The past month has seen some interesting cricket. Pakistan ended their dismal run by winning their second game against the West Indies, but have since crashed to a big loss in the first game of their tour of England. India have won their first game in Sri Lanka; but most shockingly, Bangladesh, who actually lost their last game to Zimbabwe, have just won a test in Australia for the first time. This has quite a big effect on my rankings which now look like this:
- South Africa 262
- Australia 242 -41
- New Zealand 190
- India 174 +17
- England 121 +9
- Sri Lanka 5 -17
- Pakistan -16 +3
- West Indies -38 -12
- Bangladesh -42 -41
- Zimbabwe -281
- Ireland -292
- Afghanistan -324
Australia fall from the top spot, with a massive 41 point swing on this one game alone; by contrast, England gain just 9 points from beating Pakistan at home. Australia had been top since February 2023, when India briefly held that position; South Africa were last in first place in January 2019. Bangladesh's current rating is an all time high and the team are within a whisker of overtaking the West Indies. The official ratings were updated with the conclusion of the Pakistan-West Indies series but actually changed nothing:
- Australia 131
- South Africa 119
- New Zealand 106
- India 104
- England 99
- Sri Lanka 76
- Pakistan 75
- West Indies 74
- Bangladesh 73
- Zimbabwe 17
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