Darren Gough has climbed to fourth place in the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Ratings for bowlers
PricewaterhouseCoopers Media Release21-May-2001Darren Gough has climbed to fourth place in the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Ratings for bowlers. He is at the highest points level for an English bowler since Bob Willis in 1983.Andrew Caddick has climbed to ninth place, while Graham Thorpe has returned to the batting top ten for the first time in three years.Saqlain Mushtaq (10th) remains the top rated Pakistan bowler, making his omission at Lord’s all the more mystifying.PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings – BatsmenAfter England v Pakistan, Lord’s
Rank(Chg) Player Team Pts Average Highest Rating1( - ) S.R.Tendulkar Ind 889 56.94 894 v Aus at Mumbai 20012( - ) Steve Waugh Aus 830 50.93 909 v WI at Melbourne 19963( - ) Andy Flower Zim 814 50.97 831 v NZ at Wellington 20004( - ) Rahul Dravid Ind 796 53.82 862 v NZ at Hamilton 19995( - ) Brian Lara WI 785 47.68 917 v Aus at St John's 19996 (+1) M.Jayawardene Sri 748 42.97 748 v Eng at Colombo (SSC) 20017 (+1) Daryll Cullinan SA 746 44.21 803 v WI at Bridgetown 20018 (-2) Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 740 45.82 865 v Eng at Lord's 19969 (+1) V.V.S. Laxman Ind 723* 37.13 723 v Aus at Chennai 200110 (+2) Graham Thorpe Eng 716 40.83 803 v WI at Kingston 199811 (-2) Saeed Anwar Pak 710 45.46 835 v Ind at Calcutta 199912 (-1) M.A.Atherton Eng 700 38.6 771 v SA at Johannesburg 199513( - ) Craig McMillan NZ 688 41.97 713 v Zim at Bulawayo 200014 (+1) Michael Slater Aus 675 43.94 768 v Sri at Melbourne 199515 (+1) Ricky Ponting Aus 666 42.96 829 v Ind at Sydney 2000(+1) Mark Richardson NZ 666* 54.61 666 v Pak at Hamilton 200117 (+1) P.A.de Silva Sri 662 41.91 796 v Aus at Colombo (SSC) 199918 (+1) Adam Gilchrist Aus 660* 47.33 767 v Ind at Mumbai 200119 (-5) Yousuf Youhana Pak 659 41.54 724 v NZ at Christchurch 200120( - ) Chris Cairns NZ 657 32.55 705 v Zim at Harare 200021( - ) Jacques Kallis SA 656 41 764 v Sri at Kandy 200022( - ) Justin Langer Aus 654 39.04 767 v NZ at Hamilton 200023( - ) Mark Waugh Aus 647 41.65 803 v SA at Port Elizabeth 199724 (+1) Alec Stewart Eng 637 39.38 791 v Zim at Lord's 200025 (-1) Mathew Sinclair NZ 635* 51.21 643 v Pak at Christchurch 200126( - ) Ridley Jacobs WI 626 28.39 626 v SA at Kingston 200127( - ) Stephen Fleming NZ 618 37.07 676 v Eng at Auckland 199728( - ) Gary Kirsten SA 617 40.38 766 v Ind at Calcutta 199629( - ) S.Chanderpaul WI 615 39.31 746 v Ind at Georgetown 199730( - ) H.H.Gibbs SA 611 34.73 611 v WI at Kingston 200131 (+2) Nasser Hussain Eng 598 34.97 784 v SA at Durban 199932 (-1) Matthew Hayden Aus 593* 40.18 593 v Ind at Chennai 200133 (-1) Carl Hooper WI 585 34.17 705 v SA at Johannesburg 199834( - ) Marvan Atapattu Sri 579 34.07 667 v SA at Kandy 