Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan continues to head Cricinfo.com's latest Lion Ratings, which rate Sri Lankan players according to their performance in batting, bowling and fielding in both Test and One-Day-Internationals.

Lion Ratings, which is powered by CricInfo.com, is a sophisticated rating system that computes the aggregate value of each Sri Lankan player over a 12-month period. Even catches are taken into consideration and an aggregate value is produced for each player.

Muralitharan missed the NatWest triangular series but bounced back against Bangladesh with his 11th ten-wicket haul in Test cricket. He also equaled Sir Richard Hadlee's world record 36 Test five-wicket hauls.

Captain Sanath Jayasuriya retained his number two position, as he scored the quickest one-day century ever in England during the NatWest series and then smashed an entertaining 145 in the first Test against Bangladesh.

Sangakkara moves up the Lion Ratings to fifth after a strong finish in the NatWest series and a 75 against Bangladesh in the first Test.

1.M Muralitharan        2766 
2.ST Jayasuriya         2141 
3.WPUJC Vaas            1979 
4.DPMD Jayawardene      1936 
5.KC Sangakkara         1677 
6.MS Atapattu           1509 
7.RP Arnold             1079 
8.HP Tillakaratne        969 
9.TT Samaraweera         713 
10.CRD Fernando          655

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