Cricket World Ratings 15th May 2021

 

Pakistan have just completed their second successive win in Zimbabwe, an unsursprising result that has little effect on my world ratings:

1. India         266     
2. New Zealand   208 
3. England       184
4. Australia     177 
5. Pakistan      118 +4 
6. South Africa   60  
7. Sri Lanka      20
8. West Indies    18
9. Bangladesh   -148    
   
10. Zimbabwe     -261 -5   
    
11. Afghanistan  -303 
12. Ireland      -338 
    

The offical ratings, meanwhile, have undergon etheir annual readjustment, which happens because they use a calender-based timeframe to determine what matches count.  This has produced few changes in the pecking order: England are lifted above Australia, matching my rankings, but the remaining diffference between them is that West Indies are two places higher in the official list than in mine.

1. India         121 +1
2. New Zealand   120 +1
3. England       109 +3 
4. Australia     108 -5
5. Pakistan       94 +4 
6. West Indies    84 +3
7. South Africa   80 -9
8. Sri Lanka      78 -5
9. Bangladesh     46 -5
   
10. Zimbabwe       35 +6
    

The next test due is New Zealand's first game on their forthcoming tour of England.

Cricket World Ratings 3rd May 2021

Two test matches have recently concluded; Sri Lanka saw off vistors Bangladesh to secure a 1-0 series victory, while Pakistan won their first game on tour in Zimbabwe.  Neither result was particularly unexpected, and the impact on my world ratings is fairly miimal, although Sri Lanka do slip back above West Indies in the rankings:

1. India         266     
2. New Zealand   208 
3. England       184
4. Australia     177 
5. Pakistan      114 +6 
6. South Africa   60  
7. Sri Lanka      20 +8
8. West Indies    18
9. Bangladesh   -148 -8     
   
10. Zimbabwe     -256 -5   
    
11. Afghanistan  -303 
12. Ireland      -338 
    

The series leaves the official ratings completely unchanged:

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

Zimbabwe and Pakistan will play again next week.