This Week's Sri Lankan Domestic Cricket Ratings

Middle order batsman Bathiya Perera of Moors SC and left-arm spinner Nisitha Rupasinghe of CCC continue to head the respective Batting and Bowling categories of the latest Sri Lankan Domestic Ratings, compiled weekly by Cricinfo.com, a strategic partner of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka.

Players from Sri Lanka's National Team are beginning to make their presence felt in the ratings, with Mahela Jayawardene entering the top ten of the batting rating. In previous weeks, players who were involved with the national team were unable to participate in the Premier League due to international commitments, and were not rated.

The recently launched ratings, the first ever ratings system for domestic cricket in Sri Lanka, evaluate all players in the Premier League, weighting each individual performance according to the quality of opposition faced, to produce a meaningful barometer of performance. To qualify for the ratings, players must have played a minimum of four matches. Batsmen must then score a minimum number of runs and bowlers take a minimum number of wickets before they start accruing points.

Having achieved the above, players will accrue points for each run scored and wicket taken. The number of points will depend upon the stage of the tournament Qualifying, Plate and Super League - with more points being awarded for matches in the Super League than the Plate and Qualifying rounds. The ratings will be updated weekly, to take into account the latest matches played.

The rating system was designed with input from the BCCSL Tournament Committee, Ranjan Madugalle and Ranjith Fernando, and is expected to evolve and improve in coming seasons.

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Top Ten Batsmen (week ending March 24, 2002)

Rank	Player	Club	Runs	Points
1	Bathiya Perera	Moors	895	8725
2	Ruwin Peiris	Tamil Union	778	7477
3	Chinthaka Jayasingh	BRC	692	6920
4	Aravinda de Silva	NCC	691	6910
5	Indika de Saram	Tamil Union	701	6883
6	Upul Fernando	Ragama CC	765	6500
7	Naveed Nawaz	NCC	642	6420
8	Mahela Jayawardene	SSC	631	6310
9	Chandika Hathurusingha	Moors	634	6078
10	Nuwan Shiroman	Tamil Union	571	5636

Top Ten Bowlers (week ending March 24, 2002)

Rank	Player	Club	Wickets	Points
1	Nisitha Rupasinghe	CCC	59	11240
2	Chamila Gamage	Air Force	64	10860
3	Randika Ranjith	Moors	49	9460
4	Thilan Samaraweera	SSC	45	9000
5	Dhammika Perera	Chilaw Marians	51	8760
6	Amila Perera	Panadura SC	45	8460
7	Kaushal Lokuarachchi	Bloomfield	42	8060
8	Rasika Priyadarshana	Ragama CC	45	7560
9	Dinuk Hettiarchchi	Colts	37	7400
10	Suranjith Silva	BRC	35	7000

The full lists can be viewed on the Internet at www.lankacricket.lk, the official home Sri Lanka cricket. (BCCSL media release)