 2001
4 ( - ) Allan Donald SA 809 21.64 897 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999
5 ( - ) Darren Gough Eng 746 27.57 795 v Pak at Lord's 2001
6 ( - ) Shane Warne Aus 736 26.01 907 v Eng at Melbourne 1994
7 (+1) Waqar Younis Pak 686 23.02 912 v Zim at Rawalpindi 1993
8 (+1) Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 678 29.45 746 v NZ at Auckland 2001
9 (+1) Chris Cairns NZ 663 29.21 733 v WI at Wellington 1999
10= (-3) Heath Streak Zim 661 25.46 752 v Sri at Colombo (RPS) 1996
(+1) Jason Gillespie Aus 661 24.72 783 v Eng at Lord's 2001
12 ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 655* 27.53 667 v WI at St John's 2001
13 ( - ) Harbhajan Singh Ind 640* 28.92 761 v Aus at Chennai 2001
14 ( - ) Colin Miller Aus 621* 26.15 676 v WI at Sydney 2001
15= ( - ) Wasim Akram Pak 615 23.60 828 v Aus at Karachi 1994
( - ) Javagal Srinath Ind 615 29.94 740 v NZ at Mohali 1999
17 ( - ) Andrew Caddick Eng 606 29.79 719 v WI at The Oval 2000
18 ( - ) Dion Nash NZ 604* 27.48 695 v WI at Wellington 1999
19 ( - ) Damien Fleming Aus 580* 25.89 750 v Ind at Adelaide 1999
20 ( - ) Stuart MacGill Aus 562* 25.02 760 v WI at Port-of-Spain 1999
21 ( - ) Chaminda Vaas Sri 548 30.69 739 v Pak at Sialkot 1995
22 ( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ 538 32.62 610 v Aus at Wellington 2000
23 (+1) Arshad Khan Pak 536* 28.40 575 v Eng at Faisalabad 2000
24 (-2) Nicky Boje SA 532* 26.34 592 v WI at Bridgetown 2001
25 ( - ) Dominic Cork Eng 517 29.41 680 v SA at Johannesburg 1995
26 ( - ) Chris Martin NZ 503* 28.10 503 v Pak at Hamilton 2001
27= ( - ) Mervyn Dillon WI 494* 30.40 504 v SA at Kingston 2001
( - ) D.Ramnarine WI 494* 26.59 504 v SA at Kingston 2001
29 (+1) Shayne O'Connor NZ 490* 31.26 513 v SA at Port Elizabeth 2000
30 (+1) Brett Lee Aus 489* 22.96 754 v WI at Perth 2000
31 (-2) Makhaya Ntini SA 462* 30.40 582 v Sri at Centurion 2001
32 ( - ) Reon King WI 460* 27.77 589 v Eng at Birmingham 2000
33 ( - ) B.K.V.Prasad Ind 453* 35.00 602 v SA at Durban 1996
34 ( - ) S.T.Jayasuriya Sri 434* 33.92 467 v Ind at Galle 2001
35 ( - ) Colin Stuart WI 428* 25.83 428 v Zim at Harare 2001
36 (+1) Danish Kaneria Pak 422* 19.43 422 v Ban at Multan 2001
37= (-1) Paul Strang Zim 421* 35.28 465 v NZ at Harare 2000
(+1) Neil McGarrell WI 421* 21.05 421 v Zim at Harare 2001
39 ( - ) Mushtaq Ahmed Pak 412 32.24 819 v NZ at Rawalpindi 1996
40 ( - ) S.L.V.Raju Ind 410* 30.66 690 v WI at Mohali 1994
41 ( - ) Alan Mullally Eng 394* 31.24 478 v SA at Centurion 2000
42 (-1) Paul Adams SA 390* 31.90 553 v Eng at Cape Town 2000
43 (+1) Ashley Giles Eng 384* 35.88 448 v Pak at Karachi 2000
44 (-1) Pommie Mbangwa Zim 381* 31.43 605 v Pak at Peshawar 1998
45 (+1) Lance Klusener SA 363* 35.74 458 v Pak at Johannesburg 1998
46 (-1) Sunil Joshi Ind 362* 35.85 468 v Ban at Dhaka 2000
47 ( - ) Shoaib Akhtar Pak 350* 36.45 447 v Aus at Brisbane 1999
48 ( - ) Henry Olonga Zim 346* 36.39 486 v Pak at Lahore 1998
49 ( - ) Mfuneko Ngam SA 341* 17.18 366 v Sri at Cape Town 2001
50 ( - ) P.Wick'singhe Sri 326* 41.87 387 v Pak at Peshawar 2000
51 ( - ) Daryl Tuffey NZ 324* 36.26 324 v Pak at Hamilton 2001
52 ( - ) Azhar Mahmood Pak 311* 35.94 332 v Eng at Lord's 2001
53 ( - ) Zaheer Khan Ind 302* 38.59 378 v Sri at Kandy 2001
54 ( - ) Ajit Agarkar Ind 299* 38.83 350 v Aus at Mumbai 2001
55= ( - ) Bryan Strang Zim 294* 39.33 455 v NZ at Harare 1997
(+1) M.S.Kasprowicz Aus 294* 37.00 439 v Ind at Bangalore 1998
57 ( - ) Phil Tufnell Eng 291 37.68 682 v NZ at Christchurch 1992
58 ( - ) Robert Croft Eng 285* 37.24 504 v Aus at Lord's 1997
59 (+1) Ashish Nehra Ind 283* 25.91 292 v Zim at Harare 2001
60 (-1) K.Dharmasena Sri 281* 39.24 380 v NZ at Colombo (SSC) 1998
61= ( - ) Craig White Eng 278* 36.52 463 v Pak at Lahore 2000
( - ) Nixon McLean WI 278* 42.56 298 v SA at Georgetown 2001
63 ( - ) Nuwan Zoysa Sri 271* 34.50 369 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2000
64 (RE) R.Pushpakumara Sri 270* 38.65 431 v Ind at Nagpur 1997
65 (-1) Carl Hooper WI 261* 48.32 338 v Aus at St John's 1999
66 (-1) Paul Wiseman NZ 257* 43.82 380 v Zim at Bulawayo 2000
67 (-1) Abdur Razzaq Pak 253* 41.80 278 v Eng at Manchester 2001
68 (-1) Shahid Afridi Pak 243* 29.20 277 v Eng at Faisalabad 2000
69 (-1) Andy Blignaut Zim 240* 36.15 345 v Ind at Harare 2001
70 (-1) Guy Whittall Zim 228* 38.04 349 v Eng at Nottingham 2000
Qualifying match: Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, at Bulawayo, on 12/09/2000
* Indicates players still qualifying for 100% of their rating