PwC Test Ratings: Brett Lee into top ten, Chris Cairns leads all-rounders

BRETT LEE STORMS INTO PWC TOP TEN

Brett Lee, Australia's newest bowling phenomenon, has soared to sixth in the PricewaterhouseCoopers Ratings for bowlers. His rapid climb comes after taking 31 wickets in just five Test matches at an average of just over 16 runs per wicket. Lee has climbed the ratings faster than any bowler in the last decade, but he will have to continue to bowl well over a sustained period if he is to reach Number One.

Australians now dominate the ratings. Six of the current Australian team are in the top 20 batsmen and all of their main bowlers are in the top 30.

CAIRNS TOPS ALL ROUNDER INDEX

After the comprehensive 3-0 series defeat by Australia, one positive to emerge for New Zealand is that Chris Cairns has climbed to number one in the PwC All rounder index. The index is calculated by multiplying batting and bowling ratings together. The current top four in the Test all rounder index are:

All rounder       Country     PwC index

Chris Cairns NZ 457 Shaun Pollock SA 422 Jacques Kallis SA 410 Wasim Akram Pak 264 Craig McMillan (15th) ended the series as New Zealand's highest rated batsman, with Cairns ((12th) their top bowler.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings

4th April 2000

After the series between New Zealand and Australia

* indicates player has not yet qualified for 100% of his rating points

Bowling

Rank Player               Team Pts    Aver   Highest Rating

1 Shaun Pollock SA 905 20.33 912 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999 2 Glenn McGrath Aus 896 22.42 902 v NZ at Auckland 2000 3 Allan Donald SA 877 21.59 897 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999 4 Curtly Ambrose WI 822 21.12 915 v Eng at Port-of-Spain 1994 5 M.Muralitharan Sri 763 26.30 787 v Aus at Galle 1999 6 Brett Lee Aus 735* 16.06 735 v NZ at Hamilton 2000 7 Anil Kumble Ind 722 28.01 859 v Sri at Bangalore 1994 8 Courtney Walsh WI 714 25.25 803 v Eng at Birmingham 1995 9 Damien Fleming Aus 699* 24.90 750 v Ind at Adelaide 1999 10 Wasim Akram Pak 690 23.12 828 v Aus at Karachi 1994 11 Heath Streak Zim 686 23.28 752 v Sri at Colombo (RPS) 1996 12 Chris Cairns NZ 683 29.83 733 v WI at Wellington 1999 13 Dion Nash NZ 674* 27.20 695 v WI at Wellington 1999 14 Waqar Younis Pak 667 22.17 912 v Zim at Rawalpindi 1993 15=Andrew Caddick Eng 665 29.76 674 v SA at Durban 1999 Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 665 29.73 724 v Aus at Hobart 1999 17 Shane Warne Aus 652 25.96 907 v Eng at Melbourne 1994 18 Javagal Srinath Ind 640 30.48 740 v NZ at Mohali 1999 19 Daniel Vettori NZ 604 32.18 610 v Aus at Wellington 2000 20 Stuart MacGill Aus 602* 23.32 760 v WI at Port-of-Spain 1999 21 Darren Gough Eng 597 29.53 693 v SA at Leeds 1998 22 Chaminda Vaas Sri 581 29.53 739 