CW Test Rankings - Updated Jan 2012

[luckyeddie]

Ok, no offense to neil but I don't find it any better than the icc system.

Care to explain why?

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Care to explain why?

He can't, he's banned.

 

[Hazza]

After New Zealand miss out on the whitewash that would have maintained the status quo, they slip back fractionally and Sri Lanka progress a little.

1 Australia 1616
2 England 1062
3 South Africa 959
4 India 948
5 New Zealand 831
6 Pakistan 825
7 Sri Lanka 769
8 West Indies 485
9 Zimbabwe 270
10 Bangladesh 82

I think that your rankin system is perfect. It takes into account much more than the ICC ones.

 

[Jono]

I wonder how the Ashes will affect the rankings now.

 

[Neil Pickup]

HOME TABLE
1 Australia 1284
2 South Africa 1129
3 England 1067
4 India 1012
5 New Zealand 853
6 Sri Lanka 789
7 Pakistan 639
8 West Indies 639
9 Zimbabwe 365
10 Bangladesh 48

AWAY TABLE
1 Australia 1905
2 England 1087
3 Pakistan 1081
4 India 904
5 South Africa 827
6 New Zealand 793
7 Sri Lanka 753
8 West Indies 233
9 Zimbabwe 185
10 Bangladesh 96

OVERALL TABLE
1 Australia 1556
2 England 1077
3 South Africa 978
4 India 954
5 Pakistan 860
6 New Zealand 823
7 Sri Lanka 772
8 West Indies 436
9 Zimbabwe 270
10 Bangladesh 73

England's closing of the gap isn't as pronounced as it ought to be as they also suffered the "Bangladesh bump", which India [H], Australia [A] and Sri Lanka [A] are yet to do. The only other incomplete series is Zimbabwe v Australia, which again slightly inflates the Australian ranking.

If we assumed that all four of these series would be whitewashes, the table would look like this:

Australia 1473
England 1090
South Africa 988
India 917
Pakistan 859
New Zealand 828
Sri Lanka 743
West Indies 441
Zimbabwe 252
Bangladesh 59

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Looks about right, good show Neil.

 

[Jamee999]

Bump

We need some Pako-Eng updates.

 

[Sanz]

Can someone update the rankings please ?

 

[James]

Neil will be updating the rankings at the end of the current Bangladesh v Australia series.

 

[Sanz]

Thanks James.

 

[JASON]

Can someone update the rankings please ?

No please don't !!

I suspect SL would have tumbled down to the deep end of the abyss.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Having finally got off my backside and done it...

HOME TABLE
1 Australia 1259
2 England 1116
3 South Africa 1032
4 India 967
5 New Zealand 861
6 Pakistan 842
7 Sri Lanka 815
8 West Indies 651
9 Zimbabwe 216
10 Bangladesh 37

AWAY TABLE
1 Australia 1762
2 Pakistan 1018
3 England 995
4 South Africa 866
5 India 847
6 New Zealand 777
7 Sri Lanka 594
8 West Indies 245
9 Zimbabwe 213
10 Bangladesh 76

OVERALL TABLE
1 Australia 1510 (+37)
2 England 1055 (-35)
3 South Africa 949 (-39)
4 Pakistan 930 (+71)
5 India 907 (-10)
6 New Zealand 819 (-9)
7 Sri Lanka 704 (-39)
8 West Indies 453 (+12)
9 Zimbabwe 214 (-38)
10 Bangladesh 56 (-3)

 

[honestbharani]

surprise, surprise... I would rank the teams overall in that order as well. That means this is a good system.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Bangladesh > Zimbabwe

 

[silentstriker]

Why is SA so high, considering how much they've been losing?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Bangladesh > Zimbabwe

They have to stop losing before the rankings agree.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Why is SA so high, considering how much they've been losing?

They're lower than they were - they still have a fantastically strong home record (only lost to Australia and England), and the rankings aren't built for snap changes based on form, you need a consistent change of fortunes, home and away, against everyone, to progress/regress significantly..

 

[NZTailender]

They have to stop losing before the rankings agree.

And it's hard for Zimbabwe to lose tests since they have a ban on themselves...

 

[Neil Pickup]

OVERALL TABLE
1 Australia 1513 (+3)
2 England 1030 (-25)
3 South Africa 953 (+4)
4 Pakistan 930
5 India 910 (+3)
6 New Zealand 825 (+6)
7 Sri Lanka 757 (+53)
8 West Indies 459 (+6)
9 Zimbabwe 214
10 Bangladesh 56

Everyone's laughing at England.

 

[nightprowler10]

How did RSA manage to gain 4 pts? The earlier rankings were done after the NZL series wasn't it?