new ratings by ICC

test : batsman

name country rating career best

1 R.T. Ponting AUS 931 937 v South Africa, 24/03/2006
2 R. Dravid IND 882 892 v Pakistan, 16/03/2005
3 Younis Khan PAK 856 856 v England, 04/08/2006
4 Mohammad Yousuf PAK 849 849 v England, 04/08/2006
5 J.H. Kallis SA 815 896 v England, 06/01/2005
6 M.L. Hayden AUS 808 935 v England, 07/11/2002
7 Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK 793 870 v England, 29/11/2005
8 M.E.K. Hussey AUS 780 780 v Bangladesh, 16/04/2006
9 K.C. Sangakkara SL 771 813 v Pakistan, 06/03/2002
10 D.P.M.D. Jayawardene SL 770 836 v England, 30/05/2002
11 K.P. Pietersen ENG 749 766 v Sri Lanka, 28/05/2006
12 B.C. Lara WI 732 911 v South Africa, 02/01/2004
13 A.J. Strauss ENG 728 769 v South Africa, 13/01/2005
14 S.P. Fleming NZ 694 702 v Bangladesh, 26/10/2004
15 M.E. Trescothick ENG 683 818 v Pakistan, 12/11/2005
16 D.R. Martyn AUS 680 848 v New Zealand, 18/03/2005
17 V. Sehwag IND 670 854 v South Africa, 28/11/2004
18 J.L. Langer AUS 663 780 v South Africa, 02/01/2002
19 A.C. Gilchrist AUS 655 874 v South Africa, 08/03/2002
20 G.C. Smith SA 645 756 v New Zealand, 26/03/2004


bowler





name country rating career best

1 M. Muralidaran SL 908 915 v Pakistan, 06/03/2002
2 M. Ntini SA 830 847 v New Zealand, 16/04/2006
3 S.K. Warne AUS 813 905 v England, 24/12/1994
4 G.D. McGrath AUS 811 914 v England, 23/08/2001
5 A. Flintoff ENG 744 810 v Pakistan, 12/11/2005
6 A. Kumble IND 736 859 v Sri Lanka, 26/01/1994
7 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 728 855 v New Zealand, 26/12/2003
7 M.J. Hoggard ENG 728 795 v Sri Lanka, 28/05/2006
9 S.E. Bond NZ 720 778 v West Indies, 09/03/2006
10 C.D. Collymore WI 700 700 v India, 02/07/2006
11 S.J. Harmison ENG 693 875 v West Indies, 19/08/2004
12 W.P.U.J.C. Vaas SL 664 800 v India, 02/12/2005
13 S.M. Pollock SA 653 909 v England, 25/11/1999
14 I.K. Pathan IND 650 761 v Sri Lanka, 10/12/2005
15 J.E.C. Franklin NZ 648 648 v South Africa, 07/05/2006
16 S.C.G. MacGill AUS 624 728 v West Indies, 13/03/1999
17 A. Nel SA 621 763 v Australia, 02/01/2006
18 Danish Kaneria PAK 620 723 v England, 12/11/2005
19 J.N. Gillespie AUS 619 812 v New Zealand, 26/11/2004
20 B. Lee AUS 614 658 v West Indies, 01/12/2000

are there for test matches only? i dont see how Ricky Ponting is number one rated?

hahah despo girl. ricky pontings performance has been nothing sort of bradmansque. he is scoring centuries at the rate of one century per test match. he is rightly the best batsman in the world.

yes, going by the way ponting is batting recently ( well recently will be unfair, he has been batting brilliantly for quite some time now), he is undoubtedly the Number 1 batsman now