v Pak at Sialkot 1995 23 Simon Doull NZ 577* 29.30 795 v Ind at Hamilton 1999 24 Mushtaq Ahmed Pak 568 29.95 819 v NZ at Rawalpindi 1996 25 Jacques Kallis SA 549* 28.04 596 v Zim at Harare 1999 26 Dean Headley Eng 544* 27.85 627 v Aus at Sydney 1999 27 Paul Adams SA 532* 29.33 553 v Eng at Cape Town 2000 28 Jason Gillespie Aus 527* 22.16 701 v Eng at Leeds 1997 29 Colin Miller Aus 520* 28.81 540 v NZ at Wellington 2000 30 Franklyn Rose WI 479* 27.17 541 v SA at Durban 1998 31 Alan Mullally Eng 478* 30.58 478 v SA at Centurion 2000 32 Henry Olonga Zim 459* 31.04 486 v Pak at Lahore 1998 33 Pommie Mbangwa Zim 454* 28.28 605 v Pak at Peshawar 1998 34 Venkatesh Prasad Ind 442* 34.70 602 v SA at Durban 1996 35 Shayne O'Connor NZ 429* 33.97 429 v Aus at Hamilton 2000 36 Shoaib Akhtar Pak 417* 35.84 447 v Aus at Brisbane 1999 37 Phil Tufnell Eng 376 36.55 682 v NZ at Christchurch 1992 38 G.P.Wickremasinghe Sri 370* 42.26 387 v Pak at Peshawar 2000 39 Hansie Cronje SA 365* 29.95 365 v Ind at Bangalore 2000 40 Sunil Joshi Ind 356* 33.14 378 v NZ at Kanpur 1999 41 Michael Kasprowicz Aus 352* 34.68 439 v Ind at Bangalore 1998 42 Reon King WI 338* 29.37 338 v Zim at Kingston 2000 43 K.R.Pushpakumara Sri 336* 36.87 431 v Ind at Nagpur 1997 44 Bryan Strang Zim 326* 34.23 455 v NZ at Harare 1997 45 Dinanath Ramnarine WI 323* 19.50 333 v NZ at Hamilton 1999 46 Lance Klusener SA 320* 37.49 458 v Pak at Johannesburg 1998 47 M.R.C.N.BandaratillekSri 317* 25.42 385 v NZ at Colombo (SSC) 1998 48 Nantie Hayward SA 298* 28.00 298 v Ind at Bangalore 2000 49 Adam Huckle Zim 289* 34.88 400 v NZ at Bulawayo 1997 50 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri 285* 42.34 293 v Pak at Peshawar 2000 51 Aqib Javed Pak 284* 34.70 464 v Sri at Sialkot 1995 52 Peter Such Eng 283* 33.56 327 v NZ at Lord's 1994 53 Azhar Mahmood Pak 275* 39.77 314 v Zim at Harare 1998 54 Nuwan Zoysa Sri 266* 30.66 271 v Pak at Rawalpindi 2000 55 Arshad Khan Pak 258* 31.66 269 v Sri at Dhaka 1999 56 Paul Wiseman NZ 254* 41.45 254 v Aus at Hamilton 2000 57 Guy Whittall Zim 252* 40.61 321 v Eng at Harare 1996 58 Eddo Brandes Zim 250* 36.57 255 v Sri at Harare 1999 59 Steve Elworthy SA 249* 26.44 273 v NZ at Wellington 1999 60 Nicky Boje SA 247* 15.71 247 v Ind at Bangalore 2000 61 Robert Croft Eng 242* 38.33 504 v Aus at Lord's 1997 62 Harbhajan Singh Ind 233* 38.57 254 v NZ at Kanpur 1999 63 Mervyn Dillon WI 227* 35.33 250 v SA at Centurion 1999 64 Shahid Afridi Pak 223* 28.00 245 v Ind at Chennai 1999 65 Ajit Agarkar Ind 219* 37.00 339 v Aus at Melbourne 1999 66 Sachin Tendulkar Ind 210* 33.29 234 v SA at Mumbai 2000 67 Nixon McLean WI 200* 38.82 249 v SA at Cape Town 1999 68 Steve Waugh Aus 189* 35.74 433 v Sri at Perth 1988 69 Aamir Sohail Pak 181* 41.96 183 v Sri at Peshawar 2000 70 Gavin Robertson Aus 177* 39.61 265 v Ind at Bangalore 1998

PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings

4th April 2000

Batting

Rank Player               Team Pts    Aver   Highest Rating

1 Brian Lara WI 882 51.60 917 v Aus at St John's 1999 2 Sachin Tendulkar Ind 863 55.37 880 v SA at Mumbai 2000 3 Steve Waugh Aus 841 50.43 909 v WI at Melbourne 1996 4 Ricky Ponting Aus 804 47.51 829 v Ind at Sydney 2000 5 Saeed Anwar Pak 802 46.53 835 v Ind at Calcutta 1999 6 Aravinda de Silva Sri 775 43.89 796 v Aus at Colombo (SSC) 1999 7 Justin Langer Aus 767 41.75 767 v NZ at Hamilton 2000 8 Andy Flower Zim 763 45.47 770 v WI at Port-of-Spain 2000 9 Nasser Hussain Eng 750 39.13 784 v SA at Durban 1999 10 Jacques Kallis SA 747 43.16 747 v Ind at Bangalore 2000 11 Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 743 44.74 865 v Eng at Lord's 1996 12 Alec Stewart Eng 738 40.78 783 v SA at Nottingham 1998 13 Daryll Cullinan SA 729 43.57 736 v Ind at Johannesburg 1997 14 Gary Kirsten SA 700 41.88 766 v Ind at Calcutta 1996 15 Craig McMillan NZ 686* 41.42 686 v Aus at Hamilton 2000 16 Michael Slater Aus 675 43.83 768 v Sri at Melbourne 1995 17 Chris Cairns NZ 670 31.11 670 v Aus at Hamilton 2000 18 Adam Gilchrist Aus 664* 57.18 664 v NZ at Hamilton 2000 19=Mark Waugh Aus 660 41.72 803 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1997 Rahul Dravid Ind 660 47.01 862 v NZ at Hamilton 1999 21 Nathan Astle NZ 630 35.85 648 v Aus at Wellington 2000 22=Stephen Fleming NZ 625 37.15 676 v Eng at Auckland 1997 Murray Goodwin Zim 625* 39.87 715 v Aus at Harare 1999 24 Sourav Ganguly Ind 622 45.54 706 v Pak at Delhi 1999 25 M.Azharuddin Ind 619 45.03 723 v Eng at The Oval 1990 26 S.Chanderpaul WI 617 39.77 746 v Ind at Georgetown 1997 27 Ijaz Ahmed, sen. Pak 612 38.61 695 v Eng at The Oval 1996 28 Sadagopan Ramesh Ind 604* 49.58 645 v NZ at Ahmedabad 1999 29 Sherwin Campbell WI 603 37.03 686 v Aus at Sydney 1996 30=Michael Atherton Eng 587 37.88 771 v SA at Johannesburg 1995 Jimmy Adams WI 587 46.62 830 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 1995 Hansie Cronje SA 587 36.41 752 v Eng at Nottingham 1998 33 Graham Thorpe Eng 576 39.11 803 v WI at Kingston 1998 34 Lance Klusener SA 567* 35.90 567 v Ind at Bangalore 2000 35 Jonty Rhodes SA 565 35.40 601 v Zim at Bloemfontein 1999 36 Mahela Jayawardene Sri 560* 40.22 609 v Zim at Harare 1999 37 Mark Ramprakash Eng 555 27.88 633 v Aus at Melbourne 1998 38 Arjuna Ranatunga Sri 549 35.61 690 v Ind at Kanpur 1986 39 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri 548 40.76 750 v Ind at Colombo (SSC) 1997 40 Yousuf Youhana Pak 532* 33.15 576 v Aus at Brisbane 1999 41 Greg Blewett Aus 526 34.02 710 v NZ at Hobart 1997 42 Mark Boucher SA 520* 31.56 530 v Ind at Mumbai 2000 43=Navjot Sidhu Ind 519 42.13 670 v Aus at Bangalore 1998 Aamir Sohail Pak 519 35.28 696 v WI at Karachi 1997 45 H.P.Tillekeratne Sri 513 38.59 712 v Zim at Colombo (SSC) 1996 46 Russel Arnold Sri 512* 37.45 518 v Pak at Peshawar 2000 47 Herschelle Gibbs SA 507* 32.29 523 v Ind at Mumbai 2000 48 Marvan Atapattu Sri 502 30.67 561 v Zim at Bulawayo 