Andy Flower has gone to Number One in the PwC Ratings for batsmen. Only four other batsmen have occupied this slot in the last six years: Steve Waugh, Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar and (very briefly) Inzamam-ul-Haq. After his batting feats in the last 18 months, Flower is a worthy new joiner to this exclusive club.

The feat of endurance that in the last three days brought him two big centuries against one of Test cricket's stronger attacks has lifted Flower to 895 points, 18 points clear of Steve Waugh. He is the first Zimbabwean and the first wicket-keeper ever to go top of the Ratings.

Flower's outstanding form in the last 18 months won him the FICA/PwC international player of the year award in July, when a panel of former Test players chose him from a shortlist of seven.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Test Ratings - Batsmen

After Colombo and Harare Test Matches

Rank  (Change)	Player	        Team	Points	Average	Highest Rating

   1 	(+2)	Andy Flower	Zim	 895	 55.18	895 v SA at Harare 2001
   2 	(-1)	Steve Waugh	Aus	 877	 51.87	909 v WI at Melbourne 1996
   3 	(-1)	S.R.Tendulkar	Ind	 866	 57.18	897 v Zim at Bulawayo 2001
   4 	( - )	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	 818	 47.73	865 v Eng at Lord's 1996
   5 	(+2)	M.Jayawardene	Sri	 805	 47.42	805 v Ban at Colombo (SSC) 2001
   6 	(-1)	Rahul Dravid	Ind	 798	 53.77	862 v NZ at Hamilton 1999
   7 	(-1)	Adam Gilchrist	Aus	 790*	 51.30	813 v Eng at Nottingham 2001
   8 	( - )	Brian Lara	WI	 769	 47.68	917 v Aus at St John's 1999
   9 	(+1)	Mark Waugh	Aus	 743	 42.92	803 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1997
  10 	(-1)	Daryll Cullinan	SA	 739	 44.21	803 v WI at Bridgetown 2001
  11 	(+10)	Jacques Kallis	SA	 702	 43.76	764 v Sri at Kandy 2000
  12 	(-1)	Saeed Anwar	Pak	 694	 45.52	835 v Ind at Calcutta 1999
  13 	(-1)	Craig McMillan	NZ	 688	 41.97	713 v Zim at Bulawayo 2000
  14 	(-1)	Graham Thorpe	Eng	 687	 40.89	803 v WI at Kingston 1998
  15 	(-1)	Yousuf Youhana	Pak	 668	 42.98	725 v NZ at Christchurch 2001
  16 	(-1)	Ricky Ponting	Aus	 667	 42.87	829 v Ind at Sydney 2000
  17=	(+15)	Gary Kirsten	SA	 666	 42.14	766 v Ind at Calcutta 1996
     	(-1)	Mark Richardson	NZ	 666*	 54.61	666 v Pak at Hamilton 2001
  19 	(-2)	Alec Stewart	Eng	 665	 39.31	791 v Zim at Lord's 2000
  20 	(-2)	Damien Martyn	Aus	 658*	 51.00	658 v Eng at The Oval 2001
  21=	(-2)	Chris Cairns	NZ	 657	 32.55	705 v Zim at Harare 2000
     	(-2)	Justin Langer	Aus	 657	 40.59	767 v NZ at Hamilton 2000
  23 	(-2)	M.E.Trescothick	Eng	 656*	 36.93	661 v Aus at Nottingham 2001
