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Shane Warne back as Number 1

Shane Warne has returned to the top of test bowling ratings for the first time in 10 years following some excellent performances over the past year, including 40 wickets in The Ashes and five wickets in the first innings of the first test against the West Indies.

The full ratings are as follows:

Test Batsmen

1. Jacques Kallis
2. Ricky Ponting
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Virender Sehwag
5. Brian Lara
6. Matthew Hayden
7. Marcus Trescothick
8. Inzamam-ul-Haq
9. Andrew Strauss
10. Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Test Bowlers

1. Shane Warne
2. Glenn McGrath
3. Muttiah Muralitharan
4. Andrew Flintoff
5. Shaun Pollock
6. Makhaya Ntini
7. Chaminda Vaas
7. Shoaib Akhtar
9. Matthew Hoggard
10. Irfan Pathan

Test Allrounders

1. Andrew Flintoff
2. Jacques Kallis
3. Shaun Pollock
4. Sanath Jayasuriya
5. Daniel Vettori

ODI Batsmen

1. Adam Gilchrist
2. Ricky Pontin
3. Graeme Smith
4. Marcus Trescothick
5. Chris Gayle
6. Kumar Sangakkara
7. Rahul Dravid
8. Mohammad Yousuf
9. Sachin Tendulkar
10. Herschelle Gibbs

ODI Bowlers

1. Glenn McGrath
2. Brett Lee
3. Muttiah Muralitharan
4. Makhaya Ntini
5. Shaun Pollock
6. Chaminda Vaas
7. Naved-ul-Hasan
8. Daniel Vettori
9. Steve Harmison
10. Jason Gillespie

ODI Allrounders

1. Andrew Flintoff
2. Andrew Symonds
3. Shoaib Malik
4. Shaun Pollock
5. Chris Gayle

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