1999 49 Salim Malik Pak 500 43.69 747 v SA at Johannesburg 1995 50 Moin Khan Pak 487 28.74 595 v WI at Peshawar 1997 51 Mark Butcher Eng 484 25.06 616 v Aus at Brisbane 1998 52 Shaun Pollock SA 467 29.46 552 v WI at Port Elizabeth 1998 53 Shahid Afridi Pak 462* 33.13 473 v Ind at Delhi 1999 54 Graeme Hick Eng 460 34.14 724 v SA at Centurion 1995 55 John Crawley Eng 458 31.64 580 v Aus at Nottingham 1997 56 Venkata Laxman Ind 452* 27.20 476 v Aus at Sydney 2000 57 Adam Parore NZ 451 25.73 533 v Sri at Galle 1998 58 Guy Whittall Zim 448 27.36 471 v SA at Bloemfontein 1999 59 Grant Flower Zim 446 31.95 611 v Pak at Bulawayo 1998 60=R.S.Kaluwitharana Sri 436 29.75 522 v Pak at Lahore 1999 Azhar Mahmood Pak 436* 32.44 670 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1998 Ridley Jacobs WI 436* 27.15 528 v Aus at Bridgetown 1999 63 Matthew Horne NZ 435 30.55 583 v Eng at Manchester 1999 64 Damien Martyn Aus 428* 37.20 428 v NZ at Hamilton 2000 65 Mohammad Wasim Pak 422* 32.88 465 v Zim at Harare 1998 66 Matthew Elliott Aus 414* 35.48 710 v Eng at Nottingham 1997 67 Craig Spearman NZ 413* 29.79 413 v Aus at Hamilton 2000 68 Stuart Williams WI 404 24.26 455 v Eng at Port-of-Spain 1998 69 Nicky Boje SA 399* 49.50 399 v Ind at Bangalore 2000 70=Neil Johnson Zim 398* 24.10 442 v Aus at Harare 1999 Michael Vaughan Eng 398* 29.14 398 v SA at Centurion 2000 72 Adrian Griffith WI 393* 29.23 463 v NZ at Wellington 1999 73 Wasim Akram Pak 382 21.57 411 v Eng at Lord's 1992 74 Alistair Campbell Zim 381 25.02 534 v Sri at Harare 1994 75 Mathew Sinclair NZ 377* 39.28 459 v Aus at Auckland 2000 76 Adam Bacher SA 374* 26.03 596 v Pak at Sheikhupura 1997 77 Ian Healy Aus 373 27.39 603 v WI at Sydney 1996 78=Gavin Rennie Zim 352* 23.22 402 v Ind at Harare 1998 Alex Tudor Eng 352* 55.33 382 v NZ at Birmingham 1999 80 Gary Stead NZ 345* 34.75 384 v Ind at Ahmedabad 1999 81 Junior Murray WI 337 24.13 462 v Aus at Adelaide 1997 82 Younis Khan Pak 335* 33.50 410 v Sri at Rawalpindi 2000 83 Nayan Mongia Ind 328 24.24 461 v Aus at Delhi 1996 84 U.C.Hathurusinghe Sri 322 29.62 480 v Pak at Sialkot 1995 85 Tuwan Dilshan Sri 316* 37.85 403 v Zim at Harare 1999 86 Anil Kumble Ind 306 18.06 307 v Sri at Nagpur 1997 87=Clayton Lambert WI 305* 31.55 447 v Eng at St John's 1998 David Joseph WI 305* 20.14 385 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 1999 89 Dion Nash NZ 300 21.40 316 v Ind at Ahmedabad 1999 90 Andrew Flintoff Eng 294* 19.11 297 v SA at Cape Town 2000 91 W.W.Hinds WI 293* 34.50 359 v Zim at Port-of-Spain 2000 92=Shane Warne Aus 286 15.36 311 v Ind at Adelaide 1999 Devang Gandhi Ind 286* 34.00 415 v NZ at Kanpur 1999 94 Roger Twose NZ 284* 25.12 445 v Pak at Christchurch 1995 95 Daniel Vettori NZ 282 17.18 309 v Eng at The Oval 1999 96 Chaminda Vaas Sri 281 18.79 281 v Pak at Karachi 2000 97 Chris Harris NZ 262* 19.40 301 v SA at Wellington 1999 98 Wajahatullah Wasti Pak 259* 40.12 377 v Sri at Lahore 1999 99 Roland Holder WI 258* 25.33 330 v Sri at Kingstown 1997 100 Ajay Jadeja Ind 256* 26.18 346 v NZ at Bangalore 1995