ODI Standings

[Donny]

Australia Increases Lead in ODI Standings.
AAP - 25 March 2003


SYDNEY, March 25 AAP - Australia's unbeaten run on the way to retaining the cricket World Cup has extended its lead at the top of the ICC's one-day championship table.

At the end of 2002, Australia's rating was only five points higher than its closest rival South Africa but an unprecedented run of 17 consecutive victories has opened up a record gap of 13 points.

It's rating of 136 - four more than it was at the start of the tournament - is the highest ranking recorded since the International Cricket Council launched the championship six months ago.

As well as taking home the World Cup trophy, Australia also retains the ICC Championship Shield that Ricky Ponting first collected at the Sydney Cricket Ground last December.

India was unable to match Australia at the Wanderers but its progress to the final helped boost its rating by four, pulling Sourav Ganguly's team away from West Indies, New Zealand and England into clear fifth place.

With Pakistan (third) and Sri Lanka (fourth) both losing ground, India has moved to within striking distance of third place.

Kenya was the biggest beneficiary from the tournament, increasing its rating by 10.

With victories over Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, the Kenyans have open up a gap of 24 ratings points from Bangladesh at the bottom of the table.

[Donny]

ICC Test Championship Table
[ as at 7 June 2003 ]

Team Rating
1 Australia 129
2 South Africa 115
3 New Zealand 103
4 Sri Lanka 101
5 England 98
6 India 91
7 Pakistan 91
8 West Indies 79
9 Zimbabwe 58
10 Bangladesh 4

[Donny]

ICC One-Day International Championship Table
[ as at 11 June 2003 ]

Team Rating
1 Australia 132
2 South Africa 122
3 Pakistan 110
4 Sri Lanka 106
5 India 104
6 West Indies 103
7 New Zealand 101
8 England 98
9 Zimbabwe 65
10 Kenya 28
11 Bangladesh 4

[The Prototype]

lol Bangadesh has a rating? It's amazing!

Does that 4 mean that have actually had a victory or more then one?

[HAL]

Not that I know of.

[The Prototype]

Hal, do you know anything?

[HAL]

Yeah, I know that which I believe, that which is justified, and that which is true.

[couragous cloke]

that is imbarrasing for the windies both tests and ODI's

[HAL]

I thought so too.

[Donny]

Rankings volatility as new system beds down
Lynn McConnell - July 14, 2003

Significant changes to the International Cricket Council's one-day international rankings list have occurred as the first year of results in the original calculation drop out.

The refreshed table is based on the results of the last two years. Matches played in the last 12 months have a higher weighting in the calculation. They are worth two-thirds and the previous year has a one-third value, with matches played in the next year worth full value. An annual refresh of the table will be done on July 31.

The new order is:


New Old Rating Rank
Rating Rating Change Change
1 Australia 134 132 +2 -
2 South Africa 118 120 -2 -
3 England 107 103 +4 up 4
4 West Indies 106 103 +3 up 2
5 New Zealand 106 101 +5 up 3
6 Sri Lanka 105 106 -1 down 2
7 Pakistan 105 108 -3 down 4
8 India 104 104 - down 3
9 Zimbabwe 63 66 -3 -
10 Kenya 28 28 - -
11 Bangladesh 3 4 -1 -

New Zealand has enjoyed the biggest jump, in terms of rating points, moving from eighth to fifth place, while England has leapt four places to No 3 and the West Indies have increased three places from seventh to fourth.

The reasons for the marked change, and the way the system works this sort of upheaval could occur each year, are because the teams that have improved, have had bad seasons drop off their calculations. England lost a season in which it had two wins from 14 games, New Zealand lost a year in which they had 12 wins in 35 games, and the West Indies dropped a year in which they won only eight games of 23.

The opportunity for fluctuation is high, and probably reflects the competitiveness of the teams concerned. Only three points separate third-placed England and eighth-placed India.

It is so close that if a team like India won two or three games in a row against a top-ranked team like Australia or South Africa, they could almost immediately leap to third place. England had such a leap in its performance by beating South Africa three times out of four in their recent NatWest Series.

