Tendulkar stays on top

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Tendulkar stays on top

July 13, 2003 15:08 IST

India's Sachin Tendulkar continues to occupy the top place in the world one-day batting ratings with 773 points. But he is closely followed by Australia's one-day captain Ricky Ponting, with 750 points.

While there is not much movement among the top batsmen, there is a change in the bowling ratings,.

South Africa fast bowler Shaun Pollock did not do enough in the series to sustain his number one bowling rating and was replaced at the top by Sri Lanka off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.

Andrew Flintoff climbed to third in the world one-day all rounder ratings after helping England win the triangular series against South Africa and Zimbabwe.

It is the first time an England all-rounder has been in the top three in Test or one-day international ratings since Ian Botham.

The top one-day all rounder is again South Africa's Jacques Kallis, whose batting returned to its pre-World Cup levels during the tournament.

In the batting ratings, England opener Marcus Trescothick remained seventh, Flintoff rose 14 places to 31st and captain Michael Vaughan climbed 17 spots to 47th.

Kallis (eighth) replaced Herschelle Gibbs as South Africa's only representative in the top-10 batsmen.

Top 10 batsmen

1. Sachin Tendulkar (India) 773 points, avg: 44.43

2. Ricky Ponting (Australia) 750; 41.85

3. Brian Lara (West Indies) 745; 43.10

4. Adam Gilchrist (Australia) 743; 34.63

5. Chris Gayle (West Indies) 735; 36.61

6. Michael Bevan (Australia) 730; 54.80

7. Marcus Trescothick (England) 724; 38.29

8. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 716; 44.63

9. Matthew Hayden (Australia) 714; 41.44

10. Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies) 713; 48.09

Top 10 bowlers

1. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) 893 points; avg: 22.32

2. Glenn McGrath (Australia) 884; 22.38

3. Shaun Pollock (South Africa) 883; 23.15

4. Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) 805; 27.30

5. Makhaya Ntini (South Africa) 805; 23.35

6. Brett Lee (Australia) 785; 21.71

7. Shane Bond (New Zealand) 756; 19.00

8. Jason Gillespie (Australia) 752; 24.82

9. Zaheer Khan (India) 742; 24.82

10= Harbhajan Singh (India) 728; 28.29

10= Andrew Flintoff (England) 728; 26.01

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	Sub: Subject: Sachin Will always be on Top hey hey ...lets not forget what the little guy did to pakistan on our world cup matchup, who says he does not fire when needed, ... Posted by bala

	Sub: congrats its really great that our Indian player hold a top position in Batting. let's wish our bowlers too to come to top(first)position. If Indians think ... Posted by somebody

	Sub: Y Aussies r on top!!! To beat the Aussies more of Indian players have to move upto the top 10 spot. Though we have the world's greatest batsman matches cannot ... Posted by Guruprasad .T.U

	Sub: Sachin at No.1 It is not surprising that Sachin at No.1. He is dedicated batsman. People say his innings not brought many victories to India. But he is ... Posted by S.Mohan

	Sub: Sachin Will always be on Top Really, quite difficult to understand how can one stay on top even not playing a single ODI after the world cup. Lets not forget that ... Posted by Pratim Guha Biswas

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