LONDON, Sept 9: Marcus Trescothick’s double-century against South Africa at The Oval has propelled him nine places into ninth spot in the PwC cricket ratings for batsmen.
Inzamam-ul-Haq’s matchwinning hundred against Bangladesh took him up three places to No. 5. There wasn’t much to celebrate for Michael Vaughan, though, who slumped to 15th place after a disappointing series against South Africa. Graeme Smith fell back to No. 25 after managing a mere 93 from his last six innings.
The top three slots in the bowlers’ list remained unchanged, but Shoaib Akhtar and Jacques Kallis both leapt four places.
Top 10 batsmen: 1 Brian Lara (WI) 887; 2 Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 843; 3 Matthew Hayden (Aus) 821; 4 Ricky Ponting (Aus) 816; 5 Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 805; 6 Adam Gilchrist (Aus) 799; 7 Rahul Dravid (Ind) 789; 8 Mark Richardson (NZ) 767; 9 Marcus Trescothick (Eng) 751; 10 Jacques Kallis (SA) 746
Top 10 bowlers: 1 Shaun Pollock (SA) 867; 2 Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) 861; 3 Glenn McGrath (Aus) 848; 4 Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) 760; 5 Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 746; 6 Jason Gillespie (Aus) 740; 7 Jacques Kallis (SA) 719; 8 Stuart MacGill (Aus) 691; 9 Anil Kumble (Ind) 688; 10 Andrew Caddick (Eng) 670.—PPI
