CEAT Cricket Rating - Gayle, Australia close in on Dravid, India.

In a week that witnessed yet another English defeat at the hands of their old rivals and some forgettable crowd behaviour in India, the West Indian opener Chris Gayle moved to the second spot in the CEAT Cricket Rating for the year 2002-03. Gayle's back-to-back knocks of 103 and 72 in the second and third one-day internationals against India enabled him to move three pegs up from the no. 5 spot that he held last week. He now has a tally of 56 points. Behind him in the Rating are Indians Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar with 55, 54 and 52 points respectively.

Rahul Dravid continues to top the Rating with a tally of 67 points.

Australia, ranked third in the CEAT Team Rating last week, have moved up to the second spot after their 384-run drubbing of England in the first Test of the 'Ashes' series. They now have a total of 50 points, only six less than current toppers India. Sri Lanka have not added to their previous week's tally of 47 points and are ranked third.

Professional Management Group
Date: 15th November '02