Cricket World Ratings 28th April 2023

 

Ireland scored nearly 700 runs in their second test against Sri Lanka; and still lost by over an innings.  Their closest game in their brief test history was their only game against England, who they dismissed for under 100 but still lost to after being bowled out in their second innings for less than 40.  They get another go in June when the two teams meet again.  Meanwhile, their rating is so low that a defeat is pretty much the expected result each time they play any reasonably good team (especially when away from home): their latest one barely alters their score:

1. Australia     239
   
2. India         222   
3. England       222  
4. South Africa  163    
5. New Zealand   154
   
6. Pakistan       53 
7. Sri Lanka      43  +1
8. West Indies   -20      
   
9. Bangladesh   -149           
   
10. Zimbabwe     -277     
    
11. Afghanistan  -303 
    
12. Ireland      -348  -1

Cricket World Ratings 20th April 2023

 

After a long time without any test cricket, Ireland are in the middle of a sequence of three scheduled matches.  So far it hasn't gone too well for them, with big defeats against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.  My world ratings now look like this (not much altered, because the result was highly predicted):

1. Australia     239
   
2. India         222   
3. England       222  
4. South Africa  163    
5. New Zealand   154
   
6. Pakistan       53 
7. Sri Lanka      42  +2
8. West Indies   -20      
   
9. Bangladesh   -149           
   
10. Zimbabwe     -277     
    
11. Afghanistan  -303 
    
12. Ireland      -347  -2

A second match for Ireland in Sri Lanka starts shortly.  Will they finally be able to break their duck and win a game?

Cricket World Ratings 7th April 2023

 

Since Ireland were granted test status, they haven't had the chance to play many games - in fact, priort to this year, they'd only played three, all ending in defeat. But they've just played in Bangladesh (and lost), and have two games in Sri Lanka to follow.  At some point, they will manage to win one, but for the moment, they continue to prop up my world ratings from the bottom:

1. Australia     239
   
2. India         222   
3. England       222  
4. South Africa  163    
5. New Zealand   154
   
6. Pakistan       53 
7. Sri Lanka      40  
8. West Indies   -20      
   
9. Bangladesh   -149  +6          
   
10. Zimbabwe     -277     
    
11. Afghanistan  -303 
    
12. Ireland      -345  -6