The Indian vice-captain and the Australian pace spearhead lead the newly-introduced ICC player rankings.
This is the German's 50th career win
His 146 against the West Indies in the drawn second Test lifted him above Pakistan's Inazamam-ul Haq and South Africa's Jacques Kallis.
Jos Buttler struck a rapid century as England beat South Africa by 39 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method in a high-scoring first One-day International marred by rain on Wednesday.
Lee was reported by the umpires for a level one offence relating to 'showing dissent at an umpire's decision by action or verbal abuse'.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on Saturday, left London for home after a three-day visit to Britain during which he participated in the G8 Summit.
The South Africa all-rounder has been ruled out of the second Test against Australia after failing a fitness test on Christmas Day.
The Pakistani right-hander will join the county in April next year and will play for them until mid May.
Former Australian Test captain Michael Clarke is set to return to first-class cricket six months after he announced international retirement and the lucrative India Premier League is on his radar, according to reports in the Australian media. The 34-year-old, who retired from international cricket following Australia's Ashes defeat last August, has also refused to rule out wearing the baggy green once more, insisting he was in good shape ahead of a grade cricket comeback. Clarke is likely to make his return for grade team Western Suburbs against Randwick-Petersham in a Sydney club match on February 20-21. "I'll start with playing this grade game for Western Suburbs and see if I miss it as much as I feel like I'm going to. If I do, the option is there to train the entire winter and then we'll see what happens," local media reported Clarke as having told 'News Corp'.
Jacques Kallis may miss South Africa's tour of Sri Lanka in July as he will undergo elbow surgery next week
The South African all-rounder is doubtful for Friday's Test because of a painful elbow.
Jacques Villeneuve had confronted Narain Karthikeyan after the European Grand Prix, accusing India's first F-1 driver of blocking him
IOC set up a disciplinary commission to investigate allegations made against US sprinter Marion Jones by BALCO chief Victor Conte.
Joining leaders from the US, United Kingdom and other countries, French President Jacques Chirac congratulated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his assumption of office.
The all-rounder was the obvious choice after an outstanding 12 months during which England beat Australia to win the Ashes.
Instituted in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte, the Legion of Honour was originally awarded in France to soldiers for exceptional bravery.\n\n
Rajneesh Gupta presents a complete statistical IPL dossier.
The South Africa vice-captain said winning the toss would be important given the dew factor in Saturday's day-night second ODI.
South Africa were 155 for two in reply to New Zealand's first innings of 593 for eight declared when bad light ended play in the 12th over after tea.
With current players from three full member nations seeking no objection certificates to participate in the upcoming Masters Champions League (MCL), the ICC warned the boards against entertaining such demands and called it 'unacceptable'.
Former Banque de France head Jacques de Larosire was given the Lifetime Achievement Award for his lengthy struggle for monetary order, the magazine said in a statement on Monday.
While Kallis was left holding the fort for his teammates after he chose not to attend the British musician's show.
South Africa were 280 for 9, a lead of 229, after earlier struggling at 73-4, on day 3 in the first Test against New Zealand.
The enfant terrible of French football earned a surprise recall by France for their friendly internationals against Costa Rica on November 9 in Martinique and Germany three days later.
South Africa's leading Test wicket-taker with 389 wickets reaches the 100 Tests milestone along with team mate Jacques Kallis against New Zealand on Saturday.
"To play 100 tests is something special and I'll take a quiet moment to look back on the last 10 years," said Pollock.
Traditional Chinese sport, Wushu, will be introduced as a competitive sport in 2008 Beijing Olympics
The South-African all-rounder was named the joint ICC player of the year and Test player of the year
Chris Gayle will replace Shahid Afridi in the ICC World XI line-up for the second Super series ODI
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