  24 	(-1)	Venkata Laxman	Ind	 653	 35.95	723 v Aus at Chennai 2001
  25 	(+8)	H.H.Gibbs	SA	 644	 37.17	644 v Zim at Harare 2001
  26 	(+8)	Marvan Atapattu	Sri	 640	 37.43	667 v SA at Kandy 2000
  27 	(-3)	P.A.de Silva	Sri	 636	 41.91	796 v Aus at Colombo (SSC) 1999
  28 	(-3)	Mathew Sinclair	NZ	 635*	 51.21	643 v Pak at Christchurch 2001
  29=	(-3)	Michael Slater	Aus	 626	 42.83	768 v Sri at Melbourne 1995
     	(-3)	Ridley Jacobs	WI	 626	 28.80	632 v Zim at Bulawayo 2001
  31=	(-3)	Carl Hooper	WI	 622	 35.06	705 v SA at Johannesburg 1998
     	(-3)	Matthew Hayden	Aus	 622*	 38.79	623 v Eng at Nottingham 2001
  33 	(-2)	Stephen Fleming	NZ	 618	 37.07	676 v Eng at Auckland 1997
  34 	( - )	S.Chanderpaul	WI	 610	 39.34	746 v Ind at Georgetown 1997
  35 	(-5)	K.Sangakkara	Sri	 605*	 39.15	648 v Ind at Galle 2001
  36 	( - )	Mark Butcher	Eng	 602	 28.96	623 v Aus at Leeds 2001
  37 	( - )	Nasser Hussain	Eng	 594	 35.00	784 v SA at Durban 1999
  38 	( - )	S.T.Jayasuriya	Sri	 577	 39.68	750 v Ind at Colombo (SSC) 1997
  39 	( - )	Nathan Astle	NZ	 569	 35.28	648 v Aus at Wellington 2000
  40 	( - )	S.Ramesh	Ind	 568*	 37.97	645 v NZ at Ahmedabad 1999
  41 	( - )	Shiv Sunder Das	Ind	 556*	 44.84	556 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 2001
  42 	( - )	Younis Khan	Pak	 553*	 39.23	563 v NZ at Auckland 2001
  43 	( - )	Chris Gayle	WI	 550*	 36.35	550 v Zim at Harare 2001
  44 	(+2)	Lance Klusener	SA	 543	 34.36	661 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 2000
  45 	(-1)	Shaun Pollock	SA	 542	 31.48	556 v WI at St John's 2001
  46 	(-1)	Sourav Ganguly	Ind	 540	 41.62	706 v Pak at Delhi 1999
  47 	( - )	Michael Vaughan	Eng	 533*	 31.83	574 v WI at Leeds 2000
  48 	( - )	Mark Ramprakash	Eng	 531	 27.81	633 v Aus at Melbourne 1998
  49 	( - )	Neil McKenzie	SA	 521*	 35.18	522 v WI at Kingston 2001
  50 	( - )	Jimmy Adams	WI	 515	 41.26	830 v Aus at Port-of-Spain 1995
  51 	( - )	R.R.Sarwan	WI	 513*	 33.68	513 v Zim at Harare 2001
  52 	( - )	Wavell Hinds	WI	 508*	 29.25	589 v Pak at St John's 2000
  53 	( - )	Ijaz Ahmed	Pak	 503	 37.67	695 v Eng at The Oval 1996
  54 	( - )	S.L.Campbell	WI	 496	 32.82	686 v Aus at Sydney 1996
  55 	(+1)	H.Tillekeratne	Sri	 487	 39.43	712 v Zim at Colombo (SSC) 1996
  56 	(+1)	Marlon Samuels	WI	 470*	 30.60	470 v Zim at Harare 2001
  57 	(-2)	Guy Whittall	Zim	 465	 30.30	527 v NZ at Harare 2000
  58 	(+1)	Mark Boucher	SA	 457	 28.21	554 v WI at Georgetown 2001
  59 	(-1)	Russel Arnold	Sri	 454	 28.35	540 v Eng at Kandy 2001
  60 	( - )	Moin Khan	Pak	 453	 28.32	595 v WI at Peshawar 1997
  61 	(+1)	Wasim Akram	Pak	 439	 22.64	480 v Sri at Kandy 2000
