New Zeland is a small country, and their cricket team is usually dependent, even at its best, on a small number of exceptional players, such as their current leading batsman, Kane Williamson. India is the most populous cricket-playing country, and their team is currently top of my cricket world rankings (though Pakistan still lead the initial list). Williamson predictably made some runs in the first test of New Zealand's current tour of India, but equally predictably, it wasn't enough, and a ten-wicket haul for Ashwin helped India to a victory by almost 200 runs. It's the first of a series of tests that India will play at home this winter: the net result could be that they strengthen their position on top of my ratings, and take the lead in the official rankings too, as neither system makes any allowances for home advantage. Here's my latest rankings: the second test (of three) begins in a couple of days.
India 122 +12
Australia 93
Pakistan 93
South Africa 90
England 89
Sri Lanka 52
New Zealand 22 -12
West Indies -69
Bangladesh -172
Zimbabwe -320
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