da cassino: Andy Flower has gone to Number One in the PwC Ratings for batsmen

PricewaterhouseCoopers Media Release11-Sep-2001Andy Flower has gone to Number One in the PwC Ratings for batsmen. Only fourother batsmen have occupied this slot in the last six years: Steve Waugh,Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar and (very briefly) Inzamam-ul-Haq. After hisbatting feats in the last 18 months, Flower is a worthy new joiner to thisexclusive club.The feat of endurance that in the last three days brought him two bigcenturies against one of Test cricket’s stronger attacks has lifted Flowerto 895 points, 18 points clear of Steve Waugh. He is the first Zimbabweanand the first wicket-keeper ever to go top of the Ratings.Flower’s outstanding form in the last 18 months won him the FICA/PwCinternational player of the year award in July, when a panel of former Testplayers chose him from a shortlist of seven.PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings – BatsmenAfter Colombo and Harare Test Matches

Rank  (Change) Player         Team Points Average Highest Rating1  (+2) Andy Flower Zim  895  55.18 895 v SA at Harare 20012  (-1) Steve Waugh Aus  877  51.87 909 v WI at Melbourne 19963  (-1) S.R.Tendulkar Ind  866  57.18 897 v Zim at Bulawayo 20014  ( - ) Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak  818  47.73 865 v Eng at Lord's 19965  (+2) M.Jayawardene Sri  805  47.42 805 v Ban at Colombo (SSC) 20016  (-1) Rahul Dravid Ind  798  53.77 862 v NZ at Hamilton 19997  (-1) Adam Gilchrist Aus  790*  51.30 813 v Eng at Nottingham 20018  ( - ) Brian Lara WI  769  47.68 917 v Aus at St John's 19999  (+1) Mark Waugh Aus  743  42.92 803 v SA at Port Elizabeth 199710  (-1) Daryll Cullinan SA  739  44.21 803 v WI at Bridgetown 200111  (+10) Jacques Kallis SA  702  43.76 764 v Sri at Kandy 200012  (-1) Saeed Anwar Pak  694  45.52 835 v Ind at Calcutta 199913  (-1) Craig McMillan NZ  688  41.97 713 v Zim at Bulawayo 200014  (-1) Graham Thorpe Eng  687  40.89 803 v WI at Kingston 199815  (-1) Yousuf Youhana Pak  668  42.98 725 v NZ at Christchurch 200116  (-1) Ricky Ponting Aus  667  42.87 829 v Ind at Sydney 200017= (+15) Gary Kirsten SA  666  42.14 766 v Ind at Calcutta 1996(-1) Mark Richardson NZ  666*  54.61 666 v Pak at Hamilton 200119  (-2) Alec Stewart Eng  665  39.31 791 v Zim at Lord's 200020  (-2) Damien Martyn Aus  658*  51.00 658 v Eng at The Oval 200121= (-2) Chris Cairns NZ  657  32.55 705 v Zim at Harare 2000(-2) Justin Langer Aus  657  40.59 767 v NZ at Hamilton 200023  (-2) M.E.Trescothick Eng  656*  36.93 661 v Aus at Nottingham 200124  (-1) Venkata Laxman Ind  653  35.95 723 v Aus at Chennai 200125  (+8) H.H.Gibbs SA  644  37.17 644 v Zim at Harare 200126  (+8) Marvan Atapattu Sri  640  37.43 667 v SA at Kandy 200027  (-3) P.A.de Silva Sri  636  41.91 796 v Aus at Colombo (SSC) 199928  (-3) Mathew Sinclair NZ  635*  51.21 643 v Pak at Christchurch 200129= (-3) Michael Slater Aus  626  42.83 768 v Sri at Melbourne 1995(-3) Ridley Jacobs WI  626  28.80 632 v Zim at Bulawayo 200131= (-3) Carl Hooper WI  622  35.06 705 v SA at Johannesburg 1998(-3) Matthew Hayden Aus  