PwC Ratings: Ganguly claims Number One spot

Sourav Ganguly has overtaken Michael Bevan as number one in the PwC One Day Ratings for batsmen. Bevan had been top without a break since early in 1999. The man of the series in India, Sachin Tendulkar (who has in the past been number one in the one-day ratings) has moved up two places to 8th. Shaun Pollock remains top of the bowling ratings.

The PwC one day ratings put more emphasis on players' recent performances than those a long time ago. The batting ratings take account of a batsman's scoring rate and other key factors, while the bowling ratings give credit both for wicket taking and economy.

PricewaterhouseCoopers One-Day International Ratings Batsmen

After India v South Africa, Nagpur, 19/03/2000

Changes Since New Zealand v Australia, Auckland, 03/03/2000

Rank (Change) Player Team Points Career Average Highest Rating

1 (+1) Sourav Ganguly Ind 802 43.82 813 v SA at Vadodara 2000 2 (-1) Michael Bevan Aus 800 57.92 838 v Ind at Galle 1999 3 ( - ) Lance Klusener SA 758 46.75 806 v Zim at Nairobi 1999 4 (+1) Nathan Astle NZ 740 36.06 748 v Aus at Napier 2000 5 (-1) Jacques Kallis SA 734 42.05 755 v Zim at Port Elizabeth 2000 6 ( - ) Ricky Ponting Aus 732 40.57 758 v Eng at Melbourne 1999 7 ( - ) Neil Johnson Zim 725 * 37.29 734 v Eng at Bulawayo 2000 8 (+2) Sachin Tendulkar Ind 710 42.45 854 v Sri at Delhi 1996 9 (-1) Mark Waugh Aus 692 38.76 828 v NZ at Chennai 1996 10 (-1) Adam Gilchrist Aus 691 33.70 743 v Eng at Melbourne 1999 11= ( - ) Graeme Hick Eng 674 38.60 781 v HOL at Peshawar 1996 (+2) Rahul Dravid Ind 674 37.58 717 v Pak at Manchester 1999 13 (-1) Roger Twose NZ 670 37.70 675 v Aus at Dunedin 2000 14 (+4) Hansie Cronje SA 669 38.23 800 v NZ at Centurion 1994 15 (-2) Graham Thorpe Eng 668 40.59 727 v WI at Sharjah 1997 16 (-1) Saeed Anwar Pak 665 38.92 794 v NZ at Sharjah 1996 17 (-1) Brian Lara WI 657 42.38 900 v Aus at Perth 1997 18 (-1) Nick Knight Eng 653 40.08 706 v Sri at Sydney 1999 19 (+5) Herschelle Gibbs SA 643 30.71 682 v Zim at Johannesburg 2000 20 ( - ) Marvan Atapattu Sri 614 34.95 680 v Eng at Lord's 1998 21 (-2) Ajay Jadeja Ind 613 37.29 681 v Zim at Singapore 1999 22 (-1) Yousuf Youhana Pak 612 39.20 640 v Ind at Brisbane 2000 23 (-1) Steve Waugh Aus 605 31.86 756 v WI at Chennai 1989 24 (-1) Sanath Jayasuriya Sri 604 28.38 804 v Pak at Lahore 1997 25 (-1) Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 596 37.98 772 v Eng at Karachi 1996 26 ( - ) Stephen Fleming NZ 592 32.08 672 v WI at Port-of-Spain 1996 27= ( - ) Andy Flower Zim 589 32.48 630 v Ken at Nairobi 1999 (+9) Gary Kirsten SA 589 39.88 866 v Aus at Indore 1996 29 (-1) Aravinda de Silva Sri 586 35.45 842 v Pak at Sharjah 1997 30 (-1) S.Chanderpaul WI 582 34.35 739 v SA at Durban 1999 31 (-1) Chris Cairns NZ 580 27.81 621 v Eng at Auckland 1997 32 (-1) Ijaz Ahmed, sen. Pak 579 32.28 705 v WI at Melbourne 1997 33 (-1) Damien Martyn Aus 572 36.06 572 v NZ at Auckland 2000 34 (-1) Chris Harris NZ 568 32.09 585 v Zim at Auckland 1998 35 (-1) Grant Flower Zim 563 33.18 700 v Sri at Sharjah 1998 36 (+2) Neil Fairbrother Eng 553 39.47 722 v Aus at Manchester 1993 37 (+2) R.S.Kaluwitharana Sri 552 21.23 575 v WI at Sharjah 1999 38= (-3) Daryll Cullinan SA 545 34.56 775 v Pak at Lahore 1997 (+2) Steven Tikolo Ken 545 * 32.10 545 v SA at Nairobi 1999 40= (-4) Jonty Rhodes SA 543 31.34 720 v Aus at Cape Town 1997 (+1) Darren Lehmann Aus 543 32.48 716 v WI at Port-of-Spain 1999 42 ( - ) Alec Stewart Eng 537 30.16 715 v WI at Bridgetown 1998 43 (+1) Arjuna Ranatunga Sri 533 35.84 776 v SA at Bloemfontein 1994 44 (-1) M.Azharuddin Ind 531 