The Golden Ratio Better Team
A home win is worth 1
An away win is worth Φ
An away draw is worth φ
test | aus | ind |
1 | 1.61 | 0 |
2 | 0 | 1 |
3 | .61 | 0 |
4 | 0 | 1 |
total | 2.2 | 2 |
That shows Australia were the
real winners. This makes perfect sense. Most of the time, the winner is the winner, yet occasionally, the loser is the winner. We all know this - we feel it in our souls. Incidentally, the previous instance of this system awarding the series to the loser was the previous Ashes in England. Two howlers! Two corrections. Proof in itself.
Some of you might like to debate this. Well, you can't. I am using the golden ratio and the golden ratio is natural so there!
It is not difficult to complicate matters, so that's what I went and did. If you award points for the last series, both home and away, as per the above completely natural method, and sum total points you get
Away Points
newzealand | australia | bangladesh | india | srilanka | pakistan | southafrica | zimbabwe | england | westindies |
0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.6 |
0.6 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
1.2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0 | 1.6 | 3.2 |
0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 |
1.6 | 0 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 0 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 |
2.2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
0.6 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0.6 |
3.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
1.6 | 3.2 | 0 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
3.2 | 3.2 | 0 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 |
14.4 | 20 | 3.2 | 17.5 | 10.6 | 13.2 | 21.1 | 2.9 | 13.7 | 9.6 |
Home Points
newzealand | australia | bangladesh | india | srilanka | pakistan | southafrica | zimbabwe | england | westindies |
| 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
0 | | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2 | 2 | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
1 | 2 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | | 2 | 2 |
0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 1 |
2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | 22 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 8 |
Total Points
newzealand | australia | bangladesh | india | srilanka | pakistan | southafrica | zimbabwe | england | westindies |
24.4 | 42 | 7.2 | 37.5 | 23.6 | 26.2 | 37.1 | 4.9 | 30.7 | 17.6 |
It's not me saying it. It's Nature saying it. Nature apologises, but Australia are still the best team.