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Three Sri Lankan cricketers have made it to The Wisden Forty selected by Wisden as the world's top players on the basis of their class and form shown in all cricket during the calendar year 2003.

Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, fast bowler Chaminda Vaas and batsman Kumar Sangakkara are among the top 40 players named by Wisden. The list also includes 14 Australians, seven South Africans, five Indians, four Pakistanis, three Englishmen, two New Zealanders and one each from West Indies and Zimbabwe.

The selections were made in consultation with many of the game's most experienced writers and commentators. In the end, though, they were Wisden's choices, guided by the statistics but not governed by them. The selection panel are no more infallible than any other selectors.

Australian captain Ricky Ponting was named the leading cricketer of the year from the list.

The world's top 40 players during 2003 are: Michael Bevan (Australia), Andy Bichel (Australia), Mark Boucher (South Africa), Rahul Dravid (India), Stephen Fleming (New Zealand), Andrew Flintoff (England), Herchelle Gibbs (South Africa), Adam Gilchrist (Australia), Jason Gillespie (Australia), Matthew Hayden (Australia), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Michael Kasprowicz (Australia), Gary Kirsten (South Africa), Anil Kumble (India), Justin Langer (Australia), Brian Lara (West Indies), VVS Laxman (India), Brett Lee (Australia), Darren Lehmann (Australia), Stuart MacGill (Australia), Glenn McGrath (Australia), Damien Martyn (Australia), MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN (Sri Lanka), Mustaq Ahmed (Pakistan), Makhaya Ntitni (South Africa), Shaun Pollock (South Africa), Ricky Ponting (Australia) - the Leading Cricketer in the World, Mark Richardson (New Zealand), KUMAR SANGAKKARA (Sri Lanka), Virender Sehwag (India), Shoaib Ahktar (Pakistan), Graeme Smith (South Africa), Heath Streak (Zimbabwe), Sachin Tendulkar (India), Marcus Trescothick (England), CHAMINDA VAAS (Sri Lanka), Michael Vaughan (England), Steve Waugh (Australia), Yousef Youhanna (Pakistan).

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