Australians dominate PwC ratings

The Australian batsmen and bowlers continue to climb up the charts in the PwC ratings

03-Dec-2004

The Australian batsmen and bowlers continue to climb up the charts in the PwC ratings. After their 2-0 series win against New Zealand, all their seven batsmen are in the top 30, while Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie and Shane Warne are all in the top ten of the bowling list. McGrath climbs up two spots to No. 3 after an impressive series in which he took nine wickets at 20. There isn't much joy for New Zealand, though: they don't have a single batsman in the top 20, while Daniel Vettori, their leading bowler, is No. 15 among Test bowlers.

Meanwhile, Jacques Kallis's runs in the series against India helps him climb two spots to No. 4 in the batting charts, which still has two Indians, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag, leading the way. The series wasn't much fun for Shaun Pollock, who slipped to fifth place in the bowlers' list after a disappointingly barren series - four wickets at 55.75. Harbhajan Singh climbed two places and entered the top ten at No. 9.

Rank	Batsman	Points	Average
1	Dravid	878	57.16
2	Sehwag	856	53.44
3	Lara	845	52.84
=	Kallis	845	54.45
5	Hayden	817	55.45
6	Ponting	787	53.91
7	Inzamam	785	49.65
8	Martyn	765	47.91
9	Sangakkara	752	49.27
10	Gibbs	749	48.42

Rank	Bowler	Points	Average
1	Harmison	875	24.73
2	Muralitharan	850	22.86
3	McGrath	835	21.70
4	Shoaib	828	24.31
5	Pollock	818	21.79
6	Gillespie	807	24.79
7	Kumble	757	28.18
8	Warne	750	25.54
9	Harbhajan	719	27.62
10	Ntini	689	30.47

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