Donny Posted October 13, 2007 Posted October 13, 2007 In the ICC ratings for Test batsmen, Jacques Kallis moves up to #3 after 3 centuries in the two Tests against Pakistan. Ashwell Prince dropped from 10th. to 12th. which sees Rahul Dravid back into the top 10. Younis Khan moved up 19 points to equal 7th. with Matt Hayden. 1. R. Ponting 936 2. M. Yousuf 908 3. J. Kallis 903 4. K. Sangakkara 900 5. K. Pietersen 872 6. M. Hussey 842 7. M. Hayden 828 7. Younis Khan 828 9. S Chanderpaul 762 10. R. Dravid 748
The Outsider Posted October 13, 2007 Posted October 13, 2007 Wow!! 4 batsmen above 900. Don't think I have ever seen that!!! Truly the golden age of batting.
The Outsider Posted October 13, 2007 Posted October 13, 2007 On the contrary, except for Murali the bowlers' numbers are a sorry reading : Name Country Rating Career Best 1 [URL="http://www.lgiccrankings.com/test/bowling/player-display.php?id=1991"] M. Muralidaran[/URL] SL 920 920 v Bangladesh, 11/07/2007 2 [URL="http://www.lgiccrankings.com/test/bowling/player-display.php?id=2220"] M. Ntini[/URL] SA 833 863 v India, 26/12/2006 3 [URL="http://www.lgiccrankings.com/test/bowling/player-display.php?id=2394"] S.E. Bond[/URL] NZ 722 778 v West Indies, 09/03/2006 4 [URL="http://www.lgiccrankings.com/test/bowling/player-display.php?id=6639"] S.R. Clark[/URL] AUS 720 720 v England, 02/01/2007 5 [URL="http://www.lgiccrankings.com/test/bowling/player-display.php?id=2120"] S.M. Pollock[/URL] SA 715 909 v England, 25/11/1999 6 [URL="http://www.lgiccrankings.com/test/bowling/player-display.php?id=1911"] A. Kumble[/URL] IND 702 859 v Sri Lanka, 26/01/1994 7 [URL="http://www.lgiccrankings.com/test/bowling/player-display.php?id=2314"] M.J. Hoggard[/URL] ENG 700 795 v Sri Lanka, 28/05/2006 8 [URL="http://www.lgiccrankings.com/test/bowling/player-display.php?id=2207"] Shoaib Akhtar[/URL] PAK 684 855 v New Zealand, 26/12/2003 9 [URL="http://www.lgiccrankings.com/test/bowling/player-display.php?id=2335"] Zaheer Khan[/URL] IND 678 678 v England, 09/08/2007 10 [URL="http://www.lgiccrankings.com/test/bowling/player-display.php?id=2263"] C.D. Collymore[/URL] WI 673 700 v India, 02/07/2006
Dravid Posted October 13, 2007 Posted October 13, 2007 how exactly did dravid manage to get in top 10?
Donny Posted October 13, 2007 Author Posted October 13, 2007 Wow!! 4 batsmen above 900. Don't think I have ever seen that!!! Truly the golden age of batting. Indeed. And very close to 5, considering KP was rating 909 less than 5 months ago.
Donny Posted October 13, 2007 Author Posted October 13, 2007 how exactly did dravid manage to get in top 10? Explained in the opening post.
observer1 Posted October 13, 2007 Posted October 13, 2007 Looks like India have two bowlers in the top 10 - I cant recollect this happening before, though I stand to be corrected. And, Aus have only one bowler there- surely that is a first-time. Bodes well for India - run through the Aussie batting using AK and ZK, while Aus toil against us with only the ageing SC .
Donny Posted October 13, 2007 Author Posted October 13, 2007 You seem to be forgetting a simple biological fact. Zak and Anil are ageing, too. :regular_smile:
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