Cricket World Ratings 7th April 2021

 Sri Lanka have just undertaken a two-match tour of the West Indies; both games played out as draws, something increasingly rare in modern test match cricket. In my world ratings, West Indies came into the series with the slightly higher rating, and had home advantage; the two draws have been enough to cause them to swap places.  My ratings now look like this:

1. India         266     
2. New Zealand   208 
3. England       184
4. Australia     177 
5. Pakistan      108 
6. South Africa   60 
7. Sri Lanka      28 +12
   
8. West Indies    18 -12
   
9. Bangladesh   -156    
   
10. Zimbabwe     -251   
    
11. Afghanistan  -303 
12. Ireland      -338

The official ratings tell a  mostly similar story, with the positons of Australia and England the only departures from the pecking order:

1. India         120 +2
2. New Zealand   118
3. Australia     113
4. England       106 +1
5. Pakistan       90
6. South Africa   89 
7. Sri Lanka      83  
8. West Indies    81 +1 
9. Bangladesh     51 
10. Zimbabwe       29 

 Sri Lanka are in action again shortly, this time at home, with Bangladesh their visitors.