Having beaten Brian Lara's record Test score, it's fitting that Matthew Hayden has also reclaimed top place in the PwC Ratings from the West Indies player. Hayden's lead is narrow, and he will need a decent score in the second Test to preserve his top position.
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1 +2 Matthew Hayden AUS 893 56.75 935 vs England, Brisbane 2002
2 -1 Brian Lara WI 887 51.56 908 vs Australia, St John's 1999
3 +4 Rahul Dravid IND 849 55.22 875 vs New Zealand, Hamilton 1999
4 +2 Adam Gilchrist AUS 825 61.06 876 vs South Africa, Cape Town 2002
5 Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK 805 49.54 857 vs New Zealand, Lahore 2002
6 -4 Sachin Tendulkar IND 804 56.94 899 vs Zimbabwe, Nagpur 2002
6 -2 Ricky Ponting AUS 804 50.97 858 vs West Indies, Bridgetown 2003
8 +1 Marcus Trescothick ENG 751 43.11 769 vs Sri Lanka, Manchester 2002
9 +1 Jacques Kallis SA 746 49.20 849 vs Pakistan, Durban 2002
10 +1 Herschelle Gibbs SA 742 44.81 815 vs Pakistan, Cape Town 2003
[Edited on 13-10-2003 by Arnab]