It's hard for teams from outside the Indian sub-continent to win there (and also vice-versa); with India and Pakistan currently playing home series, they are rising in cricket's world ratings. One can note that Pakistan's home matches are actually played (due to security concerns in their actual homeland) in Arabia; but the pitches in the U.A.E. are quite subcontinental in character. In fact, in spite of scoring almost 600 runs for the loss of only three wickets in their first innings, Pakistan only beat the West Indies on the last day by the relatively narrow margin of 56 runs. India, meanwhile, were too strong for New Zealand and sent their visitors packing 3-0. A small oddity: New Zealand now have a rating of (almost) exactly zero, i.e. they're as strong as the mean strength. But this number is accounted for in part due to the relatively awful scores of Banglasdesh and Zimbabwe; six teams rate more strongly then New Zealand, and only three weaker.
India 144 +10
Pakistan 101 +8
Australia 93
South Africa 90
England 89
Sri Lanka 52
New Zealand 0 -10
West Indies -77 -8
Bangladesh -172
Zimbabwe -320
Meanwhile, the official world ratings have caught up with my system and India have leapfrogged Pakistan to take the top spot, although the Pakistan-West Indies game I mentioned previously will only be included here once that series is complete.
India 115 +5
Pakistan 111
Australia 108
England 108
South Africa 96
Sri Lanka 95
New Zealand 91 -4
West Indies 67
Bangladesh 57
Zimbabwe 8
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