  62 	(NEW)	Md. Ashraful    Ban	 433*	 70.00	433 v Sri at Colombo (SSC) 2001
  63 	(+2)	Adam Parore	NZ	 427	 25.87	533 v Sri at Galle 1998
  64 	(+2)	Matthew Horne	NZ	 422	 30.92	583 v Eng at Manchester 1999
  65 	(-4)	A.D.R.Campbell	Zim	 419	 26.48	534 v Sri at Harare 1994
  66 	(-3)	Grant Flower	Zim	 417	 30.32	611 v Pak at Bulawayo 1998
  67 	( - )	T.T.Samaraweera	Sri	 414*	  -  	414 v Ban at Colombo (SSC) 2001
  68 	(-4)	Habibul Bashar	Ban	 405*	 39.66	437 v Pak at Multan 2001
  69 	( - )	Shahid Afridi	Pak	 400*	 31.26	473 v Ind at Delhi 1999
  70 	(+1)	Graeme Hick	Eng	 393	 31.32	724 v SA at Centurion 1995
  71 	(-1)	Stuart Carlisle	Zim	 391*	 25.85	410 v Ind at Harare 2001
  72 	(-4)	H.Masakadza	Zim	 388*	 56.50	403 v WI at Harare 2001
  73 	(-1)	Azhar Mahmood	Pak	 381*	 30.00	670 v SA at Port Elizabeth 1998
  74 	(-1)	Abdur Razzaq	Pak	 371*	 28.04	371 v Ban at Multan 2001
  75 	(-1)	Nicky Boje	SA	 366*	 27.47	399 v Ind at Bangalore 2000
  76 	(-1)	Taufeeq Umar	Pak	 365*	 104.00	365 v Ban at Multan 2001
  77 	(-1)	Matthew Bell	NZ	 359*	 24.68	359 v Pak at Hamilton 2001
  78 	(-1)	Craig Spearman	NZ	 352*	 26.34	413 v Aus at Hamilton 2000
  79 	(+2)	Aminul Islam	Ban	 351*	 35.00	433 v Zim at Bulawayo 2001
  80 	(-2)	R.Kaluwitharana	Sri	 346	 27.15	522 v Pak at Lahore 1999
  81 	(-2)	Heath Streak	Zim	 332	 19.64	347 v WI at Harare 2001
  82 	(-2)	Gavin Rennie	Zim	 323*	 23.48	402 v Ind at Harare 1998
  83 	(-1)	Hamish Marshall	NZ	 316*	  -  	329 v SA at Johannesburg 2000
  84 	( - )	Javed Omar	Ban	 310*	 36.28	433 v Zim at Bulawayo 2001
  85 	(-2)	Nayan Mongia	Ind	 308	 24.03	461 v Aus at Delhi 1996
  86 	(+7)	Dion Ebrahim	Zim	 305*	 23.76	305 v SA at Harare 2001
  87 	(-2)	Dion Nash	NZ	 302	 22.70	324 v Zim at Harare 2000
  88=	(-2)	Paul Strang	Zim	 292	 25.83	411 v NZ at Harare 1997
     	(-1)	Craig White	Eng	 292*	 18.00	366 v Sri at Kandy 2001
  90 	(-2)	Chaminda Vaas	Sri	 291	 18.09	299 v SA at Galle 2000
  91 	(-2)	Daren Ganga	WI	 282*	 18.76	282 v Zim at Harare 2001
  92 	(-2)	Rashid Latif	Pak	 279*	 24.03	448 v NZ at Wellington 1994
  93 	(-1)	Daniel Vettori	NZ	 277	 18.00	309 v Eng at The Oval 1999
  94 	(-3)	T.M.Dilshan	Sri	 275*	 26.57	403 v Zim at Harare 1999
  95 	(-1)	M.V.Nagamootoo	WI	 273*	 27.75	293 v Aus at Sydney 2001
  96 	(-1)	Andy Blignaut	Zim	 269*	 24.44	272 v WI at Harare 2001
  97 	(-1)	K.Dharmasena	Sri	 267	 21.00	372 v WI at St John's 1997
  98 	(-1)	Humayun Farhat	Pak	 258*	 27.00	266 v NZ at Hamilton 2001
  99 	( - )	Nick Knight	Eng	 256*	 23.96	438 v Zim at Bulawayo 1996
 100 	( - )	Dominic Cork	Eng	 250	 17.35	346 v WI at Manchester 1995

