India's series against Australia has ended in a 2-1 home win, after the final match was drawn. Meanwhile, two travelling teams have just lost: West Indies in South Africa, and Sri Lanka in New Zealand, the former in a one-off test, the latter in the first game of a two match series. My world rankings now look like this:
- Australia 239 +5
- India 222 -5
- England 222
- South Africa 163 +6
- New Zealand 144 +12
- Pakistan 53
- Sri Lanka 50 -12
- West Indies -20 -7
- Bangladesh -155
- Zimbabwe -277
- Afghanistan -303
- Ireland -339
So
the top three are currently extremely close, but Austrlia go back to
the number one spot. Next week, the series in India and South Africa
continue, while New Zealand face new visitors in the form of Sri Lanka. The offical ratings have also been updated:
- Australia 122 -4
- India 119 +4
- England 106 -1
- South Africa 104 +2
- New Zealand 102 +2
- Pakistan 88
- Sri Lanka 88
- West Indies 76 -2
- Bangladesh 46
- Afghanistan 40
- Zimbabwe 27
- Ireland 0
This is the first time I have seen an official ratings list with all 12 teams in it; most interesting is that relative newcomers Afghanistan rate above Zimbabwe, which they don't in my list, although otherwise the pecking orders match.
The second test in New Zealand starts next week.
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