Sri Lanka have just completed a 2-0 victory at home to South Africa; the latter are a strong side, but it seem it's really hard for teams not from south Asia to win there, and this result continues the pattern. My world ratings now look like this:
India 236
South Africa 179 -23
Australia 166
New Zealand 144
Sri Lanka 125 +23
England 74
Pakistan 40
West Indies 15
Bangladesh -99
Zimbabwe -260
Ireland -295
Afghanistan -325
The official version looks like this:
India 125
South Africa 106 -6
Australia 106
New Zealand 102
England 97
Sri Lanka 97 +6
Pakistan 88
West Indies 77
Bangladesh 67
Zimbabwe 2
The next series will be interesting: can a strong Indian side repeat its mostly home success, away in England? There's a full five test series for them, and us, to find out, starting on the 1st August.
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