After Colombo and Harare Test Matches

Rank  (Change)	Player	        Team	Points	Average	  Highest Rating

   1 	( - )	Glenn McGrath	Aus	 919	 21.28	919 v Eng at The Oval 2001
   2 	( - )	Shaun Pollock	SA	 894	 20.52	912 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999
   3 	( - )	M.Muralitharan	Sri	 864	 24.79	864 v Ban at Colombo (SSC) 2001
   4 	( - )	Allan Donald	SA	 809	 21.64	897 v Eng at Johannesburg 1999
   5 	( - )	Darren Gough	Eng	 746	 27.57	795 v Pak at Lord's 2001
   6 	( - )	Shane Warne	Aus	 736	 26.01	907 v Eng at Melbourne 1994
   7 	(+1)	Waqar Younis	Pak	 686	 23.02	912 v Zim at Rawalpindi 1993
   8 	(+1)	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pak	 678	 29.45	746 v NZ at Auckland 2001
   9 	(+1)	Chris Cairns	NZ	 663	 29.21	733 v WI at Wellington 1999
  10=	(-3)	Heath Streak	Zim	 661	 25.46	752 v Sri at Colombo (RPS) 1996
     	(+1)	Jason Gillespie	Aus	 661	 24.72	783 v Eng at Lord's 2001
  12 	( - )	Jacques Kallis	SA	 655*	 27.53	667 v WI at St John's 2001
  13 	( - )	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	 640*	 28.92	761 v Aus at Chennai 2001
  14 	( - )	Colin Miller	Aus	 621*	 26.15	676 v WI at Sydney 2001
  15=	( - )	Wasim Akram	Pak	 615	 23.60	828 v Aus at Karachi 1994
     	( - )	Javagal Srinath	Ind	 615	 29.94	740 v NZ at Mohali 1999
  17 	( - )	Andrew Caddick	Eng	 606	 29.79	719 v WI at The Oval 2000
  18 	( - )	Dion Nash	NZ	 604*	 27.48	695 v WI at Wellington 1999
  19 	( - )	Damien Fleming	Aus	 580*	 25.89	750 v Ind at Adelaide 1999
  20 	( - )	Stuart MacGill	Aus	 562*	 25.02	760 v WI at Port-of-Spain 1999
  21 	( - )	Chaminda Vaas	Sri	 548	 30.69	739 v Pak at Sialkot 1995
  22 	( - )	Daniel Vettori	NZ	 538	 32.62	610 v Aus at Wellington 2000
  23 	(+1)	Arshad Khan	Pak	 536*	 28.40	575 v Eng at Faisalabad 2000
  24 	(-2)	Nicky Boje	SA	 532*	 26.34	592 v WI at Bridgetown 2001
  25 	( - )	Dominic Cork	Eng	 517	 29.41	680 v SA at Johannesburg 1995
  26 	( - )	Chris Martin	NZ	 503*	 28.10	503 v Pak at Hamilton 2001
  27=	( - )	Mervyn Dillon	WI	 494*	 30.40	504 v SA at Kingston 2001
     	( - )	D.Ramnarine	WI	 494*	 26.59	504 v SA at Kingston 2001
  29 	(+1)	Shayne O'Connor	NZ	 490*	 31.26	513 v SA at Port Elizabeth 2000
  30 	(+1)	Brett Lee	Aus	 489*	 22.96	754 v WI at Perth 2000
  31 	(-2)	Makhaya Ntini	SA	 462*	 30.40	582 v Sri at Centurion 2001
  32 	( - )	Reon King	WI	 460*	 27.77	589 v Eng at Birmingham 2000
  33 	( - )	B.K.V.Prasad	Ind	 453*	 35.00	602 v SA at Durban 1996
  34 	( - )	S.T.Jayasuriya	Sri	 434*	 33.92	467 v Ind at Galle 2001
  35 	( - )	Colin Stuart	WI	 428*	 25.83	428 v Zim at Harare 2001
  36 	(+1)	Danish Kaneria	Pak	 422*	 19.43	422 v Ban at Multan 2001
