India's Rahul Dravid [Images] lost his number one position to Jacques Kallis [Images] who became the first South African batsman to top the PricewaterCooper list in their latest ratings of Test cricketers.

Australian captain Ricky Ponting [Images] is up three places to be third among the batsmen while Adam Gilchrist [Images] is the new inclusion in place of compatriot Justin Langer in the top ten.

South African bowler Shaun Pollock [Images] climbed two places up to be third among the bowlers and Makhaya Ntini [Images] is up one place on eighth.

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England [Images] bowler Steve Harmison, who began with topping the ratings last year, slipped to fifth spot after the showdown against South Africa in their ongoing five-Test series.

However, English batsman Andrew Strauss [Images] is on rise and has reached the doorstep of the top ten list at 11th position and became the country's highest rated batsman in the list.

Australian paceman Glenn McGrath topped the bowler's list.