Dravid retains his place at the top

Despite a disappointing series against Australia, Rahul Dravid remained at the top of the PwC Ratings for batsmen

24-Aug-2005

Despite a disappointing series against Australia, Rahul Dravid remained at the top of the PwC Ratings for batsmen. Damien Martyn, who was adjudged the Man of the Series, moved up seven places in the rankings and was placed eighth. Another big performer in the series was Michael Clarke, one of the contenders for the Man-of-the Series awards. This was just his debut series but he had already climbed up to 37th place.

Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting and Virender Sehwag slipped down in the rankings. Inzamam-ul-Haq moved to sixth place after a fine hundred in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Karachi.

The India-Australia series was dominated by the bowlers and most of them saw an improvement in their ratings. Glenn McGrath remains the top bowler for Australia, fifth overall, while Jason Gillespie closed the gap after some fine performances in the Tests.

Rank	Batsman	Points	Average
1	Dravid	862	56.63
2	Lara	845	52.85
3	Hayden	837	55.82
4	Kallis	807	53.76
5	Sehwag	800	51.14
6	Inzamam	785	49.65
7	Ponting	778	53.59
8	Martyn	775	48.10
9	Gibbs	764	48.42
10	Sangakkara	752	49.28

Rank	Bowler	Points	Average
1	Harmison	875	24.73
2	Pollock	854	21.40
3	Muralitharan	850	22.87
4	Shoaib	828	24.32
5	McGrath	811	21.73
6	Gillespie	793	24.87
7	Kumble	773	28.04
8	Warne	741	25.59
9	Vaas	687	29.91
10	Ntini	674	30.39

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Rahul Dravid Jason Gillespie Glenn McGrath Inzamam-ul-Haq Michael Clarke Damien Martyn