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Samsung Cricket Ratings on ESPN STAR Sports

September 2004

According to the latest Samsung Cricket Ratings released by ESPN STAR Sports, Australian opener Matthew Hayden leads the Samsung World ODI ratings displacing Indias batting genius Sachin Tendulkar from the top. Sri Lankas Chaminda Vass tops the World ODI bowling ratings with 150 points. Australia remains at the helm in World Test as well as ODI ranking.

In world ODI batting, Tendulkar with 537 runs in 15 innings at an average of 35.8 and a strike rate of 77 was ousted from his position by Australias Mathew Hayden who had made 597 runs in 14 innings at an average of 42.64 and a strike rate of 73. Kumar Sangakarra is third with 78 points closely followed by Andrew Symonds (76 points), Ricky Ponting (75 points), Shoaib Mailk (74 points) and Jacques Kallis (73 points). Inzamam-Ul Haq (71 points), Andrew Flintoff (70 points) and Sanath Jayasuriya (68 points) complete the ladder.

Sri Lankas Chaminda Vaas (150 points) tops the list followed by Jason Gillespie from Australia (144 points) in World ODI bowling. Spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan (141 points) follows at the third spot. Michael Kasprowicz (131 points) is ranked fourth, closely followed by Sri Lankan young talent Nuwan Zoysa (127 points). Indias upcoming new talent Irfan Pathan has slipped to the sixth position (126 points) followed by the Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar (124). Englands new sensation Stephen Harmison is ranked eighth (117 points), New Zealands Jacob Oram (114 points) and Mohammed Sami (111 points) follow in the ninth and tenth position.

The team from down under continues to be at the top in Samsung World ODI team ranking with 87 points. Asia Cup Champion Sri Lanka (80 points) follows Australia at the second spot. New Zealand (76 points) is ranked third followed by India (58 points), England (54 points), Pakistan (53 points), South Africa (46 points), West Indies (32 points), Bangladesh (20 points), Zimbabwe (11 points). Kenya is without any score.

In World Test Batting, Brian Lara (137 points) and Jacques Kallis (126 points) are in the first and second position respectively, followed closely by Rahul Dravid (125 points) in the third position. Two West Indian batsmen, Chris Gayle (124 points) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (121 points), are in the fourth and fifth position followed by two Sri Lankan batsmen, Kumara Sangakarra (120 points) and Mahela Jayawardene (120 points). Indias Virender Sehwag (112 points), Australias Mathew Hayden (110 points) and West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul (106 points) are placed in the eight, ninth and tenth position respectively.

In World Test bowling, Englands new bowling sensation, Stephan Harmison (147 points) is ranked number one, closely followed by the two Sri Lankan greats, Muttiah Muralitharan (144 points) and Chaminda Vaas (138 points). Talented Andrew Flintoff (129 points) is at fourth position followed by Indian leggie Anil Kumble (121 points). Englands Ashley Giles (118 points) is sixth, followed by Shane Warne (117 points) and Matthew Hoggard (105 points). Makhaya Ntini from South Africa (102 points) and Shaun Pollock (99 points) follow in that order.

In Test Team Rankings, Australia (77 points) is at the top position, followed by England (68 points) and South Africa (51 points). India (47 points) is at the fourth spot followed by Pakistan (44 points), Sri Lanka (37 points) and New Zealand (19 points). West Indies (12 points), and Zimbabwe (12 points) share the eight spot. Bangladesh is yet to score a point.

Samsung Cricket Ratings

Samsung Cricket Ratings, the most definitive and comprehensive yardstick on cricket, takes into account international cricket happening anywhere in the world. The just released Samsung Rating is based on the last 81 international ODIs played till England India encounter on September 05 at the Lords and the last 44 test matches played till the last test match between England and West Indies in the recently concluded Test series.