37.18 804 v WI at Calcutta 1993 45 ( - ) Moin Khan Pak 524 23.59 571 v Ind at Manchester 1999 46 ( - ) Murray Goodwin Zim 522 26.40 543 v SA at Johannesburg 2000 47 ( - ) Alistair Campbell Zim 521 27.98 594 v Ind at Sharjah 1998 48= ( - ) Sherwin Campbell WI 517 25.58 548 v Pak at Toronto 1999 (+1) Robin Singh Ind 517 27.97 525 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 1999 50 ( - ) Abdur Razzaq Pak 504 * 25.93 504 v Sri at Lahore 2000 51 ( - ) Ravindu Shah Ken 503 * 33.68 523 v Ind at Nairobi 1999 52 ( - ) Nasser Hussain Eng 500 26.62 534 v Zim at Kimberley 2000 53 (+1) Jimmy Adams WI 494 30.45 503 v NZ at Taupo 2000 54 (+1) Russel Arnold Sri 492 * 37.40 508 v Pak at Gujranwala 2000 55 (+1) Mahela Jayawardene Sri 490 24.18 490 v Pak at Lahore 2000 56 (+1) Shahid Afridi Pak 489 23.34 633 v Ind at Lahore 1997 57 (-5) Shaun Pollock SA 486 27.15 565 v Eng at Birmingham 1998 58 ( - ) Stuart Williams WI 473 32.36 692 v Eng at Bridgetown 1998 59= ( - ) Adam Parore NZ 470 27.86 657 v Pak at Karachi 1996 ( - ) Ridley Jacobs WI 470 22.00 478 v NZ at Wellington 2000 61 ( - ) Andrew Symonds Aus 460 * 31.92 493 v NZ at Dunedin 2000 62 ( - ) Maurice Odumbe Ken 457 * 25.58 475 v Sri at Southampton 1999 63 ( - ) Wasim Akram Pak 455 16.08 488 v Aus at Sharjah 1990 64 ( - ) Roshan Mahanama Sri 453 29.49 630 v Zim at Harare 1994 65 ( - ) Ricardo Powell WI 448 * 27.80 510 v Pak at Toronto 1999 66= ( - ) H.P.Tillekeratne Sri 442 29.64 555 v Aus at Perth 1996 ( - ) Guy Whittall Zim 442 23.15 510 v Pak at Harare 1998 68 ( - ) Matthew Horne NZ 435 20.00 471 v Pak at Manchester 1999 69 ( - ) Stuart Carlisle Zim 433 * 21.37 433 v Eng at Harare 2000 70 ( - ) Kennedy Otieno Ken 431 * 27.64 493 v Zim at Nairobi 1997 71 ( - ) Craig McMillan NZ 429 22.05 515 v Pak at Derby 1999 72 ( - ) Phil Simmons WI 428 28.93 651 v Pak at Sharjah 1993 73 ( - ) Akram Khan Ban 427 * 23.55 431 v Pak at Northampton 1999 74 ( - ) Gavin Hamilton Sco 426 * 54.25 426 v NZ at Edinburgh 1999 75 (+1) Salim Malik Pak 421 32.89 798 v WI at Calcutta 1989 76= (+1) Aamir Sohail Pak 420 31.86 762 v SA at Sharjah 1996 (+1) Thomas Odoyo Ken 420 * 19.00 420 v SA at Nairobi 1999 78 (+1) Matthew Hayden Aus 418 * 31.80 418 v NZ at Auckland 2000 79 (-5) Sadagopan Ramesh Ind 416 * 28.08 462 v Zim at Nairobi 1999 80 ( - ) Aminul Islam Ban 414 * 24.25 437 v Ken at Hyderabad 1998 81 ( - ) Hitesh Modi Ken 413 * 24.83 431 v Zim at Dhaka 1999 82 ( - ) Azhar Mahmood Pak 411 18.37 425 v Aus at Sydney 2000 83 ( - ) Adam Hollioake Eng 405 * 25.25 444 v Aus at Sydney 1999 84 ( - ) Mehrab Hossain Ban 399 * 32.70 416 v Aus at Chester-le-Stree 1999 85 (+7) Mark Boucher SA 388 16.53 388 v Ind at Nagpur 2000 86 (-1) Heath Streak Zim 380 21.23 404 v SA at Durban 2000 87 (-1) Mark Ealham Eng 379 * 17.93 388 v Zim at Bulawayo 2000 88 (-1) Paul Strang Zim 364 22.55 500 v Ken at Nairobi 1997 89 (-1) Shahriar Hossain Ban 359 * 23.13 359 v WI at Dhaka 1999 90 (-1) Wavell Hinds WI 357 * 25.16 375 v Sri at Sharjah 1999 91 (-1) Upul Chandana Sri 351 15.73 410 v Aus at Colombo (RPS) 1999 92 (-1) Craig Wishart Zim 340 * 18.55 444 v Ind at Sharjah 1998 93= (-1) Shane Lee Aus 338 * 18.09 360 v Ind at Adelaide 2000 (-1) Wajahatullah Wasti Pak 338 * 24.21 398 v WI at Toronto 1999 95 ( - ) Keith Arthurton WI 335 26.08 572 v Ind at Calcutta 1994 96 ( - ) Minhazul Abedin Ban 333 * 18.87 336 v Pak at Northampton 1999 97 (+2) Sunil Joshi Ind 327 * 17.87 334 v SA at Faridabad 2000 98 (-1) Craig Spearman NZ 326 17.39 437 v Sri at Sharjah 1996 99 (+1) Dipak Chudasama Ken 322 * 22.84 414 v Zim at Nairobi 1997 100 (-3) Nayan Mongia Ind 318 20.45 448 v Pak at Toronto 1996

