Less than a week ago, Pakistan batted first, scored 550, and lost by an innings to England, an extraordinary result and the team's sixth straight home defeat. But they have bounced back, winning the second test, and with a third test still to play, now have a chance to win the series. At the same time as Pakistan's loss, New Zealand were also losing (on their tour of India) but have also recovered to win, in spite of the fact that after a humiliating first innings collapase, India scored over 10 times as many runs in their second effort. The effect of these matches on my rankings is as follows:
- Australia 280
- India 220 -37
- England 162 -30
- South Africa 137
- New Zealand 121 +36
- Sri Lanka 95
- Pakistan 23 +30
- West Indies 2
- Bangladesh -82
- Zimbabwe -296
- Ireland -300
- Afghanistan -343
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