Prince EWS
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Then you don't need the rankings.
The World Cup means more than the rankings, but the rankings are what they are. They shouldn't be artificially altered due to the World Cup.
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Australia is still number one - haters can rightfully ask why.
- Thread starter Burgey
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The World Cup means more than the rankings, but the rankings are what they are. They shouldn't be artificially altered due to the World Cup.
GIMH
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WC. Should defo have greater weighting though. Someone like India who were near the top pre-WC should go top after winning it.
Gotta say though, I don't really pay attention to the ODI rankings, because we have the WC. Whereas in Tests, the rankings are something I pay a lot of interest to.
Gotta say though, I don't really pay attention to the ODI rankings, because we have the WC. Whereas in Tests, the rankings are something I pay a lot of interest to.
pup11
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Surely that doesn't have anything to do with England being ranked higher that Australia is test cricket...
Burgey
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Why not though? You accrue more ranking points in tennis and golf by winning a major instead of an ATP/ PGA regular event.
Prince EWS
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I agree that you should get more points for winning World Cup games than you do; they should be weighted a lot higher. It shouldn't be a simple matter of "you win the World Cup and you're #1" though, because then we don't need the rankings at all.
vcs
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Yeah, agree. Consistency throughout the year should certainly be factored into the rankings.
blahblahblah
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Burgey
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Oh yeah agree with that, but in the OP I put it in the context of Australia losing to SL before the Ashes and our less than great effort in the WC. I mean all we've done of note lately is minnow bash on Bangladesh and England.
marc71178
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Not really, because they are considerably stronger than the sides they're playing so are expected to win 7.
silentstriker
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Yea, I don't see the point of rankings if you have the WC....who cares about the ranking #? Get rid of them..WC is all you need, unless you were using it for deciding who gets to play in the WC...which clearly the moron brigade aren't.
In Tests, rankings matter cause that's all you have. If/when they start the Test championship (last I heard it was the top four sides), then the Test rankings also become meaningless except to decide who the top four are.
In Tests, rankings matter cause that's all you have. If/when they start the Test championship (last I heard it was the top four sides), then the Test rankings also become meaningless except to decide who the top four are.
Burgey
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I'm left handed... you're sitting to my right, ****.
Athlai
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5-0 isn't exactly what is expected in the Pak-WI thing right?
Prince EWS
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They are ranked ahead of them by a fair way though, so it should be.
Howe_zat
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It's because the ICC have failed to notice that half their bilateral ODI series are treated as little more than warm up matches.
Remember that ODI in October between India and Australia that had an Indian top order featuring Dhawan, Vijay and Tiwary against Aussie bowling of McKay and Starc? That counts as much as the World Cup Final to these rankings.
Granted, Australia had a poor 2010 but on the whole they've been able to keep their consistency going a lot through these. 5-0 against Pakistan, 6-1 twice against England, hammering Bangladesh, etc.
India meanwhile, and completely reasonably, have thrown everything into their World Cup campaign and that means they have neglected the majority of their ODI cricket, such as sending effectively a second XI to Zimbabwe to get beaten.
Remember that ODI in October between India and Australia that had an Indian top order featuring Dhawan, Vijay and Tiwary against Aussie bowling of McKay and Starc? That counts as much as the World Cup Final to these rankings.
Granted, Australia had a poor 2010 but on the whole they've been able to keep their consistency going a lot through these. 5-0 against Pakistan, 6-1 twice against England, hammering Bangladesh, etc.
India meanwhile, and completely reasonably, have thrown everything into their World Cup campaign and that means they have neglected the majority of their ODI cricket, such as sending effectively a second XI to Zimbabwe to get beaten.
