The end of India's final test in Australia was washed out. India had had the better chance of winning; but they'll still be quite happy, as the draw ensured a famous series victory, amazingly their first ever in Australia. Meanwhile, South Africa have beaten Pakistan for the second game in succession. The latest version of my cricket world ratings looks like ths:
England 221
India 204 -1
South Africa 198 +11
New Zealand 141
Australia 108 +1
Pakistan 89 -11
Sri Lanka 82
West Indies -46
Bangladesh -73
Zimbabwe -252
Ireland -320
Afghanistan -352
Interestingly, India's 98 point advantage going into the final test almost exactly balanced Australia's home advantage under my system, so a draw almost exactly matched the theoretically expected result, and hardly altered the ratings of the two teams.
With the completion of the series down under, the official ratings now look like this:
India 116
England 108
New Zealand 107
South Africa 106
Australia 101 -1
Pakistan 92
Sri Lanka 91
West Indies 70
Bangladesh 69
Zimbabwe 13
Because the ICC ratings don't account for home advantage, Australia's series loss (not just the drawn final test), which the official ratings count as a single event (whereas mine count each test separately), make surprisingly little difference to the scores.
Pakistan's third test in South Africa starts on Friday.
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