Hanging out for the aussies to return!

me 2!

Englands Matthew Hoggard has been ruled out for the 3rd test, Marlon Samuels has been called up to replace injured captain Ramnaresh Sarwan for the remainder of the Test series against England.

Batsman rankings
1. Kevin Pietersen (England)
2. Ricky Ponting (Australia)
3. Mike Hussey (Australia)
4. Mahendra Dhoni (India)
5. Matthew Hayden (Australia)
5. Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies)
7. Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
7. Graeme Smith (South Africa)
9. Adam Gilchrist (Australia)
10. Michael Clarke (Australia)

Bowler rankings
1. Shaun Pollock (South Africa)
2. Nathan Bracken (Australia)
3. Shane Bond (New Zealand)
4. Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)
5. Muttiah Muralidaran (Sri Lanka)
6. Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
7. Makhaya Ntini (South Africa)
8. Brett Lee (Australia)
9. Abdur Razzaq (Bangladesh)
10. Andre Nel (South Africa)

Kevin Pietersen (England) rated #1 I find that surprising!

perhaps this list looks better, watsonnek

Batsman rankings
1 R.T. Ponting AUS
2 Mohammad Yousuf PAK
3 K.P. Pietersen ENG
4 K.C. Sangakkara SL
5 M.E.K. Hussey AUS
6 M.L. Hayden AUS
7 J.H. Kallis SA
8 R. Dravid IND
9 Younis Khan PAK
10 A.G. Prince SA

Much better! An Aussie rated numero uno

I did too at first. Got to no.1 spot after scoring 104 from 122 balls against Australia in Antigua (World Cup).

Meant to post the Bowler rankings as well

1 M. Muralidaran SL
2 M. Ntini SA
3 A. Kumble IND
3 S.M. Pollock SA
5 S.E. Bond NZ
6 S.R. Clark AUS
7 Mohammad Asif PAK
8 M.J. Hoggard ENG
9 Shoaib Akhtar PAK
10 A. Flintoff EN

Hmmm, would like to see more ozzies in that lot..