Sri Lanka have just completed a 2-0 win in Bangladesh, updating my ratings as follows:
Sri Lanka have just won their first game in a two match series in Bangladesh; its effect on my ratings is as follows:
The final game in the series follows this week. After that, there's a three month gap before test match cricket resumes, when the West Indies will start a tour of England.
Two test series have just wrapped up, India thrashing England after losing the first test of their five game series, and Australia winning both games on a tour of New Zealand. My world ratings now look like this::
In the official ratings, the latest results have seen India go back on top. Ireland's recent win has seen them swap places with Afghanistan at the bottom. The oddities of the system see South Africa fall, and New Zealand actually gain in points in spite of their recent loss:
Australia recently lost a home test to the West Indies, a shock result. But they've bounced back well, winning the first of two games they have to play in New Zealand. Meanwhile, in the battle of the minnows, Ireland have just won in Afghanistan. It's their first ever test victory, and it rotates them off the bottom of the standings, which now look like this:
It's hard for visiting teams to win in India. England won their first game on their current tour; had a chance in their second, and were on top for most of the fourth. But with one game still to play, the home side have secured their victory. My world ratings now look like this:
When England last toured India, they won the first test, only to go down to four successively more decisive defeats. Now playing a very different style of cricket, history may nonetheless be repeating itself: they won the first test, lost a competitive second test, and have been slaughtered in the third. Their victory in the first game briefly saw them go top of my world ratings; but the boot is on the other foot now. Meanwhile, New Zealand have completed a 2-0 home win against their visitors South Africa. My world ratings now look like this:
England begun their recent tour of India with a shock win; however, India has equalled the series after their second match. Two other recent games also ended in home wins: Sri Lanka defeating Afghanistan in a one-off test, and New Zealand worsting South Africa. England's brief run in first place in my world ratings has thus come to a prompt end, with the latest list as follows:
The official ratings have meanwhile been adjusted to take account of West Indies drawn series in Australia:
