ICC Batting rankings 2014

1881Virat Kohli911 v England, 12/07/20181 v Australia, 30/10/20132872AB de Villiers902 v New Zealand,24/03/20151 v West Indies,30/05/20103856George Bailey867 v South Africa,27/08/20143 v India, 02/11/20134840Hashim Amla901 v England,05/09/20121 v Pakistan, 02/11/20105833Kumar Sangakkara861 v Scotland,11/03/20152 v England, 01/03/20156783MS Dhoni836 v Australia,31/10/20091 v Pakistan, 19/04/20067723Shikhar Dhawan813 v Pakistan,23/09/20184 v Pakistan, 23/09/20188717Tillekeratne Dilshan802 v Scotland,11/03/20153 v England, 26/03/20119715Misbah-ul-Haq744 v Sri Lanka,25/02/20147 v West Indies,21/07/201310713Ross Taylor841 v Bangladesh,05/06/20193 v Pakistan, 09/11/2018

2004 Kallis was ranked second:

1789Adam Gilchrist820 v Sri Lanka, 20/02/20041 v India, 01/02/20042780Jacques Kallis817 v West Indies,04/02/20041 v West Indies,04/02/20043759Marcus Trescothick797 v South Africa,28/06/20031 v South Africa,28/06/20034754Ricky Ponting829 v New Zealand,20/12/20071 v West Indies,18/05/20035750Sachin Tendulkar887 v Zimbabwe, 13/11/19981 v Sri Lanka, 02/03/19966748Ramnaresh Sarwan780 v India, 23/05/20062 v Pakistan, 01/02/20057745Chris Gayle804 v Zimbabwe,30/11/20031 v England, 18/04/20048729Matthew Hayden850 v India, 15/02/20031 v England, 23/01/20039728Mohammad Yousuf777 v Zimbabwe,01/12/20021 v South Africa,10/10/200310716Andrew Flintoff749 v Sri Lanka, 18/09/20046 v Sri Lanka, 18/09/2004

1994 we were still getting back into international cricket. But 5 years later in 1999 we had three in the top 10:

1887Sachin Tendulkar887 v Zimbabwe, 13/11/19981 v Sri Lanka, 02/03/19962886Brian Lara908 v Pakistan, 26/03/19931 v South Africa,23/02/19933876Michael Bevan885 v England, 17/01/19991 v Sri Lanka, 31/01/19994771Aravinda de Silva862 v Pakistan, 11/04/19972 v Pakistan, 07/04/19974771Hansie Cronje833 v New Zealand,11/12/19941 v Pakistan, 10/12/19946763Ricky Ponting829 v New Zealand,20/12/20071 v West Indies,18/05/20037753Mark Waugh852 v New Zealand,11/03/19961 v Pakistan, 22/10/19948747Gary Kirsten900 v Australia, 19/10/19961 v Australia, 19/10/19969742Saeed Anwar808 v New Zealand,13/11/19965 v Sri Lanka, 12/11/199610729Jacques Kallis817 v West Indies,04/02/20041 v West Indies,