England batsman Michael Vaughan has shot to second place in the latest PwC ratings.

Vaughan displays his man of the match and series trophies

It is the highest ranking for an England player since Graham Gooch ten years ago.

Vaughan's century in the Sydney Test against Australia was his third for the series and his eighth in 28 Tests.

He finished 2002 as the year's leading run-scorer with an overall total of 1,481 runs.

Australia's Matthew Hayden continues to head the list after a successful Ashes series, but he is just 10 points ahead of Vaughan.

Andy Caddick, the bowling hero of England's triumphant fifth Ashes Test, has moved into sixth place.

Leading batsmen: 2063932

1 Matthew Hayden (Aus) 889 pts
2 Michael Vaughan (Eng) 879
3 Jacques Kallis (RSA) 865
4 Adam Gilchrist (Aus) 844
5 Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 843
6 Herschelle Gibbs (RSA) 830
7 Brian Lara (WI) 796
8 Ricky Ponting (Aus) 794
9 Rahul Dravid (Ind) 792
10 Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 791

Selected others:

21 Marcus Trescothick (Eng) 683
22 Alec Stewart (Eng) 681
23 Nasser Hussain (Eng) 665
=25 Graham Thorpe (Eng) 646
27 Mark Butcher (Eng) 639

Leading bowlers:

1 Glenn McGrath (Aus) 910
2 Muttiah Muralitharan (SrL) 874
3 Shaun Pollock (RSA) 863
4 Shane Warne (Aus) 823
5 Harbhajan Singh (Ind) 732
6 Andrew Caddick (Eng) 726
7 Jacques Kallis (RSA) 708
8 Makhaya Ntini (RSA) 707
9 Jason Gillespie (Aus) 694
10 Daryl Tuffey (NZ) 689

Selected others:

24 Matthew Hoggard (Eng) 545
28 Dominic Cork (Eng) 478
38 Craig White (Eng) 409
59 Steve Harmison (Eng) 268