Australia's series against New Zealand has now been completed, and with a comprehensive 3-0 win for the home side. A disappointing result for thetourists, following their recent series win against England, who, by contrast, have just managed to win away, levelling their four match series in South Africa at 1-1, in spite of a determined rearguard by their hosts, with 2 matches still to play. My world ratings now look like this:
India 259
Australia 220 +12
England 152 +27
New Zealand 127 -12
South Africa 102 -27
Sri Lanka 93
Pakistan 78
West Indies -13
Bangladesh -126
Zimbabwe -252
Afghanistan -303
Ireland -339
The offical world ratings have been slow until now to represent Australia's resurgance since the return of the Smith and Warner from their bans for ball-tampering, but finally they too have Australia up into 2nd place:
India 120
Australia 108 +6
New Zealand 105 -7
South Africa 102
England 102
Sri Lanka 92
Pakistan 85
West Indies 81
Bangladesh 60
Afghanistan 49
Zimbabwe 16
Ireland 0
The next game between South Africa and England begins on Thursday week.
No comments:
Post a Comment