622*  38.79 623 v Eng at Nottingham 200133  (-2) Stephen Fleming NZ  618  37.07 676 v Eng at Auckland 199734  ( - ) S.Chanderpaul WI  610  39.34 746 v Ind at Georgetown 199735  (-5) K.Sangakkara Sri  605*  39.15 648 v Ind at Galle 200136  ( - ) Mark Butcher Eng  602  28.96 623 v Aus at Leeds 200137  ( - ) Nasser Hussain Eng  594  35.00 784 v SA at Durban 199938  ( - ) S.T.Jayasuriya Sri  577  39.68 750 v Ind at Colombo (SSC) 199739  ( - ) Nathan Astle NZ  569  35.28 648 v Aus at Wellington 200040  ( - ) S.Ramesh Ind  568*  37.97 645 v NZ at Ahmedabad 199941  ( - ) Shiv Sunder Das Ind  556*  44.84 556 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 200142  ( - ) Younis Khan Pak  553*  39.23 563 v NZ at Auckland 200143  ( - ) Chris Gayle WI  550*  36.35 550 v Zim at Harare 200144  (+2) Lance Klusener SA  543  34.36 661 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 200045  (-1) Shaun Pollock SA  542  31.48 556 v WI at St John's 200146  (-1) Sourav Ganguly Ind  540  41.62 706 v Pak at Delhi 199947  ( - ) Michael Vaughan Eng  533*  31.83 574 v WI at Leeds 200048  ( - ) Mark Ramprakash Eng  531  27.81 633 v Aus at Melbourne 199849  ( - ) Neil McKenzie SA  521*  35.18 522 v WI at Kingston 200150  ( - ) Jimmy Adams WI  515  41.26 830 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 199551  ( - ) R.R.Sarwan WI  513*  33.68 513 v Zim at Harare 200152  ( - ) Wavell Hinds WI  508*  29.25 589 v Pak at St John's 200053  ( - ) Ijaz Ahmed Pak  503  37.67 695 v Eng at The Oval 199654  ( - ) S.L.Campbell WI  496  32.82 686 v Aus at Sydney 199655  (+1) H.Tillekeratne Sri  487  39.43 712 v Zim at Colombo (SSC) 199656  (+1) Marlon Samuels WI  470*  30.60 470 v Zim at Harare 200157  (-2) Guy Whittall Zim  465  30.30 527 v NZ at Harare 200058  (+1) Mark Boucher SA  457  28.21 554 v WI at Georgetown 200159  (-1) Russel Arnold Sri  454  28.35 540 v Eng at Kandy 200160  ( - ) Moin Khan Pak  453  28.32 595 v WI at Peshawar 199761  (+1) Wasim Akram Pak  439  22.64 480 v Sri at Kandy 200062  (NEW) Md. Ashraful    Ban  433*  70.00 433 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 200163  (+2) Adam Parore NZ  427  25.87 533 v Sri at Galle 199864  (+2) Matthew Horne NZ  422  30.92 583 v Eng at Manchester 199965  (-4) A.D.R.Campbell Zim  419  26.48 534 v Sri at Harare 199466  (-3) Grant Flower Zim  417  30.32 611 v Pak at Bulawayo 199867  ( - ) T.T.Samaraweera Sri  414*   -   414 v Ban at Colombo (SSC) 200168  (-4) Habibul Bashar Ban  405*  39.66 437 v Pak at Multan 200169  ( - ) Shahid Afridi Pak  400*  31.26 473 v Ind at Delhi 199970  (+1) Graeme Hick Eng  393  31.32 724 v SA at Centurion 199571  (-1) Stuart Carlisle Zim  391*  25.85 410 v Ind at Harare 200172  (-4) H.Masakadza Zim  388*  56.50 403 v WI at Harare 200173  (-1) Azhar Mahmood Pak  381*  30.00 670 v SA at Port Elizabeth 199874  (-1) Abdur Razzaq Pak  371*  28.04 371 v Ban at Multan 200175  (-1) Nicky Boje SA  366*  27.47 399 v Ind at Bangalore 200076  (-1) Taufeeq Umar Pak  365*  104.00 365 v Ban at Multan 200177  (-1) Matthew Bell NZ  359*  24.68 359 v Pak at Hamilton 200178  (-1) Craig Spearman NZ  352*  26.34 413 v Aus at Hamilton 200079  (+2) Aminul Islam Ban  351*  35.00 433 v Zim at Bulawayo 200180  (-2) R.Kaluwitharana Sri  346  27.15 522 v Pak at Lahore 199981  (-2) Heath Streak Zim  332  19.64 347 v WI at Harare 200182  (-2) Gavin Rennie Zim  323*  23.48 402 v Ind at Harare 199883  (-1) Hamish Marshall NZ  316*   -   329 v SA at Johannesburg 200084  ( - ) Javed Omar Ban  310*  36.28 433 v Zim at Bulawayo 200185  (-2) Nayan Mongia Ind  308  24.03 461 v Aus at Delhi 199686  (+7) Dion Ebrahim Zim  305*  23.76 305 v SA at Harare 200187  (-2) Dion Nash NZ  302  22.70 324 v Zim at Harare 200088= (-2) Paul Strang Zim  292  25.83 411 v NZ at Harare 1997(-1) Craig White Eng  292*  18.00 366 v Sri at Kandy 200190  (-2) Chaminda Vaas Sri  291  18.09 299 v SA at Galle 200091  (-2) Daren Ganga WI  282*  18.76 282 v Zim at Harare 200192  (-2) Rashid Latif Pak  279*  24.03 448 v NZ at Wellington 199493  (-1) Daniel Vettori NZ  277  18.00 309 v Eng at The Oval 199994  (-3) T.M.Dilshan Sri  275*  26.57 403 v Zim at Harare 199995  (-1) M.V.Nagamootoo WI  273*  27.75 293 v Aus at Sydney 200196  (-1) Andy Blignaut Zim  269*  24.44 272 v WI at Harare 200197  (-1) K.Dharmasena Sri  267  21.00 372 v WI at St John's 199798  (-1) Humayun Farhat Pak  258*  27.00 266 v NZ at Hamilton 200199  ( - ) Nick Knight Eng  256*  23.96 438 v Zim at Bulawayo 1996100  ( - ) Dominic Cork Eng  250  17.35 346 v WI at Manchester 1995

PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings – BowlersAfter Colombo and Harare Test Matches

Rank  (Change) Player         Team Points Average   Highest Rating1  ( - ) Glenn McGrath Aus  919  21.28 919 v Eng at The Oval 20012  ( - ) Shaun Pollock SA  894  20.52 912 v Eng at Johannesburg 19993  ( - ) M.Muralitharan Sri  864  24.79 864 v Ban at Colombo (SSC) 20014  ( - ) Allan Donald SA  809  21.64 897 v Eng at Johannesburg 19995  ( - ) Darren Gough Eng  746  27.57 795 v Pak at Lord's 20016  ( - ) Shane Warne Aus  736  26.01 907 v Eng at Melbourne 19947  (+1) Waqar Younis Pak  686  23.02 912 v Zim at Rawalpindi 19938  (+1) Saqlain Mushtaq Pak  678  29.45 746 v NZ at Auckland 20019  (+1) Chris Cairns NZ  663  29.21 733 v WI at Wellington 199910= (-3) Heath Streak Zim  661  25.46 752 v Sri at Colombo (RPS) 1996(+1) Jason Gillespie Aus  661  24.72 783 v Eng at Lord's 200112  ( - ) Jacques Kallis SA  655*  27.53 667 v WI at St John's 200113  ( - ) Harbhajan Singh Ind  640*  28.92 761 v Aus at Chennai 200114  ( - ) Colin Miller Aus  621*  26.15 676 v WI at Sydney 200115= ( - ) Wasim Akram Pak  615  23.60 828 v Aus at Karachi 1994( - ) Javagal Srinath Ind  615  29.94 740 v NZ at Mohali 199917  ( - ) Andrew Caddick Eng  606  29.79 719 v WI at The Oval 200018  ( - ) Dion Nash NZ  604*  27.48 695 v WI at Wellington 199919  ( - ) Damien Fleming Aus  580*  25.89 750 v Ind at Adelaide 199920  ( - ) Stuart MacGill Aus  562*  25.02 760 v WI at Port-of-Spain 199921  ( - ) Chaminda Vaas Sri  548  30.69 739 v Pak at Sialkot 199522  ( - ) Daniel Vettori NZ  538  32.62 610 v Aus at Wellington 200023  (+1) Arshad Khan Pak  536*  28.40 575 v Eng at Faisalabad 200024  (-2) Nicky Boje SA  532*  26.34 592 v WI at Bridgetown 200125  ( - ) Dominic