McGrath - Best-ever rating for an Australian bowler
Glenn McGrath has replaced Shaun Pollock at Number One in the PricewaterhouseCoopers ratings for Test bowlers
PricewaterhouseCoopers Media Release
26-Nov-2000
Glenn McGrath has replaced Shaun Pollock at Number One in the PricewaterhouseCoopers ratings for Test bowlers. McGrath's rating of 912 points is the highest ever achieved by an Australian bowler, beating Shane Warne's 907 points in 1994. Only Curtly Ambrose has achieved a higher bowling rating (915 points) in the last decade.
900 points is the level of supreme form in the ratings, rarely achieved by any players throughout cricket history.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings - 25 November 2000
(changes after Australia v W.Indies at Brisbane)
BOWLERS
Rank (Change) Player Team Points Career Highest Rating
ave.
1 (+1) Glenn McGrath Aus 912 21.76 912 v WI at Brisbane 2000
2 (-1) Shaun Pollock SA 900 20.46 912 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999
3 ( - ) Allan Donald SA 865 21.54 897 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999
4 (+1) M.Muralitharan Sri 822 25.57 825 v SA at Galle 2000
5 (-1) Courtney Walsh WI 807 24.36 844 v Eng at Leeds 2000
6 ( - ) Brett Lee Aus 738 * 16.05 738 v WI at Brisbane 2000
7 ( - ) Wasim Akram Pak 724 23.02 828 v Aus at Karachi 1994
8 ( - ) Anil Kumble Ind 708 28.01 859 v Sri at Bangalore 1994
9= ( - ) Chris Cairns NZ 704 29.21 733 v WI at Wellington 1999
( - ) Javagal Srinath Ind 704 29.60 740 v NZ at Mohali 1999
( - ) Andrew Caddick Eng 704 27.63 719 v WI at The Oval 2000
12 ( - ) Damien Fleming Aus 692 * 24.90 750 v Ind at Adelaide 1999
13 ( - ) Darren Gough Eng 690 28.05 710 v WI at Leeds 2000
14 ( - ) Waqar Younis Pak 686 22.50 912 v Zim at Rawalpindi 1993
15 ( - ) Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 653 29.66 724 v Aus at Hobart 1999
16 (+1) Heath Streak Zim 649 24.22 752 v Sri at Colombo (RPS) 1996
17 (-1) Shane Warne Aus 645 25.96 907 v Eng at Melbourne 1994
18 ( - ) Dion Nash NZ 642 * 27.48 695 v WI at Wellington 1999
19 (RE) Stuart MacGill Aus 600 * 23.03 760 v WI at Port-of-Spain 1999
20 (-1) Dominic Cork Eng 595 28.50 680 v SA at Johannesburg 1995
21 (-1) Daniel Vettori NZ 571 32.62 610 v Aus at Wellington 2000
22 (-1) Simon Doull NZ 560 * 29.30 795 v Ind at Hamilton 1999
23 (-1) Chaminda Vaas Sri 533 30.68 739 v Pak at Sialkot 1995
24 (-1) Jason Gillespie Aus 522 * 22.16 701 v Eng at Leeds 1997
25 (-1) Colin Miller Aus 515 * 28.81 540 v NZ at Wellington 2000
26 (-1) Arshad Khan Pak 512 * 29.33 517 v Sri at Kandy 2000
27 (-1) Jacques Kallis SA 510 * 29.32 596 v Zim at Harare 1999
28 (-1) Shayne O'Connor NZ 506 * 31.06 506 v SA at Bloemfontein 2000
29 (-1) Reon King WI 474 * 27.91 589 v Eng at Birmingham 2000
30 (-1) Craig White Eng 463 * 26.50 463 v Pak at Lahore 2000
BATSMEN
Rank (Change) Player Team Points Career Highest Rating
Ave.
1 ( - ) S.R.Tendulkar Ind 847 55.49 880 v SA at Mumbai 2000
2 ( - ) Steve Waugh Aus 841 50.38 909 v WI at Melbourne 1996
3 (+1) Saeed Anwar Pak 797 47.01 835 v Ind at Calcutta 1999
4 (-1) Ricky Ponting Aus 790 46.93 829 v Ind at Sydney 2000
5 ( - ) Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 783 45.67 865 v Eng at Lord's 1996
6 ( - ) Andy Flower Zim 782 47.23 782 v Ind at Delhi 2000
7 (+2) Jacques Kallis SA 756 43.49 764 v Sri at Kandy 2000
8 (-1) Justin Langer Aus 745 41.03 767 v NZ at Hamilton 2000
9 (+1) Rahul Dravid Ind 733 51.80 862 v NZ at Hamilton 1999
10 (-2) Brian Lara WI 728 48.87 917 v Aus at St John's 1999
11 ( - ) Alec Stewart Eng 714 40.33 791 v Zim at Lord's 2000
12 ( - ) M.Jayawardene Sri 709 * 43.55 709 v SA at Colombo (SSC) 2000
13 ( - ) Craig McMillan NZ 707 42.25 713 v Zim at Bulawayo 2000
14 ( - ) M.A.Atherton Eng 704 38.42 771 v SA at Johannesburg 1995
15 ( - ) Chris Cairns NZ 698 32.55 705 v Zim at Harare 2000
16 (+2) Michael Slater Aus 689 43.93 768 v Sri at Melbourne 1995
17 (+8) S.Chanderpaul WI 685 40.63 746 v Ind at Georgetown 1997
18 (+1) Adam Gilchrist Aus 681 * 56.41 681 v WI at Brisbane 2000
19 (-3) P.A.de Silva Sri 680 42.42 796 v Aus at Colombo (SSC) 1999
20 (-3) Daryll Cullinan SA 677 42.68 752 v Sri at Galle 2000
21 (-1) Mark Waugh Aus 655 41.61 803 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1997
22 (-1) Yousuf Youhana Pak 648 37.95 649 v WI at St John's 2000
23 (-1) S.T.Jayasuriya Sri 641 42.55 750 v Ind at Colombo (SSC) 1997
24= (-1) Stephen Fleming NZ 640 37.17 676 v Eng at Auckland 1997
(-1) Sourav Ganguly Ind 640 47.03 706 v Pak at Delhi 1999
26 ( - ) Marvan Atapattu Sri 635 35.39 667 v SA at Kandy 2000
27 ( - ) Gary Kirsten SA 626 40.23 766 v Ind at Calcutta 1996
28 ( - ) Lance Klusener SA 622 37.81 661 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 2000
29 ( - ) Nathan Astle NZ 617 35.53 648 v Aus at Wellington 2000
30 ( - ) Nasser Hussain Eng 611 35.73 784 v SA at Durban 1999
Qualifying match: Sri Lanka vs Australia, at Kandy, on 09/09/1999