The latest International Cricket Council World Bowling Ratings list has Muttiah Muralitharan at number one and Dale Steyn moving closer to the number one spot after a very good 2008 for the South African quick.
Being out with injury you would expect both Stuart Clark and Brett Lee to drop out of the top ten in the coming months, as Mitchell Johnson continues his climb up the rankings.
Sadly, there are no West Indian quicks in the top ten.
The top 10 are:
1. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) 897
2. Dale Steyn (South Africa) 858
3. Makhaya Ntini (South Africa) 796
4. Stuart Clark (Australia) 790
5. Mitchell Johnson (Australia) 741
6. Ryan Sidebottom (England) 723
7. Harbhajan Singh (India) 686
8. Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan) 684
10. Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) 676
BELOW: Footage of Muttiah Muralitharan taking 9 for 65 against England at The Oval in 1998.
BELOW: Footage of Muttiah Muralitharan getting his 65th (6 for 26) 5 wickets in an innings against India in 2008.
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