Latest Test cricketers' ratings

[Donny]

Just for you, Anthony

Charlie Lara has reclaimed top spot in the PriceWaterhouseCooper's Test ratings after his 202 in the first Test defeat by South Africa.

India's Rahul Dravid moved up to second place in the rankings following his innings of 233 and 72 n.o. in the second Test in Adelaide, while Matthew Hayden is at three.

Sachin Tendulkar slipped out of the top 10 for the first time since 1993.

BATTING

Player Country Points Average

1. Brian Lara West Indies 903 52.26
2 Rahul Dravid India 880 56.54
3. Matthew Hayden Australia 870 56.78
4. Ricky Ponting Australia 863 54.06
5. Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan 792 49.41
6. Mark Richardson New Zealand 765 49.36
7. Adam Gilchrist Australia 759 58.24
8. Michael Vaughan England 757 47.47
9. Herschelle Gibbs South Africa 754 45.35
10. Jacques Kallis South Africa 751 49.26

BOWLING

1. Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 903 23.06
2. Shaun Pollock South Africa 883 20.71
3. Glenn McGrath Australia 815 21.71
4. Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan 791 25.08
5. Jason Gillespie Australia 756 24.89
6. Makhaya Ntini South Africa 695 29.56
7. Daryl Tuffey New Zealand 692 27.14
8. Anil Kumble India 676 28.34
9. Harbhajan Singh India 668 28.47
10. Jacques Kallis South Africa 652 29.41

[couragous cloke]

ahhhhh finally back in his rightful spot, where'd u find the ratings don?

[Donny]

After the SL/Eng and Pak/NZ Tests, the movers are: Jayawardene +8 up to 7, Stephen Fleming +9 up to 20, Daniel Vettori +16 up to 69 and Venkata Laxman moves into the top 10.

Mark Richardson dropped from 6 to 11 and Michael Vaughan from 8 to 15.

1 Brian Lara WI

2 Rahul Dravid IND

3 Matthew Hayden AUS

4 Ricky Ponting AUS

5 Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK

6 Adam Gilchrist AUS

7 Herschelle Gibbs SA

7 Mahela Jayawardene SL

9 Jacques Kallis SA

10 Venkata Laxman IND

[Donny]

These are the latest all-rounder ratings.

1 Jacques Kallis SA

2 Shaun Pollock SA

3 Chris Cairns NZ

4 Heath Streak ZIM

5 Sanath Jayasuriya SL

Calculated by multiplying batting and bowling points together (divided by 1000). We (PriceWaterhouseCoopers) only publish the top five at any time, and do not attempt to rate fielding ability.