In a relatively unchanged list, Egypt's Amr Shabana holds onto his number one position in the new August Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings, announced today (Wednesday) by the Professional Squash Association.

The 28-year-old from Cairo is ahead of compatriot Ramy Ashour at No2; Australia's World Open champion David Palmer at three; and Frenchmen Gregory Gaultier and Thierry Lincou in fourth and fifth place, respectively.

Australian Stewart Boswell, runner-up in last month's CIMB Malaysian Open, rises to 11.

Englishman Peter Barker also moves up a single slot, to celebrate a career-high No15 ranking in the new list.

PSA Tour veteran Alex Gough also has much to celebrate - a return to the top 20 for the first time this year.  The 36-year-old Welshman, who reached a career-high No5 in July 1998, won the Irish Open in April - his first PSA Tour trophy for three years.

     1      [1]        Amr Shabana               EGY
     2     [2]        Ramy Ashour                EGY
     3     [3]        David Palmer                AUS
     4     [4]        Gregory Gaultier          FRA
     5     [5]        Thierry Lincou             FRA
     6     [6]        Anthony Ricketts          AUS
     7     [7]        James Willstrop           ENG
     8     [8]        Nick Matthew              ENG
     9     [9]        John White                  SCO
     10    [10]      Wael El Hindi              EGY
     11    [12]      Stewart Boswell           AUS
     12    [11]       Karim Darwish              EGY
     13    [13]      Lee Beachill                 ENG
     14    [14]      Mohammed Abbas         EGY
     15    [16]      Peter Barker                ENG
     16    [15]      Adrian Grant                ENG
     17    [19]      Mohd Azlan Iskandar   MAS
     18    [17]      Olli Tuominen               FIN
     19    [18]      Ong Beng Hee              MAS
     20   [21]      Alex Gough                  WAL

For full list – see www.psa-squash.com