Australians dominate PwC ratings
The Australian batsmen and bowlers continue to climb up the charts in the PwC ratings
The Australian batsmen and bowlers continue to climb up the charts in the PwC ratings. After their 2-0 series win against New Zealand, all their seven batsmen are in the top 30, while Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie and Shane Warne are all in the top ten of the bowling list. McGrath climbs up two spots to No. 3 after an impressive series in which he took nine wickets at 20. There isn't much joy for New Zealand, though: they don't have a single batsman in the top 20, while Daniel Vettori, their leading bowler, is No. 15 among Test bowlers.
Meanwhile, Jacques Kallis's runs in the series against India helps him climb two spots to No. 4 in the batting charts, which still has two Indians, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag, leading the way. The series wasn't much fun for Shaun Pollock, who slipped to fifth place in the bowlers' list after a disappointingly barren series - four wickets at 55.75. Harbhajan Singh climbed two places and entered the top ten at No. 9.
| Rank | Batsman | Points | Average |
| 1 | Dravid | 878 | 57.16 |
| 2 | Sehwag | 856 | 53.44 |
| 3 | Lara | 845 | 52.84 |
| = | Kallis | 845 | 54.45 |
| 5 | Hayden | 817 | 55.45 |
| 6 | Ponting | 787 | 53.91 |
| 7 | Inzamam | 785 | 49.65 |
| 8 | Martyn | 765 | 47.91 |
| 9 | Sangakkara | 752 | 49.27 |
| 10 | Gibbs | 749 | 48.42 |
| Rank | Bowler | Points | Average |
| 1 | Harmison | 875 | 24.73 |
| 2 | Muralitharan | 850 | 22.86 |
| 3 | McGrath | 835 | 21.70 |
| 4 | Shoaib | 828 | 24.31 |
| 5 | Pollock | 818 | 21.79 |
| 6 | Gillespie | 807 | 24.79 |
| 7 | Kumble | 757 | 28.18 |
| 8 | Warne | 750 | 25.54 |
| 9 | Harbhajan | 719 | 27.62 |
| 10 | Ntini | 689 | 30.47 |
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