Caddick enters PwC top ten

Andrew Caddick has become the first England bowler for nearly two years to enter the world top ten of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Ratings of Test cricketers. Caddick, who has been England's most effective test bowler since his recall in 1999, has been steadily climbing the Ratings to his current position of tenth. The last England bowler in the top ten, and the only other one in the last decade, was Angus Fraser.

Heath Streak - who has been a consistent strike bowler for Zimbabwe in recent years, though largely unknown to English fans - is one place above Caddick.

In the batting, Alec Stewart has also climbed to the best Rating of his career. Despite calls for his head as recently as last August, Stewart's trend in the PwC Test Ratings over the last few years has actually been upwards (though his one day rating is very poor). Perhaps he has an eye on Graham Gooch, who made it to number one in the Ratings at the age of 40.

Attached are the latest ratings following the two matches that ended this week.

23rd May 2000

Rank Player Team Points Career Highest Rating average 1 Shaun Pollock SA 905 20.33 912 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999 2 Glenn McGrath Aus 896 22.42 902 v NZ at Auckland 2000 3 Allan Donald SA 877 21.59 897 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999 4 Curtly Ambrose WI 819 21.18 915 v Eng at Port-of-Spain 1994 5 M.Muralitharan Sri 763 26.30 787 v Aus at Galle 1999 6 Brett Lee Aus 735 16.06 735 v NZ at Hamilton 2000 7 Courtney Walsh WI 731 25.18 803 v Eng at Birmingham 1995 8 Anil Kumble Ind 722 28.01 859 v Sri at Bangalore 1994 9 Heath Streak Zim 718 22.86 752 v Sri at Colombo (RPS) 1996 10 Andrew Caddick Eng 714 28.54 714 v Zim at Lord's 2000 11 Damien Fleming Aus 699 24.90 750 v Ind at Adelaide 1999 12 Chris Cairns NZ 683 29.83 733 v WI at Wellington 1999 13= Wasim Akram Pak 674 23.28 828 v Aus at Karachi 1994 Dion Nash NZ 674 27.20 695 v WI at Wellington 1999 15 Waqar Younis Pak 663 22.31 912 v Zim at Rawalpindi 1993 16 Shane Warne Aus 652 25.96 907 v Eng at Melbourne 1994 17 Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 647 29.94 724 v Aus at Hobart 1999 18 Javagal Srinath Ind 640 30.48 740 v NZ at Mohali 1999 19 Darren Gough Eng 626 28.95 693 v SA at Leeds 1998 20 Daniel Vettori NZ 604 32.18 610 v Aus at Wellington 2000 21 Chaminda Vaas Sri 581 29.53 739 v Pak at Sialkot 1995 22 Simon Doull NZ 577 29.30 795 v Ind at Hamilton 1999 23 Mushtaq Ahmed Pak 556 30.35 819 v NZ at Rawalpindi 1996 24 Jacques Kallis SA 549 28.04 596 v Zim at Harare 1999 25 Dean Headley Eng 539 27.85 627 v Aus at Sydney 1999 26 Paul Adams SA 532 29.33 553 