Tendulkar to 3rd in new PWC rankings (6 January 1999)
Former world number one Sachin Tendulkar has dropped to third place in the latest PriceWaterhouse Coopers Test batting rankings, released today after the conclusion of the India-New Zealand and South Africa-West Indies Tests
06-Jan-1999
6 January 1999
Tendulkar to 3rd in new PWC rankings
Rick Eyre for CricInfo
Former world number one Sachin Tendulkar has dropped to third place in the
latest PriceWaterhouse Coopers Test batting rankings, released today after
the conclusion of the India-New Zealand and South Africa-West Indies
Tests. Rahul Dravid has leapfrogged Tendulkar into second place, with
Steve Waugh continuing at number one.
Dravid reached his highest ranking score of 862 points after scoring 190
and 103 not out in the Third Test against New Zealand which ended at
Hamilton today. Ironically Tendulkar, who has been tussling with Waugh
for first place for the past few months, has also reached his highest
score under the ranking formula, with 852.
Nasser Hussain has reached his highest-ever ranking of ninth following the
Fifth Australia-England Test which ended Tuesday. He displaces Hansie
Cronje from the top ten. Jacques Kallis has moved to 13th following his
110 and 88 not out at Cape Town this week.
The top ten batsmen are:
1. Steve Waugh (Aus, 878 pts), 2. Rahul Dravid (Ind, 862), 3. Sachin
Tendulkar (Ind, 852), 4. Saeed Anwar (Pak, 781), 5. Mark Waugh (Aus, 771),
6. Brian Lara (WI, 769), 7. Alec Stewart (Eng, 768), 8. Aravinda de Silva
(SL, 734), 9. Nasser Hussain (Eng, 723), 10. Hansie Cronje (SA, 705).
The biggest move in the Test bowling rankings is that of Stuart MacGill.
The Australian leg-spinner is now in seventh place following his
match-winning 12-107 in Sydney this week. Team-mate Shane Warne has
dropped to 13th, his lowest ranking since 1993. Allan Donald and Curtly
Ambrose are unchanged in 1st and 2nd spot respectively, while Shaun
Pollock has passed Glenn McGrath to move into third. New Zealand's Simon
Doull has reached his career-best ranking of fifth.
The top ten bowlers are:
1. Allan Donald (SA, 868 pts), 2. Curtly Ambrose (WI, 846), 3. Shaun
Pollock (SA, 838), 4. Glenn McGrath (Aus, 808), 5. Simon Doull (NZ, 795),
6. Mutiah Muralitharan (SL, 787), 7. Stuart MacGill (Aus, 753), 8. Waqar
Younis (Pak, 740), 9. Anil Kumble (Ind, 729), 10. Angus Fraser (Eng, 721).