SYDNEY - Matthew Hayden has gone top of the PricewaterhouseCoopers ratings of Test cricketers for the first time.

After scoring 119 runs in his seven-hour innings in Sharjah last week - more than the Pakistan team scored in the whole match, Hayden has claimed the top place from team-mate Adam Gilchrist.

India's Sachin Tendulkar is in third, Pakistani Inzamam-ul-Haq fourth while West Indian Brian Lara rounds out the top five.

Australia's Damien Martyn has moved three places to number 10, while Australian captain Steve Waugh is in 18th as his average slipped below 50 to 49.39 after scores of 31, 0 and 0 on his current tour against Pakistan.

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