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