McGrath closes gap on Donald (10 March 1999)

10 March 1999

McGrath closes gap on Donald

PricewaterhouseCoopers Media Release

Glenn McGrath's ten wickets in the first Test against the West Indies lifted him two places to second in the PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings, and just 33 points short of Allan Donald. Fellow Australian Michael Slater also improved his Rating, up eight places to ninth, his highest Rating for three years.

Of the team that lost in Trinidad, only Brian Lara remains in the top 40 of the batting, and Ambrose and Walsh are the only two in the top 60 of the bowling. This contrasts with, for example, early 1986 when the West Indies had five batsmen and three bowlers in the top ten (Richards, Haynes, Greenidge, Richardson, Gomes, plus Marshall, Garner and Holding).

Rank Player Country Points Career Highest rating of career (showing Average points player had after match) 1 Allan Donald SA 888 21.7 890 v WI at Centurion 1999 2 Glenn McGrath Aus 855 22.7 883 v WI at Adelaide 1997 3 Curtly Ambrose WI 846 21.13 915 v Eng at Port of Spain 1994 4 Shaun Pollock SA 818 22.37 838 v WI at Cape Town 1999 5 Simon Doull NZ 780 26.45 795 v Ind at Hamilton 1999 6 M.Muralitharan Sri 771 26.9 787 v Eng at The Oval 1998 7 Anil Kumble Ind 761 27.83 859 v Sri at Bangalore 1994 8 Stuart MacGill Aus 760 21.3 760 v WI at Port of Spain 1999 9 Wasim Akram Pak 737 22.78 828 v Aus at Karachi I 1994 10 Angus Fraser Eng 721 27.32 794 v SA at Headingley 1998 11 Courtney Walsh WI 711 25.27 803 v Eng at Edgbaston 1995 12 Javagal Srinath Ind 696 29.95 703 v Pak at Calcutta 1999 13 Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 693 29.52 693 v Sri at Lahore 1999 14 Waqar Younis Pak 678 21.96 912 v Zim at Rawalpindi 1993 15 Heath Streak Zim 671 24.83 752 v Sri at Colombo 1996 16 Shane Warne Aus 656 25.08 907 v Eng at Melbourne 1994 17 Darren Gough Eng 641 28.62 693 v SA at Headingley 1998 18 Jason Gillespie Aus 636 20.37 701 v Eng at Headingley 1997 19 Mushtaq Ahmed Pak 633 29.22 819 v NZ at Rawalpindi 1996 20 Dean Headley Eng 627 26.46 627 v Aus at Sydney 1999 21 Paul Reiffel Aus 602 26.96 722 v WI at Brisbane 1996 22 Ian Bishop WI 582 24.27 850 v Eng at Edgbaston 1995 23 Pommie Mbangwa Zim 546 24.58 605 v Pak at Peshawar 1998 24= Chris Cairns NZ 543 32.73 549 v Sri at Colombo 1998 Jacques Kallis SA 543 28.76 589 v WI at Centurion 1999 26 Franklyn Rose WI 525 25.08 541 v SA at Durban 1998 27 Venkatapathy Raju Ind 517 29.79 690 v WI at Chandigarh 1994 28 Dominic Cork Eng 509 31.81 680 v SA at Johannesburg 1995 29 Dion Nash NZ 507 28.84 560 v Ind at Wellington 1998 30 Damien Fleming Aus 494 27.21 562 v Eng at Adelaide 1998