Cricket World Ratings 28th July 2022

 

Sri Lanka have recently played 2 short series at home, against first Australia and then Pakistan; and in both cases, they responded to defeat in their first test by winning their second. The victory over Pakistan has exactly undone the effect of their previous defeat in my rankings, returning both teams to exactly where they were before either match.  Another way of putting this is that Pakistan's prior lead of 49 points almost exactly offset their disadvantage of playing away: a drawn series was the expected result.

1. India         217 
   
2. Australia     214 
   
3. South Africa  173 
   
4. England       157
5. New Zealand   125  
6. Pakistan      111 -23
7. Sri Lanka      62 +23   
8. West Indies     8   
   
9. Bangladesh   -145        
   
10. Zimbabwe     -280    
    
11. Afghanistan  -303 
    
12. Ireland      -339

The official ratings have moved slightly in Sri Lanka's favour, and against Pakistan.  Oddly, the series against Australia had not been recorded when I last consulted these, but now it has been, it hasn't affected Australia's score.  Although the official ratings, and mine, are generally in broad concurrence, their are oddities in the official system such that it's behaviour isn't always transparent:

1. Australia     128 
   
2. India         114 
   
3. South Africa  110
4. England       100 
5. New Zealand   100
6. Pakistan       92 -1
7. Sri Lanka      83 +1 
   
8. West Indies    67 
9. Bangladesh     48    
   
10. Zimbabwe       25 

The next test cricket will be played in England, when South Africa will tour starting mid August.