200035( - ) Sourav Ganguly Ind 578 44.01 706 v Pak at Delhi 199936( - ) Nathan Astle NZ 569 35.28 648 v Aus at Wellington 200037( - ) S.T.Jayasuriya Sri 563 39.17 750 v Ind at Colombo (SSC) 199738( - ) S.Ramesh Ind 558* 40.17 645 v NZ at Ahmedabad 199939( - ) Shaun Pollock SA 542 31.48 556 v WI at St John's 200140( - ) Lance Klusener SA 539 34.2 661 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 2000( - ) K.Sangakkara Sri 539* 33.31 539 v Eng at Colombo (SSC) 200142( - ) Younis Khan Pak 537* 39.05 563 v NZ at Auckland 200143( - ) Jimmy Adams WI 526 41.26 830 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 199544( - ) Guy Whittall Zim 522 32.06 527 v NZ at Harare 2000( - ) Neil McKenzie SA 522* 34.38 522 v WI at Kingston 200146( - ) Wavell Hinds WI 519* 29.25 589 v Pak at St John's 200047 (+2) M.E.Trescothick Eng 517* 36.64 533 v Sri at Galle 200148( - ) Jonty Rhodes SA 516 35.66 601 v Zim at Bloemfontein 199949 (-2) Ijaz Ahmed, sen Pak 513 37.67 695 v Eng at The Oval 199650( - ) S.L.Campbell WI 506 32.82 686 v Aus at Sydney 199651( - ) Michael Vaughan Eng 502* 27.43 574 v WI at Leeds 200052 (-1) Russel Arnold Sri 500 29.65 540 v Eng at Kandy 200153( - ) Moin Khan Pak 463 28.32 595 v WI at Peshawar 199754( - ) Marlon Samuels WI 462* 29.07 464 v SA at Port-of-Spain 200155( - ) Mark Boucher SA 457 28.21 554 v WI at Georgetown 200156( - ) Damien Martyn Aus 455* 42.53 478 v WI at Adelaide 200057( - ) R.R.Sarwan WI 452* 28.3 463 v SA at Port-of-Spain 200158( - ) Mark Ramprakash Eng 442 26.41 633 v Aus at Melbourne 199859( - ) Wasim Akram Pak 437 22.58 480 v Sri at Kandy 200060( - ) Chris Gayle WI 431* 25.66 431 v SA at Kingston 200161( - ) Grant Flower Zim 428 31.51 611 v Pak at Bulawayo 199862( - ) Adam Parore NZ 427 25.87 533 v Sri at Galle 199863( - ) Matthew Horne NZ 422 30.92 583 v Eng at Manchester 199964 (-1) Graeme Hick Eng 418 31.32 724 v SA at Centurion 199565( - ) A.D.R.Campbell Zim 415 26.45 534 v Sri at Harare 199466( - ) Shahid Afridi Pak 408* 31.26 473 v Ind at Delhi 199967( - ) Mohammad Wasim Pak 400* 30.11 465 v Zim at Harare 199868( - ) Habibul Bashar Ban 394* 44.16 394 v Zim at Harare 200169( - ) Shiv Sunder Das Ind 391* 39.6 391 v Aus at Chennai 200170( - ) Azhar Mahmood Pak 374* 30.32 670 v SA at Port Elizabeth 199871( - ) Javed Omar Ban 370* 63.66 433 v Zim at Bulawayo 200172( - ) Nicky Boje SA 369* 27.47 399 v Ind at Bangalore 200073( - ) R.Kaluwitharana Sri 360 27.15 522 v Pak at Lahore 199974( - ) Matthew Bell NZ 359* 24.68 359 v Pak at Hamilton 200175( - ) Craig Spearman NZ 352* 26.34 413 v Aus at Hamilton 200076( - ) Adrian Griffith WI 347* 24.53 463 v NZ at Wellington 199977( - ) Aminul Islam Ban 345* 43.33 433 v Zim at Bulawayo 200178 (+1) Gavin Rennie Zim 340* 23.48 402 v Ind at Harare 1998(+10) Abdur Razzaq Pak 340* 24 340 v Eng at Lord's 200180 (-2) Craig White Eng 338* 20.2 369 v Sri at Kandy 200181 (-1) Heath Streak Zim 327 19.18 327 v Ban at Harare 200182 (-1) Nayan Mongia Ind 324 24.03 461 v Aus at Delhi 199683 (-1) Hamish Marshall NZ 316* - 329 v SA at Johannesburg 200084 (-1) Paul Strang Zim 307 25.83 411 v NZ at Harare 199785 (-1) Dion Nash NZ 302 22.7 324 v Zim at Harare 200086 (-1) Stuart Carlisle Zim 296* 23.66 305 v Ind at Nagpur 200087 (-1) Chaminda Vaas Sri 290 18.01 299 v SA at Galle 200088 (-1) Nick Knight Eng 286* 25.14 438 v Zim at Bulawayo 1996(+1) T.M.Dilshan Sri 286* 26.57 403 v Zim at Harare 199990(NEW) Ian Ward Eng 280* 39 280 v Pak at Lord's 200191 (-1) M.V.Nagamootoo WI 279* 27.75 293 v Aus at Sydney 200192 (-1) K.Dharmasena Sri 278 21 372 v WI at St John's 199793 (-1) Daniel Vettori NZ 277 18 309 v Eng at The Oval 199994 (-1) Brett Lee Aus 276* 37.5 293 v WI at Perth 200095( - ) Dominic Cork Eng 270 18.26 346 v WI at Manchester 199596 (-2) Humayun Farhat Pak 263* 27 266 v NZ at Hamilton 200197( - ) Shane Warne Aus 254 15.11 311 v Ind at Adelaide 199998( - ) Boeta Dippenaar SA 249* 26.8 265 v Sri at Durban 200099 (-1) Andrew Flintoff Eng 246* 16.64 297 v SA at Cape Town 2000(+1) Imran Nazir Pak 246* 30.5 367 v WI at Bridgetown 2000
PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings – BowlersAfter England v Pakistan, Lord’s
Rank (Chg) Player Team Points AverageHighest Rating1 ( - ) Glenn McGrath Aus 910 21.71 912 v WI at Brisbane 20002 ( - ) Shaun Pollock SA 896 20.32 912 v Eng at Johannesburg 19993 ( - ) Allan Donald SA 817 21.64 897 v Eng at Johannesburg 19994 (+2) Darren Gough Eng 795 26.59 795 v Pak at Lord's 20015 (-1) M.Muralitharan Sri 773 25.62 849 v SA at Durban 20006 (-1) Harbhajan Singh Ind 761* 25.56 761 v Aus at Chennai 20017=( - ) Jason Gillespie Aus 710* 22.53 714 v WI at Melbourne 2000( - ) Brett Lee Aus 710* 16.07 754 v WI at Perth 20009 (+7) Andrew Caddick Eng 708 27.75 719 v WI at The Oval 200010 (-1) Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 683 29.6 746 v NZ at Auckland 200111 ( - ) Chris Cairns NZ 663 29.21 733 v WI at Wellington 199912 ( - ) Heath Streak Zim 661 24.48 752 v Sri at Colombo (RPS) 199613 ( - ) Javagal Srinath Ind 660 29.94 740 v NZ at Mohali 199914 (-4) Wasim Akram Pak 654 23.3 828 v Aus at Karachi 199415 (-1) Colin Miller Aus 653* 26.15 676 v WI at Sydney 200116 (-1) Jacques Kallis SA 646* 27.44 667 v WI at St John's 200117 ( - ) Waqar Younis Pak 629 23.13 912 v Zim at Rawalpindi 199318 ( - ) Damien Fleming Aus 610* 25.89 750 v Ind at Adelaide 199919 ( - ) Dion Nash NZ 604* 27.48 695 v WI at Wellington 199920 ( - ) Stuart MacGill Aus 591* 25.02 760 v WI at Port-of-Spain 199921 (+1) Dominic Cork Eng 582 28.24 680 v SA at Johannesburg 199522 (-1) Chaminda Vaas Sri 569 30.27 739 v Pak at Sialkot 199523 (-1) Shane Warne Aus 566 26.62 907 v Eng at Melbourne 199424 ( - ) Arshad Khan Pak 547* 28.4 575 v Eng at Faisalabad 200025=( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ 538 32.62 610 v Aus at Wellington 2000( - ) Nicky Boje SA 538* 26.34 592 v WI at Bridgetown 200127 ( - ) D.Ramnarine WI 504* 26.59 504 v SA at Kingston 200128 ( - ) Chris Martin NZ 503* 28.1 503 v Pak at Hamilton 200129 ( - ) Mervyn Dillon WI 501* 30.52 501 v SA at Kingston 200130 ( - ) Makhaya Ntini SA 492* 28.51 582 v Sri at Centurion 200131 ( - ) Shayne O'Connor NZ 490* 31.26 513 v SA at Port Elizabeth 200032 ( - ) S.T.Jayasuriya Sri 458* 33.86 458 v Eng at Colombo (SSC) 200133 ( - ) Paul Strang Zim 443* 35.28 465 v NZ at Harare 200034 (+1) Reon King WI 433* 27.91 589 v Eng at Birmingham 200035= (+1) S.L.V.Raju Ind 432* 30.66 690 v WI at Mohali 1994(-1) Ashley Giles Eng 432* 33 448 v Pak at Karachi 200037 ( - ) Mushtaq Ahmed Pak 420 32.24 819 v NZ at Rawalpindi 199638 ( - ) Pommie Mbangwa Zim 400* 31.43 605 v Pak at Peshawar 199839 ( - ) Paul Adams SA 394* 31.9 553 v Eng at Cape Town 200040 (+1) Sunil Joshi Ind 380* 35.85 468 v Ban at Dhaka 200041 (-1) Craig White Eng 379* 32.4 463 v Pak at Lahore 200042 ( - ) B.K.V.Prasad Ind 378* 35.9 602 v SA at Durban 199643 ( - ) Nantie Hayward SA 363* 26.68 405 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 200044 ( - ) Lance Klusener SA 360* 35.86 458 v Pak at Johannesburg 199845 (RE) Shoaib Akhtar Pak 357* 36.45 447 v Aus at Brisbane 199946 (-1) Henry Olonga Zim 349* 36.42 486 v Pak at Lahore 199847 (-1) Mfuneko Ngam SA 345* 17.18 366 v Sri at Cape Town 200148 (-1) Ajit Agarkar Ind 343* 36.86 350 v Aus at Mumbai 200149 (-1) P.Wick'singhe Sri 340* 41.87 387 v Pak at Peshawar 200050 (+9) Azhar Mahmood Pak 332* 35.05 332 v Eng at Lord's 200151 (-2) Daryl Tuffey NZ 324* 36.26 324 v Pak at Hamilton 200152= (-2) M.S.Kasprowicz Aus 309* 37 439 v Ind at Bangalore 1998(-2) Franklyn Rose WI 309* 30.88 541 v SA at Durban 199854 (-2) K.Dharmasena Sri 293* 39.24 380 v NZ at Colombo (SSC) 199855 (-2) R.Pushpakumara Sri 290* 38.24 431 v Ind at Nagpur 199756 (-2) Robert Croft Eng 284* 37.81 504 v Aus at Lord's 199757 (-2) Nixon McLean WI 283* 42.56 298 v SA at Georgetown 200158 (-2) Nuwan Zoysa Sri 282* 34.5 369 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 200059 (-2) Guy Whittall Zim 281* 37.02 349 v Eng at Nottingham 200060 (-2) Carl Hooper WI 279* 47.5 338 v Aus at St John's 199961 (-1) Bryan Strang Zim 261* 39.8 455 v NZ at Harare 199762 (-1) Paul Wiseman NZ 257* 43.82 380 v Zim at Bulawayo 200063 (-1) B.T.Watambwa Zim 255* 21.55 255 v Ban at Harare 200164 (-1) Shahid Afridi Pak 248* 29.2 277 v Eng at Faisalabad 200065 (-1) Upul Chandana Sri 234* 30.56 264 v SA at Kandy 200066 (-1) Abdur Razzaq Pak 223* 42.36 232 v Eng at Faisalabad 200067 (-1) S.R.Tendulkar Ind 222* 38.09 252 v Aus at Calcutta 200168 (-1) Andy Blignaut Zim 214* 22.66 291 v Ban at Bulawayo 200169 (-1) Ed Giddins Eng 209* 20 383 v Zim at Lord's 200070 (-1) Ray Price Zim 202* 26.71 202 v Ban at Harare 2001