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Chicokid
April 26, 2005, 10:06 AM
West Indies star batsman Brian Lara has returned to the top of the LG ICC Test batting rankings following his first innings score of 176 in the third Test between West Indies and South Africa, despite being on the losing side.

Click HERE (http://www.windiescricket.com/Article.asp?ID=272541) for more info.

TOP 10 BATSMEN

1 Brian Lara (WI) 886 pts
2 Jacques Kallis (SA) 882
3 Rahul Dravid (Ind) 872
4 Ricky Ponting (Aus) 863
5 Virender Sehwag (Ind) 848
6 Damien Martyn (Aus) 836
7 Adam Gilchrist (Aus) 819
8 Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pkn) 794
9 Younis Khan (Pkn) 757
10 Andrew Strauss (Eng) 751

TOP 10 BOWLERS

1 Glenn McGrath (Aus) 897 pts
2 Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) 834
3 Shaun Pollock (SA) 812
4 Makhaya Ntini (SA) 801
5 Shoaib Akhtar (Pkn) 786
6 Shane Warne (Aus) 771
7 Anil Kumble (Ind) 766
8 Andre Nel (SA) 759
8 Jason Gillespie (Aus) 739
9 Steve Harmison (Eng) 717
nuhsenutten
April 26, 2005, 11:01 AM
hes the # 1batsman but we need some support for the guy he alone cant do it
shakeri
April 26, 2005, 12:15 PM
it is true that brian is the #1 batsman,but in order to gain success the WI needs to work as a team and not leave it all on lara. they might feel jealous that lara is getting all the spotlight and so not give of their best, but they are stupid because they are just pushing him more in the spotlight by letting him do all the work.
Greatis
April 26, 2005, 04:30 PM
That's been the age old problem. Lara has to carry the brunt of the batting and if he fails the side fails. Rubbish.
Chicokid
June 1, 2005, 08:01 PM
Lara is no 1 in the world AGAIN :D :D
Ricky
June 1, 2005, 08:24 PM
Lara is no 1 in the world AGAIN :D :D

Poor Lara! Him alone a carry the burden....well him and Chanderpaul and Gayle. When none a dem no have a good game the team sink. I'm happy for him though :eusa_danc :eusa_danc :eusa_clap .
Manu
June 1, 2005, 09:10 PM
Sad to see that we have no bowlers in the top 10....
nuhsenutten
June 2, 2005, 04:38 AM
Sad to see that we have no bowlers in the top 10....
we have any in the top 20
...........................top 30
..........................or 40? :eusa_thin
Ricky
June 2, 2005, 04:45 PM
we have any in the top 20
...........................top 30
..........................or 40? :eusa_thin

:dwl: :dwl: yeah....maybe Courtney Walsh or Curtly Ambrose....Look how long dem retire!
None a de new bowler dem still can't have more points than den even though dem inactive now! :dwl:
Chicokid
June 2, 2005, 07:57 PM
Pedro Collins ranks No 20 in the bowlers list plus Shiv Chanderpaul ranks No 8 in the batting lists.

Here's the List:

WORLD RANKINGS:

Batting:
1 Brian Lara (WI)
2 Jacques Kallis (SA)
3 Rahul Dravid (IND)
4 Ricky Ponting (AUS)
5 Virender Sehwag (IND)
6 Damien Martyn (AUS)
7 Adam Gilchrist (AUS)
8 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
9 Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)
10 Graeme Smith (SA)
23rd Chris Gayle (WI)

Bowling:
1 Glenn McGrath (AUS)
2 Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
3 Shaun Pollock (SA)
4 Makhaya Ntini (SA)
5 Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)
6 Shane Warne (AUS)
7 Anil Kumble (IND)
8 Andre Nel (SA)
9 Jason Gillespie (AUS)
10 Matthew Hoggard (ENG)
20th Pedro Collins (WI)
Manu
June 2, 2005, 07:59 PM
Oh this is a new list? So where is Gayle?
Chicokid
June 2, 2005, 08:02 PM
Oh this is a new list? So where is Gayle?

Gayle is at No 23 :)
Ricky
June 2, 2005, 09:05 PM
Gayle is at No 23 :)

:hyper: :hyper: :hyper:
HOORAY! He deserves a bit more but he is a bit inconsistent.
Manu
June 2, 2005, 09:34 PM
A work in progress.....
Ricky
June 6, 2005, 01:25 PM
A work in progress.....

True, Gayle's my future player but right now the Prince is just amazing! 150-odd again at Sabina! The man just know how to hush up Jamaicans whe hate him. nearly everytime him come here him score big! :eusa_clap :eusa_danc
nuhsenutten
June 7, 2005, 06:43 AM
well wid all a dat we gonig to loose today
Ricky
June 7, 2005, 06:13 PM
well wid all a dat we gonig to loose today


The match nuh done yet?
nuhsenutten
June 7, 2005, 06:43 PM
it finished a little b4 10 this morning(officially) :icon_frow
Ricky
June 7, 2005, 07:18 PM
it finished a little b4 10 this morning(officially) :icon_frow

What a shame! :eusa_wall :eusa_whis
gucci man
June 20, 2005, 10:54 AM
what them use to place him @ number 1?

i belive lara lacks consistency
Greatis
June 21, 2005, 05:36 PM
funny how people say lara lacks consistency. Compare Lara to all the other great batsmen. Sir Don Bradman he had a damn good batting lineup with him. Sunil Gavaskar should I continue. Sachin Tendulkar has a better side than Lara, and we complain about the mans consistency if the man didn't have to worry about scoring runs quickly or most of the strike etc he would have been more consistent.

Well don't blame the man so much the only West Indians with a higher average than the man are those who played with better batting line ups than him and guess what they have all stopped playing cricket.
Chicokid
June 21, 2005, 11:38 PM
what them use to place him @ number 1?

i belive lara lacks consistency

True, but in my opinion, he is the most reliable WI player right now :)
nuhsenutten
June 22, 2005, 07:04 AM
without him we would be almost hopeless