  37=	(-1)	Paul Strang	Zim	 421*	 35.28	465 v NZ at Harare 2000
     	(+1)	Neil McGarrell	WI	 421*	 21.05	421 v Zim at Harare 2001
  39 	( - )	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pak	 412	 32.24	819 v NZ at Rawalpindi 1996
  40 	( - )	S.L.V.Raju	Ind	 410*	 30.66	690 v WI at Mohali 1994
  41 	( - )	Alan Mullally	Eng	 394*	 31.24	478 v SA at Centurion 2000
  42 	(-1)	Paul Adams	SA	 390*	 31.90	553 v Eng at Cape Town 2000
  43 	(+1)	Ashley Giles	Eng	 384*	 35.88	448 v Pak at Karachi 2000
  44 	(-1)	Pommie Mbangwa	Zim	 381*	 31.43	605 v Pak at Peshawar 1998
  45 	(+1)	Lance Klusener	SA	 363*	 35.74	458 v Pak at Johannesburg 1998
  46 	(-1)	Sunil Joshi	Ind	 362*	 35.85	468 v Ban at Dhaka 2000
  47 	( - )	Shoaib Akhtar	Pak	 350*	 36.45	447 v Aus at Brisbane 1999
  48 	( - )	Henry Olonga	Zim	 346*	 36.39	486 v Pak at Lahore 1998
  49 	( - )	Mfuneko Ngam	SA	 341*	 17.18	366 v Sri at Cape Town 2001
  50 	( - )	P.Wick'singhe	Sri	 326*	 41.87	387 v Pak at Peshawar 2000
  51 	( - )	Daryl Tuffey	NZ	 324*	 36.26	324 v Pak at Hamilton 2001
  52 	( - )	Azhar Mahmood	Pak	 311*	 35.94	332 v Eng at Lord's 2001
  53 	( - )	Zaheer Khan	Ind	 302*	 38.59	378 v Sri at Kandy 2001
  54 	( - )	Ajit Agarkar	Ind	 299*	 38.83	350 v Aus at Mumbai 2001
  55=	( - )	Bryan Strang	Zim	 294*	 39.33	455 v NZ at Harare 1997
     	(+1)	M.S.Kasprowicz	Aus	 294*	 37.00	439 v Ind at Bangalore 1998
  57 	( - )	Phil Tufnell	Eng	 291	 37.68	682 v NZ at Christchurch 1992
  58 	( - )	Robert Croft	Eng	 285*	 37.24	504 v Aus at Lord's 1997
  59 	(+1)	Ashish Nehra	Ind	 283*	 25.91	292 v Zim at Harare 2001
  60 	(-1)	K.Dharmasena	Sri	 281*	 39.24	380 v NZ at Colombo (SSC) 1998
  61=	( - )	Craig White	Eng	 278*	 36.52	463 v Pak at Lahore 2000
     	( - )	Nixon McLean	WI	 278*	 42.56	298 v SA at Georgetown 2001
  63 	( - )	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri	 271*	 34.50	369 v Pak at Colombo (SSC) 2000
  64 	(RE)	R.Pushpakumara	Sri	 270*	 38.65	431 v Ind at Nagpur 1997
  65 	(-1)	Carl Hooper	WI	 261*	 48.32	338 v Aus at St John's 1999
  66 	(-1)	Paul Wiseman	NZ	 257*	 43.82	380 v Zim at Bulawayo 2000
  67 	(-1)	Abdur Razzaq	Pak	 253*	 41.80	278 v Eng at Manchester 2001
  68 	(-1)	Shahid Afridi	Pak	 243*	 29.20	277 v Eng at Faisalabad 2000
  69 	(-1)	Andy Blignaut	Zim	 240*	 36.15	345 v Ind at Harare 2001
  70 	(-1)	Guy Whittall	Zim	 228*	 38.04	349 v Eng at Nottingham 2000

Qualifying match: Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, at Bulawayo, on 12/09/2000

* Indicates players still qualifying for 100% of their rating

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