Bangladesh have recently stuffed Afghanistan; but perhaps more cricket followers would have been paying attention to the first of five matches in the sport's oldest rivalry, as Australia, recently crowned world test champions, begin a tour of England. The home side has recently been rejuvenated through adopting an unusually aggressive approach, and the first match began with the English managing to score at over five runs an over for most of the first day, before unexpectedly declaring. But the game ended with an ending that was an old school classic: deep into the last hour, all four results were still possible. In the end, Australian captain Pat Cummins steered his side home, and put them into pole position for what might prove to be a great series.
In addition to accomodating these latest results below, there's also a slight adjustment to the ratings I published previously, which mistakenly been based on assigning Australia home advantage for the world test championship which, of course, was played on neutral territory. This correction retrospectively gains Australia (and costs India) another five points before considering the recent games.
- Australia 284 +25
- India 202
- England 198 -24
- South Africa 163
- New Zealand 154
- Pakistan 53
- Sri Lanka 43
- West Indies -20
- Bangladesh -142 +7
- Zimbabwe -277
- Afghanistan -310 -7
- Ireland -349
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