Cork Eng  517  29.41 680 v SA at Johannesburg 199526  ( - ) Chris Martin NZ  503*  28.10 503 v Pak at Hamilton 200127= ( - ) Mervyn Dillon WI  494*  30.40 504 v SA at Kingston 2001( - ) D.Ramnarine WI  494*  26.59 504 v SA at Kingston 200129  (+1) Shayne O'Connor NZ  490*  31.26 513 v SA at Port Elizabeth 200030  (+1) Brett Lee Aus  489*  22.96 754 v WI at Perth 200031  (-2) Makhaya Ntini SA  462*  30.40 582 v Sri at Centurion 200132  ( - ) Reon King WI  460*  27.77 589 v Eng at Birmingham 200033  ( - ) B.K.V.Prasad Ind  453*  35.00 602 v SA at Durban 199634  ( - ) S.T.Jayasuriya Sri  434*  33.92 467 v Ind at Galle 200135  ( - ) Colin Stuart WI  428*  25.83 428 v Zim at Harare 200136  (+1) Danish Kaneria Pak  422*  19.43 422 v Ban at Multan 200137= (-1) Paul Strang Zim  421*  35.28 465 v NZ at Harare 2000(+1) Neil McGarrell WI  421*  21.05 421 v Zim at Harare 200139  ( - ) Mushtaq Ahmed Pak  412  32.24 819 v NZ at Rawalpindi 199640  ( - ) S.L.V.Raju Ind  410*  30.66 690 v WI at Mohali 199441  ( - ) Alan Mullally Eng  394*  31.24 478 v SA at Centurion 200042  (-1) Paul Adams SA  390*  31.90 553 v Eng at Cape Town 200043  (+1) Ashley Giles Eng  384*  35.88 448 v Pak at Karachi 200044  (-1) Pommie Mbangwa Zim  381*  31.43 605 v Pak at Peshawar 199845  (+1) Lance Klusener SA  363*  35.74 458 v Pak at Johannesburg 199846  (-1) Sunil Joshi Ind  362*  35.85 468 v Ban at Dhaka 200047  ( - ) Shoaib Akhtar Pak  350*  36.45 447 v Aus at Brisbane 199948  ( - ) Henry Olonga Zim  346*  36.39 486 v Pak at Lahore 199849  ( - ) Mfuneko Ngam SA  341*  17.18 366 v Sri at Cape Town 200150  ( - ) P.Wick'singhe Sri  326*  41.87 387 v Pak at Peshawar 200051  ( - ) Daryl Tuffey NZ  324*  36.26 324 v Pak at Hamilton 200152  ( - ) Azhar Mahmood Pak  311*  35.94 332 v Eng at Lord's 200153  ( - ) Zaheer Khan Ind  302*  38.59 378 v Sri at Kandy 200154  ( - ) Ajit Agarkar Ind  299*  38.83 350 v Aus at Mumbai 200155= ( - ) Bryan Strang Zim  294*  39.33 455 v NZ at Harare 1997(+1) M.S.Kasprowicz Aus  294*  37.00 439 v Ind at Bangalore 199857  ( - ) Phil Tufnell Eng  291  37.68 682 v NZ at Christchurch 199258  ( - ) Robert Croft Eng  285*  37.24 504 v Aus at Lord's 199759  (+1) Ashish Nehra Ind  283*  25.91 292 v Zim at Harare 200160  (-1) K.Dharmasena Sri  281*  39.24 380 v NZ at Colombo (SSC) 199861= ( - ) Craig White Eng  278*  36.52 463 v Pak at Lahore 2000( - ) Nixon McLean WI  278*  42.56 298 v SA at Georgetown 200163  ( - ) Nuwan Zoysa Sri  271*  34.50 369 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 200064  (RE) R.Pushpakumara Sri  270*  38.65 431 v Ind at Nagpur 199765  (-1) Carl Hooper WI  261*  48.32 338 v Aus at St John's 199966  (-1) Paul Wiseman NZ  257*  43.82 380 v Zim at Bulawayo 200067  (-1) Abdur Razzaq Pak  253*  41.80 278 v Eng at Manchester 200168  (-1) Shahid Afridi Pak  243*  29.20 277 v Eng at Faisalabad 200069  (-1) Andy Blignaut Zim  240*  36.15 345 v Ind at Harare 200170  (-1) Guy Whittall Zim  228*  38.04 349 v Eng at Nottingham 2000Qualifying match: Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, at Bulawayo, on 12/09/2000* Indicates players still qualifying for 100% of their rating