v Eng at Cape Town 2000 27 Jason Gillespie Aus 527 22.16 701 v Eng at Leeds 1997 28 Colin Miller Aus 520 28.81 540 v NZ at Wellington 2000 29 Alan Mullally Eng 473 30.58 478 v SA at Centurion 2000 30 Franklyn Rose WI 469 27.17 541 v SA at Durban 1998 31 Reon King WI 459 28.91 459 v Pak at Bridgetown 2000 32 Henry Olonga Zim 454 31.04 486 v Pak at Lahore 1998 33 Venkatesh Prasad Ind 442 34.70 602 v SA at Durban 1996 34 Shayne O'Connor NZ 429 33.97 429 v Aus at Hamilton 2000 35 Shoaib Akhtar Pak 409 35.84 447 v Aus at Brisbane 1999 36 Pommie Mbangwa Zim 395 30.75 605 v Pak at Peshawar 1998 37 Ed Giddins Eng 383 11.00 383 v Zim at Lord's 2000 38 Phil Tufnell Eng 372 36.55 682 v NZ at Christchurch 1992 39 G.P.Wickremasinghe Sri 370 42.26 387 v Pak at Peshawar 2000 40 Hansie Cronje SA 365 29.95 365 v Ind at Bangalore 2000 41 Sunil Joshi Ind 356 33.14 378 v NZ at Kanpur 1999 42 Michael Kasprowicz Aus 352 34.68 439 v Ind at Bangalore 1998 43 K.R.Pushpakumara Sri 336 36.87 431 v Ind at Nagpur 1997 44 Lance Klusener SA 320 37.49 458 v Pak at Johannesburg 1998 45 Dinanath Ramnarine WI 317 19.50 333 v NZ at Hamilton 1999 46 Nantie Hayward SA 298 28.00 298 v Ind at Bangalore 2000 47 Bryan Strang Zim 292 36.10 455 v NZ at Harare 1997 48 Guy Whittall Zim 291 38.51 321 v Eng at Harare 1996 49 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri 285 42.34 293 v Pak at Peshawar 2000 50 Peter Such Eng 281 33.56 327 v NZ at Lord's 1994 51 Azhar Mahmood Pak 269 39.77 314 v Zim at Harare 1998 52 Nuwan Zoysa Sri 266 30.66 271 v Pak at Rawalpindi 2000 53 Paul Wiseman NZ 254 41.45 254 v Aus at Hamilton 2000 54 Arshad Khan Pak 253 31.66 269 v Sri at Dhaka 1999 55= Eddo Brandes Zim 247 36.57 255 v Sri at Harare 1999 Nicky Boje SA 247 15.71 247 v Ind at Bangalore 2000 57 Harbhajan Singh Ind 233 38.57 254 v NZ at Kanpur 1999 58= Ajit Agarkar Ind 219 37.00 339 v Aus at Melbourne 1999 Shahid Afridi Pak 219 28.00 245 v Ind at Chennai 1999 60 Sachin Tendulkar Ind 210 33.29 234 v SA at Mumbai 2000 61 Nixon McLean WI 207 42.18 249 v SA at Cape Town 1999 62 Steve Waugh Aus 189 35.74 433 v Sri at Perth 1988 63 Aamir Sohail Pak 178 41.96 183 v Sri at Peshawar 2000 64 Abdur Razzaq Pak 177 35.00 177 v WI at Bridgetown 2000 65 Nathan Astle NZ 158 49.18 196 v WI at Wellington 1999 66= Mark Waugh Aus 157 39.68 317 v Pak at Brisbane 1995 Chris Silverwood Eng 157 37.72 159 v SA at Centurion 2000 68 Mohammad Akram Pak 149 44.29 155 v Sri at Sialkot 1995 69 Aravinda de Silva Sri 143 39.30 205 v Ind at Colombo (SSC) 1999 70= Sourav Ganguly Ind 142 34.60 245 v Aus at Calcutta 1998 Nehemiah Perry WI 142 44.60 253 v Aus at Bridgetown 1999 S.A.Muller Aus 142 36.85 152 v Pak at Hobart 1999

