Australian batsmen dominate world one-day ratings (26 February 1999)

26 February 1999

Australian batsmen dominate world one-day ratings

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Australia's awesome recent form has been mirrored in the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) ratings for international cricket, with four batsmen rated in the world's one-day top 10.

The remarkable Michael Bevan moved up to second behind Indian maestro Sachin Tendulkar, with Adam Gilchrist leaping seven spots to fifth. Ricky Ponting (seventh) and Mark Waugh (10th) were the other Aussies rounding out the top 10.

Graeme Hick, who scored three centuries in the recent Carlton & United Series, soared 12 places and is England's highest rated batsman at 14th.

In the bowling department, the Carlton & United Series' player of the tournament Glenn McGrath roared 16 places up to third, and is the only bowler in the top five for both the PwC Test and one-day ratings.

The injured Damien Fleming dropped out of the top 10, but Adam Dale (who was not even in the top 100 at the start of the year) has soared to 15th. Shane Warne is currently 20th.

In the Test arena, newly appointed Australian captain Steve Waugh reclaimed the No.1 batting position from Tendulkar. Brother Mark jumped four places to fifth, the only other Australian in the top 10.

McGrath was Australia's highest-ranked Test bowler in fifth spot. He was joined in the top 10 by leg-spinner Stuart MacGill (eighth), who jumped a phenomenal 21 places after his superb Ansett Australia Ashes series over the summer.

ODI TOP 10 Batsmen 1 (-) Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 862 (ave 42.39) 2 (+1) Michael Bevan (Aus) 793 (ave 61.18) 3 (-1) Brian Lara (WI) 766 (ave 45.72) 4 (-) Saeed Anwar (Pak) 761 (ave 40.35) 5 (+7) Adam Gilchrist (Aus) 754 (ave 36.88) 6 (-) Hansie Cronje (SA) 740 (ave 39.78) 7 (-2) Ricky Ponting (Aus) 717 (ave 41.53) 8 (-) Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) 710 (ave 32.41) 9 (-) Saurav Ganguly (Ind) 709 (ave 40.34) 10 (+3) Mark Waugh (Aus) 690 (ave 38.74)

Bowlers 1 (-) Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) 820 (ave 18.71) 2 (+4) Shaun Pollock (SA) 784 (ave 23.73) 3 (+16) Glenn McGrath (Aus) 755 (ave 25.27) 4 (-2) Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) 750 (ave 27.98) 5 (-1) Darren Gough (Eng) 749 (ave 24.75) 6 (-3) Allan Donald (SA) 736 (ave 21.40) 7 (re-entry) Curtly Ambrose (WI) 724 (ave 23.52) 8= (-3) Anil Kumble (Ind) 717 (ave 27.55) 8= (+1) Chris Harris (NZ) 717 (ave 34.23) 10 (-2) Andy Whittall (Zim) 709 (ave 44.68)

TEST TOP 10 Batsmen 1 (+1) Steve Waugh (Aus) 878 (ave 50.44) 2 (-1) Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 844 (ave 54.25) 3 (+1) Rahul Dravid (Ind) 829 (ave 54.90) 4 (-1) Brian Lara (WI) 776 (ave 49.59) 5 (+4) Mark Waugh (Aus) 771 (ave 43.90) 6 (-) Alec Stewart (Eng) 768 (ave 41.15) 7 (-2) Saeed Anwar (Pak) 749 (ave 44.34) 8 (-) Aravinda de Silva (SL) 734 (ave 43.10) 9 (+11) Nasser Hussain (Eng) 723 (ave 37.53) 10 (+8) Saurav Ganguly (Ind) 706 (ave 50.32)

Bowlers 1 (-) Allan Donald (SA) 890 (ave 21.64) 2 (-) Curtly Ambrose (WI) 838 (ave 21.26) 3 (-) Shaun Pollock (SA) 823 (ave 22.15) 4 (+2) Anil Kumble (Ind) 813 (ave 27.26) 5 (-2) Glenn McGrath (Aus) 808 (ave 23.44) 6 (+9) Simon Doull (NZ) 795 (ave 25.78) 7 (-3) Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) 787 (ave 26.90) 8 (+21) Stuart MacGill (Aus) 753 (ave 21.78) 9 (-4) Angus Fraser (Eng) 721 (ave 27.32) 10 (-) Wasim Akram (Pak) 710 (ave 22.86)