The method of separating teams with equal ratings has also changed as the system has evolved. Previously the team with most matches got the higher rating, but now the rating is extended to three decimal places to resolve the issue. England, the West Indies and New Zealand are separated by only 0.826 rating points, and the West Indies and New Zealand by 0.174.

The actual ratings for the three are: England 106.783, West Indies 106.130 and New Zealand 105.957.

The change has also highlighted Australia's increased dominance as the gap between it and second-placed South Africa has now extended from 12 to 16 points. Such has been world champion Australia's dominance of the one-day game that it is going to have to suffer a massive turnaround in form to lose its hold on first place. Its last 12 months has been its most successful period to date, so that season will not fall out of calculations for another two years.

Pakistan and Zimbabwe both paid the price for having good seasons drop off the calculation scale. Pakistan has had a poor last 12 months while Zimbabwe has suffered a more gradual decline over the last three years.

ODI playing record in the new period of calculation (August 2001-July 2003):


P W L T NR Win %
Australia 52 38 12 1 1 75.5%
South Africa 64 40 21 2 1 65.1%
England 47 23 22 - 2 51.1%
West Indies 46 23 20 - 3 53.5%
New Zealand 49 22 26 - 1 45.8%
Sri Lanka 67 33 31 1 2 51.5%
Pakistan 58 33 23 - 2 58.9%
India 64 36 24 - 4 60.0%
Zimbabwe 50 11 36 - 3 23.4%
Kenya 29 4 24 - 1 14.3%
Bangladesh 26 - 24 - 2 0.0%

These results can be broken down by each weighting period. Matches played in the last 12 months (Period Two) were formerly taken at face value, but are now dampened down to a weighting of two-thirds. Matches played in the 12 months prior to this (Period One) now carry a weighting of one-third.

Period Two results (August 2002-July 2003):


P W L T NR %
Australia 25 19 5 1 - 78.0%
South Africa 27 19 6 1 1 75.0%
England 14 2 12 - - 14.3%
West Indies 23 8 15 - - 34.8%
New Zealand 36 12 23 - 1 34.3%
Sri Lanka 31 20 11 - - 64.5%
Pakistan 24 15 9 - - 62.5%
India 28 16 12 - - 57.1%
Zimbabwe 31 9 22 - - 29.0%
Kenya 1 - 1 - - 0.0%
Bangladesh 4 - 4 - - 0.0%

Period One results (August 2001-July 2002):


P W L T NR %
Australia 18 10 7 1 - 58.3%
South Africa 27 16 10 1 - 61.1%
England 23 13 9 - 1 59.1%
West Indies 19 10 8 - 1 55.6%
New Zealand 28 9 18 - 1 33.3%
Sri Lanka 23 12 11 - - 52.2%
Pakistan 22 17 5 - - 77.3%
India 31 18 12 - 1 60.0%
Zimbabwe 24 6 18 - - 25.0%
Kenya 9 1 8 - - 11.1%
Bangladesh 6 - 6 - - 0.0%

Results removed from calculations (August 2000-July 2001):


P W L T NR %
Australia 25 19 5 1 - 78.0%
South Africa 27 19 6 1 1 75.0%
England 14 2 12 - - 14.3%
West Indies 23 8 15 - - 34.8%
New Zealand 36 12 23 - 1 34.3%
Sri Lanka 31 20 11 - - 64.5%
Pakistan 24 15 9 - - 62.5%
India 28 16 12 - - 57.1%
Zimbabwe 31 9 22 - - 29.0%
Kenya 1 - 1 - - 0.0%
Bangladesh 4 - 4 - - 0.0%

Note: tables do not include matches involving non-full member one-day international playing nations such as Canada, Namibia and the Netherlands as the results do not count in ICC One-Day International Championship calculations. The win/loss records do not take into account strength of opposition, which the Championship calculations do, therefore weighting outcomes differently.

© Wisden CricInfo Ltd

[JLC]

Well Done to England who have been steadily improving. Just needs the self belief when they play Australia as they have been in winning positions but can't nail the coffin. At least they have started giving the younger players a go which is something they should have been doing years ago!!

jlc