Batsmen

23rd May 2000

Rank Player Team Points Career Highest Rating average 1 Brian Lara WI 865 51.60 917 v Aus at St John's 1999 2 Sachin TendulkarInd 863 55.37 880 v SA at Mumbai 2000 3 Steve Waugh Aus 841 50.43 909 v WI at Melbourne 1996 4 Ricky Ponting Aus 804 47.51 829 v Ind at Sydney 2000 5 Alec Stewart Eng 791 41.55 791 v Zim at Lord's 2000 6 Saeed Anwar Pak 786 46.53 835 v Ind at Calcutta 1999 7 Aravinda de SilvSri 775 43.89 796 v Aus at Colombo (SSC) 1999 8 Justin Langer Aus 767 41.75 767 v NZ at Hamilton 2000 9 Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 759 45.14 865 v Eng at Lord's 1996 10 Jacques Kallis SA 747 43.16 747 v Ind at Bangalore 2000 11 Andy Flower Zim 737 44.44 770 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2000 12 Nasser Hussain Eng 733 38.75 784 v SA at Durban 1999 13 Daryll Cullinan SA 729 43.57 736 v Ind at Johannesburg 1997 14 Gary Kirsten SA 700 41.88 766 v Ind at Calcutta 1996 15 Craig McMillan NZ 686 41.42 686 v Aus at Hamilton 2000 16 Michael Slater Aus 675 43.83 768 v Sri at Melbourne 1995 17 Chris Cairns NZ 670 31.11 670 v Aus at Hamilton 2000 18 Adam Gilchrist Aus 664 57.18 664 v NZ at Hamilton 2000 19= Mark Waugh Aus 660 41.72 803 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1997 Rahul Dravid Ind 660 47.01 862 v NZ at Hamilton 1999 21 Nathan Astle NZ 630 35.85 648 v Aus at Wellington 2000 22 Stephen Fleming NZ 625 37.15 676 v Eng at Auckland 1997 23 Sourav Ganguly Ind 622 45.54 706 v Pak at Delhi 1999 24 M.Azharuddin Ind 619 45.03 723 v Eng at The Oval 1990 25 S.Chanderpaul WI 610 39.63 746 v Ind at Georgetown 1997 26 Murray Goodwin Zim 609 38.33 715 v Aus at Harare 1999 27 Sadagopan Ramesh Ind 604 49.58 645 v NZ at Ahmedabad 1999 28 "Ijaz Ahmed, sen." Pak 600 38.61 695 v Eng at The Oval 1996 29 Michael Atherton Eng 599 37.98 771 v SA at Johannesburg 1995 30 Hansie Cronje SA 587 36.41 752 v Eng at Nottingham 1998 31 Sherwin Campbell WI 585 36.36 686 v Aus at Sydney 1996 32 Jimmy Adams WI 580 46.05 830 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 1995 33 Graham Thorpe Eng 571 39.11 803 v WI at Kingston 1998 34 Lance Klusener SA 567 35.90 567 v Ind at Bangalore 2000 35 Jonty Rhodes SA 565 35.40 601 v Zim at Bloemfontein 1999 36 Yousuf Youhana Pak 562 34.14 576 v Aus at Brisbane 1999 37 Mahela Jayawardene Sri 560 40.22 609 v Zim at Harare 1999 38 Arjuna Ranatunga Sri 549 35.61 690 v Ind at Kanpur 1986 39 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri 548 40.76 750 v Ind at Colombo (SSC) 1997 40 Mark Ramprakash Eng 546 27.67 633 v Aus at Melbourne 1998 41 W.W.Hinds WI 532 64.00 532 v Pak at Bridgetown 2000 42 Greg Blewett Aus 526 34.02 710 v NZ at Hobart 1997 43 Mark Boucher SA 520 31.56 530 v Ind at Mumbai 2000 44 Russel Arnold Sri 512 37.45 518 v Pak at Peshawar 2000 45 Graeme Hick Eng 510 34.89 724 v SA at Centurion 1995 46 Aamir Sohail Pak 508 35.28 696 v WI at Karachi 1997 47 Herschelle Gibbs SA 507 32.29 523 v Ind at Mumbai 2000 48 Marvan Atapattu Sri 502 30.67 561 v Zim at Bulawayo 1999 49 Mark Butcher Eng 479 