PricewaterhouseCoopers One-Day International Ratings Bowlers

After India v South Africa, Nagpur, 19/03/2000

Changes Since New Zealand v Australia, Auckland, 03/03/2000

Rank (Change) Player Team Points Career Average Highest Rating

1 ( - ) Shaun Pollock SA 846 22.84 3.81 874 v Eng at Johannesburg 2000 2 ( - ) Glenn McGrath Aus 819 23.52 4.01 848 v NZ at Dunedin 2000 3 ( - ) Darren Gough Eng 783 23.14 4.15 792 v SA at Johannesburg 2000 4 ( - ) M.Muralitharan Sri 777 27.12 4.16 797 v WI at Sharjah 1999 5 ( - ) Alan Mullally Eng 746 * 26.62 3.82 752 v Zim at Bulawayo 2000 6 ( - ) Shane Warne Aus 735 24.48 4.19 843 v WI at Chandigarh 1996 7 (+1) Wasim Akram Pak 727 23.55 3.86 863 v SA at Karachi 1994 8 (+1) Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 718 20.41 4.26 840 v WI at Sydney 1997 9= (-2) Allan Donald SA 714 21.04 4.04 814 v Aus at Melbourne 1998 (+1) Mark Ealham Eng 714 29.83 4.11 770 v Zim at Kimberley 2000 11 ( - ) Curtly Ambrose WI 712 24.01 3.52 913 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1993 12 ( - ) Damien Fleming Aus 697 24.10 4.36 750 v Zim at Harare 1999 13 ( - ) Azhar Mahmood Pak 696 34.17 4.40 796 v Zim at The Oval 1999 14 ( - ) Abdur Razzaq Pak 680 * 23.67 4.35 680 v Sri at Lahore 2000 15 ( - ) Courtney Walsh WI 679 30.47 3.83 831 v Ind at Calcutta 1988 16 ( - ) Chaminda Vaas Sri 671 28.07 4.25 780 v Ind at Mumbai 1997 17 ( - ) Mervyn Dillon WI 666 28.50 4.41 680 v Pak at Toronto 1999 18 ( - ) Anil Kumble Ind 663 28.28 4.19 834 v SA at Mumbai 1996 19 (+1) Chris Cairns NZ 652 32.32 4.65 657 v Ind at Sharjah 1998 20 (+2) Daniel Vettori NZ 650 36.14 4.63 659 v Aus at Auckland 2000 21 (+2) Chris Harris NZ 649 34.12 4.28 709 v Aus at Sydney 1998 22 (+4) Shoaib Akhtar Pak 642 * 22.42 4.54 664 v Aus at Melbourne 2000 23 (+2) Jacques Kallis SA 639 30.52 4.57 665 v Zim at Johannesburg 2000 24= (+3) Heath Streak Zim 638 30.20 4.39 744 v Pak at Sharjah 1997 (-1) Nikhil Chopra Ind 638 * 27.29 4.17 678 v NZ at Gauhati 1999 26 (-8) Venkatesh Prasad Ind 636 32.71 4.62 714 v SA at Nairobi 1999 27 (-7) Lance Klusener SA 632 26.31 4.80 686 v Ken at Amsterdam 1999 28= (+2) Sunil Joshi Ind 625 33.56 4.38 640 v SA at Jamshedpur 2000 (+1) Reon King WI 625 * 24.44 4.14 625 v NZ at Christchurch 2000 30 (+1) Andrew Caddick Eng 617 * 24.50 3.66 617 v Zim at Harare 2000 31 (+1) Adam Dale Aus 616 * 30.59 3.68 664 v Pak at Brisbane 2000 32 (+1) G.P.Wickremasinghe Sri 607 39.30 4.45 656 v Ken at Southampton 1999 33 (+1) Upul Chandana Sri 600 29.88 4.74 633 v Zim at Harare 1999 34 (+1) Geoff