Warne returns, Tendulkar heads top 10 in world rankings

Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne is back in the top 10 of the PricewaterhouseCoopers ratings after an absence of more than two years.

Warne moved up to ninth after helping Australia secure their seventh successive Ashes series win with a seven-wicket victory over England at Trent Bridge on Saturday.

Australia now have three bowlers in the top 10, with Glenn McGrath top and Jason Gillespie in fifth spot.

There are also three Aussies in the top 10 in the batting.

Mark Waugh has crept up one place to 10th while Adam Gilchrist's brilliant series has pushed him up to fourth. Steve Waugh remains second.

Ratings

Batsmen

No.	Player	Team	Points	Average
1.	Sachin Tendulkar	India	893	57.18
2.	Steve Waugh	Australia	850	51.00
3.	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe	830	51.42
4.	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	813	53.75
5.	Rahul Dravid	India	807	54.25
6.	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	803	46.79
7.	Brian Lara	West Indies	769	47.68
8.	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	749	42.97
9.	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa	746	44.21
10.	Mark Waugh	Australia	709	42.16

Bowlers

No.	Player	Team	Points	Average
1.	Glenn McGrath	Australia	913	21.49
2.	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	896	20.32
3.	Allan Donald	South Africa	817	21.64
4.	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	773	25.62
5.	Jason Gillespie	Australia	766	22.18
6.	Darren Gough	England	736	27.29
7.	Harbhajan Singh	India	733	26.03
8.	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe	693	24.82
9.	Shane Warne	Australia	690	25.95
10.	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	685	29.45

Mail Cricket Editor