Pollock on top in PwC ratings
Shaun Pollock has regained the top spot in the PricewaterhouseCoopers ratings for bowlers, after returning figures of 8 for 104 in the third Test against England at Trent Bridge
Wisden Cricinfo staff
19-Aug-2003
Shaun Pollock has regained the top spot in the PricewaterhouseCoopers ratings for bowlers, after returning figures of 8 for 104 in the third Test against England at Trent Bridge. Pollock swapped places with Muttiah Muralitharan, who is in second place, 25 points behind Pollock.
Michael Vaughan may have registered his first Test win as captain, but scores of 1 and 5 in the match meant that he slipped five places to No. 8 in the batting list. The two centurions for England, Nasser Hussain and Mark Butcher, both improved their rankings. Hussain advanced eight places to No. 20, while Butcher moved up three places to a career-best No. 17.
| Top 10 batsmen | ||
| Rank | Batsman | Points |
| 1 | Brian Lara (WI) | 887 |
| 2 | Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 843 |
| 3 | Matthew Hayden (Aus) | 821 |
| 4 | Ricky Ponting (Aus) | 816 |
| 5 | Adam Gilchrist (Aus) | 799 |
| 6 | Inzamam-ul-Haq (SA) | 793 |
| 7 | Rahul Dravid (Ind) | 789 |
| 8 | Michael Vaughan (Eng) | 788 |
| 9 | Jacques Kallis (SA) | 775 |
| 10 | Mark Richardson (NZ) | 767 |
| Top 10 bowlers | ||
| Rank | Bowler | Points |
| 1 | Shaun Pollock (SA) | 886 |
| 2 | Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) | 861 |
| 3 | Glenn McGrath (Aus) | 848 |
| 4 | Harbhajan Singh (Ind) | 746 |
| 5 | Jason Gillespie (Aus) | 740 |
| 6 | Makhaya Ntini (SA) | 695 |
| 7= | Stuart MacGill (Aus) | 691 |
| Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) | 691 | |
| 9 | Anil Kumble (Ind) | 688 |
| 10 | Andrew Caddick (Eng) | 684 |
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