Allott NZ 598 * 18.83 4.38 659 v Ind at Nottingham 1999 35 (-7) Javagal Srinath Ind 593 28.55 4.42 756 v WI at Calcutta 1994 36 ( - ) Robert Croft Eng 574 38.21 4.18 650 v Aus at Adelaide 1999 37 ( - ) Shane Lee Aus 571 * 25.54 4.42 574 v NZ at Christchurch 2000 38 ( - ) Sanath Jayasuriya Sri 563 33.92 4.86 628 v NZ at Dhaka 1998 39 (+1) Steve Elworthy SA 553 * 30.33 4.45 596 v Aus at Leeds 1999 40 (+1) Tom Moody Aus 551 38.73 4.32 597 v Zim at Harare 1999 41= (+1) Thomas Odoyo Ken 549 * 38.50 4.90 549 v SA at Nairobi 1999 (+1) Martin Suji Ken 549 * 48.77 4.58 549 v SA at Nairobi 1999 (-3) Debasis Mohanty Ind 549 28.96 5.07 603 v SA at Nairobi 1999 44 ( - ) Paul Reiffel Aus 548 29.19 3.92 814 v WI at Port-of-Spain 1995 45 (+1) Paul Strang Zim 538 32.01 4.23 709 v Sri at Sharjah 1998 46 (+1) Ajit Agarkar Ind 515 28.73 5.28 646 v Sri at Pune 1999 47 (+1) Andy Whittall Zim 509 50.02 4.37 658 v Ken at Dhaka 1999 48 (+1) John Rennie Zim 508 44.58 4.77 525 v Eng at Kimberley 2000 49 (+1) Dion Nash NZ 505 44.35 4.62 608 v Aus at Sharjah 1998 50 (-5) Hansie Cronje SA 502 34.38 4.42 661 v Eng at Centurion 1996 51 ( - ) Khaled Mahmud Ban 497 * 34.15 4.55 497 v WI at Dhaka 1999 52= ( - ) Guy Whittall Zim 496 34.39 5.02 525 v Sri at Harare 1999 ( - ) Maurice Odumbe Ken 496 * 38.42 4.73 501 v Zim at Nairobi 1999 54 ( - ) Brett Lee Aus 482 * 23.33 4.29 488 v NZ at Christchurch 2000 55= ( - ) Grant Flower Zim 481 38.79 4.68 481 v Eng at Harare 2000 ( - ) Arshad Khan Pak 481 * 42.26 4.13 526 v WI at Sharjah 1999 57 ( - ) Craig White Eng 480 * 25.44 4.29 494 v Zim at Bulawayo 2000 58 ( - ) Nathan Astle NZ 477 35.97 4.62 624 v SA at Adelaide 1997 59 ( - ) Waqar Younis Pak 474 23.56 4.60 802 v WI at Johannesburg 1993 60 ( - ) Eddo Brandes Zim 471 32.37 4.80 668 v SA at Johannesburg 1997 61 (+1) Henry Olonga Zim 466 * 28.02 5.71 486 v SA at Durban 2000 62 (+1) Phil Simmons WI 464 34.65 4.44 588 v Pak at Sharjah 1995 63 (+1) Nuwan Zoysa Sri 463 * 32.36 4.11 463 v Pak at Lahore 2000 64 (+1) Asif Karim Ken 454 * 43.54 4.39 506 v Ban at Dhaka 1999 65 (+1) Shahid Afridi Pak 448 48.32 4.74 551 v Zim at Sharjah 1997 66 (+1) Simon Doull NZ 446 * 40.52 5.01 516 v Ind at Christchurch 1999 67= (+1) Jason Gillespie Aus 445 * 31.73 4.61 490 v Sri at Colombo (RPS) 1999 (-7) Robin Singh Ind 445 40.10 4.80 534 v Ken at Gwalior 1998 69 ( - ) Mushtaq Ahmed Pak 440 33.14 4.31 743 v Eng at Melbourne 1992 70 (+1) Sajeewa de Silva Sri 438 * 25.78 4.88 581 v SA at Lahore 1997

Qualifying match: England vs Sri Lanka, at Lord's, on 14/05/1999