History of cricket

Historical rankings

Date	Top Batsman	Country	Top Bowler	Country
31 December 2014	AB de Villiers	South Africa	Dale Steyn	South Africa
31 December 2013	AB de Villiers	South Africa	Vernon Philander	South Africa
31 December 2012	Michael Clarke	Australia	Dale Steyn	South Africa
31 December 2011	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	Dale Steyn	South Africa
31 December 2010	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	Dale Steyn	South Africa
31 December 2009	Gautam Gambhir	India	Dale Steyn	South Africa
31 December 2008	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
31 December 2007	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
31 December 2006	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
31 December 2005	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Shane Warne	Australia
31 December 2004	Rahul Dravid	India	Glenn McGrath	Australia
31 December 2003	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
31 December 2002	Matthew Hayden	Australia	Glenn McGrath	Australia
31 December 2001	Brian Lara	West Indies	Glenn McGrath	Australia
31 December 2000	Sachin Tendulkar	India	Shaun Pollock	South Africa

Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating
1	Sir Donald Bradman	Australia	961
2	Sir Len Hutton	England	945
3	Sir Jack Hobbs	England	942
3	Ricky Ponting	Australia	942
5	Peter May	England	941
6	Sir Vivian Richards	West Indies	938
6	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	938
6	Sir Garry Sobers	West Indies	938
6	Sir Clyde Walcott	West Indies	938
10	Matthew Hayden	Australia	935
10	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	935
10	AB de Villiers	South Africa	935
13	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	933
14	Sir Everton Weekes	West Indies	927
15	Graeme Pollock	South Africa	927
16	Dudley Nourse	South Africa	922
16	Doug Walters	Australia	922
18	Neil Harvey	Australia	921
18	Mike Hussey	Australia	921
20	Denis Compton	England	917
21	Sunil Gavaskar	India	916
22	George Headley	West Indies	915
23	Ken Barrington	England	914
24	Brian Lara	West Indies	911
25	Kevin Pietersen	England	909
26	Hashim Amla	South Africa	907
27	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	901
28	Michael Clarke	Australia	900

Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating
1	Sydney Barnes	England	932
2	George Lohmann	England	931
3	Imran Khan	Pakistan	922
4	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	920
5	Glenn McGrath	Australia	914
6	Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	912
6	Tony Lock	England	912
6	Vernon Philander	South Africa	912
9	Sir Ian Botham	England	911
10	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies	910
11	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	909
11	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	909
11	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	909
11	Dale Steyn	South Africa	909
15	Alan Davidson	Australia	908
16	Derek Underwood	England	907
17	Shane Warne	Australia	905
18	Sir Alec Bedser	England	903
19	Clarrie Grimmett	Australia	901
19	Bill O'Reilly	Australia	901
21	Bill Johnston	Australia	900

Date	Top Batsman	Country	Top Bowler	Country
31 December 2014	AB de Villiers	South Africa	Sunil Narine	West Indies
31 December 2013	AB de Villiers	South Africa	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan
31 December 2012	Hashim Amla	South Africa	Mohammad Hafeez^[2]	Pakistan
31 December 2011	Hashim Amla	South Africa	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan
31 December 2010	Hashim Amla	South Africa	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
31 December 2009	M.S. Dhoni	India	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
31 December 2008	Michael Hussey	Australia	Nathan Bracken	Australia
31 December 2007	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
31 December 2006	Michael Hussey	Australia	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
31 December 2005	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Glenn McGrath	Australia
31 December 2004	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
31 December 2003	Sachin Tendulkar	India	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
31 December 2002	Matthew Hayden	Australia	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
31 December 2001	Michael Bevan	Australia	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
31 December 2000	Michael Bevan	Australia	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka

Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating	Year Achieved
1	Sir Vivian Richards	West Indies	935	1985
2	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	931	1983
3	Greg Chappell	Australia	921	1981
4	David Gower	England	919	1983
5	Dean Jones	Australia	918	1991
6	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	910	1987
7	Brian Lara	West Indies	908	1993
8	Hashim Amla	South Africa	901	2012
9	Desmond Haynes	West Indies	900	1985
9	Gary Kirsten	South Africa	900	1996

Rank	Name	Played for	Highest rating	Year Achieved
1	Joel Garner	West Indies	940	1985
2	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	923	1983
3	Imran Khan	Pakistan	920	1986
4	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	913	2002
5	Glenn McGrath	Australia	903	2002
6	Ewen Chatfield	New Zealand	892	1984
7	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies	891	1985
7	Dennis Lillee	Australia	891	1982
9	Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	877	1991
10	Michael Holding	West Indies	875	1985