McGrath returns to #1 in PwC ratings

[FaaipDeOiad]

Following his amazing 8/28 against Pakistan, McGrath has moved up to 1st place in the PwC test bowling rankings once again, overtaking Steve Harmison who slips three places. Not bad for a player that many people were writing off not too long ago.

The new top 10 is:
1. Glenn McGrath
2. Muttiah Muralitharan
3. Shoaib Akhtar
4. Steve Harmison
5. Shaun Pollock
6. Jason Gillespie
7. Anil Kumble
8. Shane Warne
9. Makhaya Ntini
10. Chaminda Vaas

 

[age_master]

good to see McGrath back in his place

 

[Josh]

Well... number 2... yeh... haha

 

[GotSpin]

Well... number 2... yeh... haha

what evr you do dont mention the...chuck word.

Good on ya McGrath, he certainly has been consistent lately, even though he hasn't always bowled his best he picks up the wickets!!

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

I fail to see how Murali keeps #2.

Not because of the throwing controversy, but how he hasn't played cricket for so long.

Surely, others have played better then a bloke not playing at all.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

I fail to see how Murali keeps #2.

Not because of the throwing controversy, but how he hasn't played cricket for so long.

Surely, others have played better then a bloke not playing at all.

Your rating drops gradually as you stop playing, but it drops faster if you are playing and perform poorly, like Harmison against South Africa. Murali has sat at two for a while now as Harmison went ahead of him and then dropped behind, and McGrath moves ahead again. If he remains out of test cricket for much longer he will lost 2nd place.

The gap between Murali and Shoaib is now just 9 points, so a good showing by Shoaib in Melbourne against the top batting lineup in the world will see Murali drop to third.

Another interesting aside considering the debate about Kasper in one of the other threads at the moment is that he has jumped an astonishing 12 spots since the last update around 10 days ago, up from 26th to 14th, an increase of around 60 ratings points.

 

[Buddhmaster]

Harmison doesn't deserve to drop behind Murali when he didn't perform that badly, and Murali didn't even play.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Harmison doesn't deserve to drop behind Murali when he didn't perform that badly, and Murali didn't even play.

Match figures of 1-143 in a winning cause where 20 wickets fell are pretty bad. Regardless, he isn't far behind Murali, but Murali's rating will drop at certain intervals while he isn't playing, eventually ending after 1 year when his rating will drop to 0. One of those intervals did not pass during the last week so Murali stayed on the same score, while Harmison had a bad test and his rating dropped a notable amount. Therefore he fell behind.

 

[Nate]

yea go Pidge. dont worry fellas, Harmy will come back!! Good to see Warne up there as well.

 

[GotSpin]

Match figures of 1-143 in a winning cause where 20 wickets fell are pretty bad..

Look on the bright side, he took a wicket

 

[Buddhmaster]

yea go Pidge. dont worry fellas, Harmy will come back!! Good to see Warne up there as well.

Three Aussies in the top 10, and I pressume Kasper's not far behind, aint bad.

 

[Jnr.]

Kasper has jumped to 14th, one spot behind Flintoff.

 

[Buddhmaster]

Four in the top 15, brilliant. What's Lee?

 

[Jono]

Deservedly so. McGrath has been bowling beautifully.

On a personal note, glad to see Kumble in there.

 

[Jnr.]

Four in the top 15, brilliant. What's Lee?

Brett Lee is 35th.

Part time spinner Jayasuriya is 37th. Andy Blignaut is 34th.

 

[Buddhmaster]

Brett Lee is 35th.

Part time spinner Jayasuriya is 37th. Andy Blignaut is 34th.

Hmmmm

 

[Josh]

Where's Lehmann & Clarke??

 

[marc71178]

I fail to see how Murali keeps #2.

Not because of the throwing controversy, but how he hasn't played cricket for so long.

SL haven't played for ages either though!

 

[marc71178]

Four in the top 15, brilliant. What's Lee?

I believe England now have 3 in the 15 - a shock for us as well.

 

[age_master]

considering recent results its not too big a surprise