The once mighty West Indies have been in a bad way for some years now, but had seemed on the verge of a rare series win in their tour of Sri Lanka: they'd won the first test, drawn the second and took a good first innings lead in the third. But a second innings batting collapse was to deny them, and Sri Lanka have drawn the series to stay above England in the world ratings.The two teams now move onto their next series: West Indies entertain Bangldesh, while Sri Lanka need to host the South Africans.
India 236
South Africa 227
Australia 166
New Zealand 144
Sri Lanka 77 +14
England 74
Pakistan 40
West Indies -11 +14
Bangladesh -73
Zimbabwe -260
Ireland -295
Afghanistan -325
In the official ratings, update only with the series' end, West Indies have benefitted from the drawn overall, and Sri Lanka have suffered a bit. In this list, Sri Lanka remain behind England; but the West Indies continue to trail Bangladesh, though they have a chance to change this in their forthcoming matches. Test cricket's recent debutants, Ireland and Afghanistan, haven't yet played enoigh cricket to get an official rating.
India 125
South Africa 112
Australia 106
New Zealand 102
England 97
Sri Lanka 91 -3
Pakistan 88
Bangladesh 75
West Indies 72 +5
Zimbabwe 2
Thursday, 28 June 2018
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Cricket World Ratings 20th June 2018
England won their second test against Pakistan. It's a much needed win after a terrible run, but Pakistan have now drawn their last two series in England. England have been much less competitive in Pakistan's adopted home of the United Arab Emirates (where they play due to security concerns in their real homeland), where the team have been regularly well beaten.
Meanwhile, the West Indies won their first game in Sri Lanka, and drew their second; and Afghanistan have been admitted to test cricket, playing (and losing) their first match against India. As I discussed in my last post, when Ireland were admitted, my ratings measure each team's superiority (or otherwise) to an average test team, and newcomers are assumed to rate at the bottom; so these two new admissions have sent everybody else's score upwards, which is not ideal, but there's no absolute scale to measure cricketing achievement: you have to zero the ratings somewhere.
So the current charts are as follows:
India 236 +30
South Africa 227 +30
Australia 166 +29
New Zealand 144 +29
England 74 +47
Sri Lanka 63 +2
Pakistan 40 +12
West Indies 3 +57
Bangladesh -73 +40
Zimbabwe -260 +29
Ireland -295 +30
Afghanistan -325
The official ratings don't include unfinished series (Sri Lanka and West Indies still have a game to play); don't yet include the two new nations; and undergo an annual revision which introduces some discontinuities; so there are some differences, although the top seven teams are the same in both cases. It's notable that in the official lists, Bangladesh, who've had a scattering of decent results in the last couple of years, now rate quite clearly above the once mighty West Indies:
India 125 +4
South Africa 112 -5
Australia 106 +4
New Zealand 102
England 97
Sri Lanka 94 -1
Pakistan 88
Bangladesh 75 +4
West Indies 67 -5
Zimbabwe 2 +1
Meanwhile, the West Indies won their first game in Sri Lanka, and drew their second; and Afghanistan have been admitted to test cricket, playing (and losing) their first match against India. As I discussed in my last post, when Ireland were admitted, my ratings measure each team's superiority (or otherwise) to an average test team, and newcomers are assumed to rate at the bottom; so these two new admissions have sent everybody else's score upwards, which is not ideal, but there's no absolute scale to measure cricketing achievement: you have to zero the ratings somewhere.
So the current charts are as follows:
India 236 +30
South Africa 227 +30
Australia 166 +29
New Zealand 144 +29
England 74 +47
Sri Lanka 63 +2
Pakistan 40 +12
West Indies 3 +57
Bangladesh -73 +40
Zimbabwe -260 +29
Ireland -295 +30
Afghanistan -325
The official ratings don't include unfinished series (Sri Lanka and West Indies still have a game to play); don't yet include the two new nations; and undergo an annual revision which introduces some discontinuities; so there are some differences, although the top seven teams are the same in both cases. It's notable that in the official lists, Bangladesh, who've had a scattering of decent results in the last couple of years, now rate quite clearly above the once mighty West Indies:
India 125 +4
South Africa 112 -5
Australia 106 +4
New Zealand 102
England 97
Sri Lanka 94 -1
Pakistan 88
Bangladesh 75 +4
West Indies 67 -5
Zimbabwe 2 +1
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