Rankings/Ratings-How accurate?

[R_D]

Rankings can never be perfect.....but ICC Rankings are the better tahn all others..for sure..but I dunno how da hell ICC gave Dhoni da No.1 spot in da rankings...

Maybe because Dhoni averaged around 50 + over over a year?
The ICC rankings have their flows but they seem accurate enough.

 

[Richard]

I think the ICC rankings is a reasonable enough "form-guide" (for the lack of a better word).

They are indeed a very good measure of such a thing, but their title is inaccurate. What is in reality a form-guide as passed-off as "who's best" which is complete crap. Harmison was not "the best bowler in the world" because he topped those form-guides for 1 Test.

 

[honestbharani]

They are indeed a very good measure of such a thing, but their title is inaccurate. What is in reality a form-guide as passed-off as "who's best" which is complete crap. Harmison was not "the best bowler in the world" because he topped those form-guides for 1 Test.

tbh, Rich, one can argue that the guy in the best form at that particular point in time could be called as the "best as of now"... It is a problem when they get confused with being one of the best over a career or something like that.....

 

[Richard]

Well yeah, Harmison could have been called the best (or 2nd-best... which is what he was ranked) for 7 Tests in early 2004... but, well, it's hardly the claim people make when saying "he was the best in the world".

People never stop bringing that up when trying to prove that he must be persevered with, that he must have it in him to return to those days... well, no, I don't think he does, really.

If they were titled "form guides" it'd be so much harder for people to go OTT about them.

 

[NUFAN]

Well yeah, Harmison could have been called the best (or 2nd-best... which is what he was ranked) for 7 Tests in early 2004... but, well, it's hardly the claim people make when saying "he was the best in the world".

People never stop bringing that up when trying to prove that he must be persevered with, that he must have it in him to return to those days... well, no, I don't think he does, really.

If they were titled "form guides" it'd be so much harder for people to go OTT about them.

There not horses mate.

 

[Richard]

No, but they are doing the same sort of things horses do (and people do like to bet on cricket almost as much as horses).

 

[NUFAN]

No, but they are doing the same sort of things horses do (and people do like to bet on cricket almost as much as horses).

But I don't think anyone would look up ICC Rankings to make a bet on a player tbh..

 

[Richard]

Haha, you'd be surprised.

Anyway - they need a name which accurately reflects their task, not a grandilesquent one that sounds good but does not accurately reflect their task.