Cricket World Ratings 5th June 2022

 

After a dreadful run (11 defeats and just one victory in 17 matches) England have finally won a test, a topsy-turvey home game against New Zealand which cleared up none of their selection dilemmas but did amount to a hurrah for their old guard, with Root, Stokes, Anderson and Broad all contributing to the victory.  My cricket world ratings now look like this:

1. India         241 
   
2. Australia     232 
3. South Africa  173
4. New Zealand   164 -25   
   
5. Pakistan      111  
6. England        94 +25 
   
7. Sri Lanka      44   
8. West Indies    -9   
   
9. Bangladesh   -128       
   
10. Zimbabwe     -280    
    
11. Afghanistan  -303 
    
12. Ireland      -339
    

England actually hosted New Zealand twice last year, this time it's a three match series, and it's still very much game on.  The next match starts on Friday.