Harmison climbs to second slot

Stephen Harmison’s eight-wicket haul against New Zealand at Lord’s has catapulted him into second place in the Pricewaterhouse Cooper ratings

Wisden Cricinfo staff25-May-2004Stephen Harmison’s eight-wicket haul against New Zealand at Lord’s has catapulted him into second place in the Pricewaterhouse Cooper ratings. Harmison, who took 8 for 202 in England’s seven-wicket win, moved up two places from No. 4 with a career-best tally of 849 points, which was still 55 points behind the leader, Muttiah Muralitharan.Despite a disappointing performance at Lord’s, Chris Martin moved up one position to No. 10, at the expense of Daryl Tuffey, who slipped to No. 13 after his lacklustre 1 for 130 in the Test.

Rank	Bowler	Points	Average
1	Muralitharan	904	22.76
2	Harmison	849	24.43
3	Pollock	837	21.46
4	Shoaib	826	24.47
5	Warne	777	25.42
6	McGrath	775	21.71
7	Kumble	751	28.22
8	Gillespie	746	25.56
9	Ntini	722	29.67
10	Martin	658	29.37

Among the batsmen, Mark Richardson and Nasser Hussain moved up the ladder after their fine display. Richardson, whose match aggregate was 194, off 575 balls, came back into the top ten, moving up three places from No. 13. Hussain, meanwhile, climbed up six slots to No. 27 after his matchwinning unbeaten 103 in what could be his last Test.

Rank	Batsman	Points	Average
1	Lara	897	53.35
2	Dravid	892	58.09
3	Hayden	881	57.48
4	Ponting	864	54.71
5	Kallis	833	54.07
6	Gibbs	815	49.40
7	Inzamam	785	49.63
8	Tendulkar	784	57.39
9	Sehwag	782	52.72
10	Richardson	761	48.26

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