Muralitharan Continues to Head Sri Lankan Lion Ratings
Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan continues to head Cricinfo.com's latest Lion Ratings, which rate Sri Lankan players according to their performance in batting, bowling and fielding in both Test and One-Day-Internationals
BCCSL
09-Aug-2002
Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan continues to head Cricinfo.com's latest Lion Ratings, which rate Sri Lankan players according to their performance in batting, bowling and fielding in both Test and One-Day-Internationals.
Lion Ratings, which is powered by CricInfo.com, is a sophisticated rating system that computes the aggregate value of each Sri Lankan player over a 12-month period. Even catches are taken into consideration and an aggregate value is produced for each player.
Muralitharan missed the NatWest triangular series but bounced back against Bangladesh with his 11th ten-wicket haul in Test cricket. He also equaled Sir Richard Hadlee's world record 36 Test five-wicket hauls.
Captain Sanath Jayasuriya retained his number two position, as he scored the quickest one-day century ever in England during the NatWest series and then smashed an entertaining 145 in the first Test against Bangladesh.
Sangakkara moves up the Lion Ratings to fifth after a strong finish in the NatWest series and a 75 against Bangladesh in the first Test.
1.M Muralitharan 2766 2.ST Jayasuriya 2141 3.WPUJC Vaas 1979 4.DPMD Jayawardene 1936 5.KC Sangakkara 1677 6.MS Atapattu 1509 7.RP Arnold 1079 8.HP Tillakaratne 969 9.TT Samaraweera 713 10.CRD Fernando 655