CARDIFF, Nov 29: England’s world champion Peter Nicol extends his lead at the top of the new December Dunlop PSA Men’s World Rankings, announced Friday by the Professional Squash Association (PSA), thus completing a full year as world No1, says a press release.

Nicol, the London-based former Scot, first reached No1 in February 1998 — and has now accumulated a total of 43 months at the top.

A two-year period without any Pakistani representation in the world top twenty is ended this month by the arrival of Mansoor Zaman at a career-best world No18.

The 22-year-old from Peshawar, son of noted former British Open champion Qamar Zaman, has reached the semifinals of three PSA Tour events this year.

1 [1] Peter Nicol ENG

2 [2] Jonathon Power CAN

3 [3] David Palmer AUS

4 [4] Stewart Boswell AUS

5 [5] John White SCO

6 [6] Thierry Lincou FRA

7 [9] Anthony Ricketts AUS

8 [7] Ong Beng Hee MAS

9 [8] Lee Beachill ENG

10 [10] Mark Chaloner ENG

11 [13] Joseph Kneipp AUS

12 [11] Martin Heath SCO

13 [12] Karim Darwish EGY

14 [14] Chris Walker ENG

15 [15] Amr Shabana EGY

16 [16] Alex Gough WAL

17 [17] Olli Tuominen FIN

18= [21] Mansoor Zaman PAK

18= [19] Paul Price AUS

20 [17] Nick Taylor ENG