Cricket World Ratings 7th October 2019

Presently, India have a strong cricket side.  When they lost in the World Cup semi-final to New Zealand it was something of a shock, given how assured they had look previously; in test cricket, they are the top-rated team and have just won their first test in their latest series against South Africa.  There remains a suspicion that they’re not as good away as at home; they were well beaten when their test side last toured England.  On their own turf, they appear close to unbeatable.

The current status of my world ratings is as follows:

India         238 +11
New Zealand   160 
Australia     159
England       151
South Africa  129 -11
Sri Lanka     113 
Pakistan       80  
West Indies   -22     
Bangladesh   -122    
Zimbabwe     -252                 
Afghanistan  -295
Ireland      -339

The second test (of three) in the India-South Africa series starts on Thursday this week.