Rankings

Batsmen: 1. S. Chanderpaul (WI), 2. K. Sangakkara (SL), 3. Md Yousuf (Pak), 4. M. Jayawardena (SL), 5. Kevin Pietersen (Eng), 6. Mike Hussey (Aus), 7. Younis Khan (Pak), 8. Graeme Smith (SA), 9. Ricky Ponting (Aus), 10. Gautam Gambhir (Ind).

Bowlers: 1. M. Muralidharan (SL), 2. Dale Steyn (SA), 3. Makhaya Ntini (SA), 4. Stuart Clark (Aus), 5. Mitchell Johnson (Aus), 6. Ryan Sidebottom (Eng), 7. Brett Lee (Aus), 8. Harbhajan Singh (Ind), 9. Chaminda Vaas (SL), Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)

Allrounders: 1. Jacques Kallis (SA), 2. Daniel Vettori (NZ), 3. Andrew Flintoff (Eng), 4. Dwayne Bravo (WI), 5. Chaminda Vaas (SL)