25.06 616 v Aus at Brisbane 1998 50 Moin Khan Pak 473 28.38 595 v WI at Peshawar 1997 51 Shaun Pollock SA 467 29.46 552 v WI at Port Elizabeth 1998 52 Shahid Afridi Pak 453 33.13 473 v Ind at Delhi 1999 53 Venkata Laxman Ind 452 27.20 476 v Aus at Sydney 2000 54 Adam Parore NZ 451 25.73 533 v Sri at Galle 1998 55 Guy Whittall Zim 450 27.03 471 v SA at Bloemfontein 1999 56 R.S.Kaluwitharana Sri 436 29.75 522 v Pak at Lahore 1999 57 Matthew Horne NZ 435 30.55 583 v Eng at Manchester 1999 58 Mohammad Wasim Pak 434 32.47 465 v Zim at Harare 1998 59 Damien Martyn Aus 428 37.20 428 v NZ at Hamilton 2000 60 Azhar Mahmood Pak 427 32.44 670 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1998 61 Grant Flower Zim 422 31.16 611 v Pak at Bulawayo 1998 62 Craig Spearman NZ 413 29.79 413 v Aus at Hamilton 2000 63 Ridley Jacobs WI 411 25.40 528 v Aus at Bridgetown 1999 64 Nicky Boje SA 399 49.50 399 v Ind at Bangalore 2000 65 Michael Vaughan Eng 394 29.14 398 v SA at Centurion 2000 66 Neil Johnson Zim 381 22.90 442 v Aus at Harare 1999 67= Wasim Akram Pak 377 21.52 411 v Eng at Lord's 1992 Mathew Sinclair NZ 377 39.28 459 v Aus at Auckland 2000 69= Adam Bacher SA 374 26.03 596 v Pak at Sheikhupura 1997 Adrian Griffith WI 374 26.43 463 v NZ at Wellington 1999 71 Ian Healy Aus 373 27.39 603 v WI at Sydney 1996 72 Imran Nazir Pak 367 52.50 367 v WI at Bridgetown 2000 73 Alistair Campbell Zim 358 24.40 534 v Sri at Harare 1994 74 Alex Tudor Eng 349 55.33 382 v NZ at Birmingham 1999 75= Gavin Rennie Zim 348 23.22 402 v Ind at Harare 1998 R.R.Sarwan WI 348 - 348 v Pak at Bridgetown 2000 77 Gary Stead NZ 345 34.75 384 v Ind at Ahmedabad 1999 78 Nayan Mongia Ind 328 24.24 461 v Aus at Delhi 1996 79 Tuwan Dilshan Sri 316 37.85 403 v Zim at Harare 1999 80 Anil Kumble Ind 306 18.06 307 v Sri at Nagpur 1997 81 Nick Knight Eng 301 28.59 438 v Zim at Bulawayo 1996 82 Dion Nash NZ 300 21.40 316 v Ind at Ahmedabad 1999 83= Shane Warne Aus 286 15.36 311 v Ind at Adelaide 1999 Devang Gandhi Ind 286 34.00 415 v NZ at Kanpur 1999 Younis Khan Pak 286 25.11 410 v Sri at Rawalpindi 2000 86 Roger Twose NZ 284 25.12 445 v Pak at Christchurch 1995 87 Daniel Vettori NZ 282 17.18 309 v Eng at The Oval 1999 88 Chaminda Vaas Sri 281 18.79 281 v Pak at Karachi 2000 89 Andrew Flintoff Eng 276 17.30 297 v SA at Cape Town 2000 90 Nixon McLean WI 263 18.00 281 v Pak at Georgetown 2000 91 Chris Harris NZ 262 19.40 301 v SA at Wellington 1999 92 Ajay Jadeja Ind 256 26.18 346 v NZ at Bangalore 1995 93 Abdur Razzaq Pak 254 21.11 254 v WI at Bridgetown 2000 94 Simon Doull NZ 252 14.61 255 v Aus at Wellington 2000 95 Wajahatullah Wasti Pak 248 36.55 377 v Sri at Lahore 1999 96 Damien Fleming Aus 234 19.93 241 v Ind at Sydney 2000 97 Andrew Caddick Eng 229 12.44 255 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1999 98 Heath Streak Zim 227 13.70 284 v Pak at Lahore 1998 99 Javagal Srinath Ind 221 15.88 262 v Pak at Delhi 1999 100= Curtly Ambrose WI 216 12.60 247 v Eng at Port-of-Spain 1998 Craig Wishart Zim 216 14.38 250 v Pak at Lahore 1998