Brian Lara's form reflected in latest rankings

Brian Lara has returned to the highest echelon of the world's Test batsmen as a result of his efforts in the West Indies' series victory over Sri Lanka.

Lara supplanted Australia's Matthew Hayden at the top of the Test batting rankings issued by PriceWaterhouseCoopers today. Sachin Tendulkar remains unchallenged as the world's leading one-day international batsman with Lara in fourth place. The big mover in the ODI batting is Marcus Trescothick of England, who leapt six places to No 7 on the batting list.

The bowling is dominated by South Africa's Shaun Pollock, who sits atop both the Test and ODI rankings.

The top 10 lists are:

Tests:

Batting: Brian Lara (West Indies), Matthew Hayden (Australia), Ricky Ponting (Australia), Sachin Tendulkar (India), Michael Vaughan (England), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Adam Gilchrist (Australia), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Rahul Dravid (India), Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa),

Bowling: Shaun Pollock (South Africa), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka), Glenn McGrath (Australia), Harbhajan Singh (India), Jason Gillespie (Australia), Andrew Caddick (England), Makhaya Ntini (South Africa), Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan), Anil Kumble (India), Jacques Kallis (South Africa).

ODIs:

Batting: Tendulkar, Ponting, Gibbs, Lara, Gilchrist, Chris Gayle (West Indies), Marcus Trescothick (England), Michael Bevan (Australia), Hayden, Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies).

Bowling: Pollock, Muralitharan, McGrath, Ntini, Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka), Brett Lee (Australia), Shane Bond (New Zealand), Gillespie, Zaheer Khan (India), Harbhajan.