ICC Rankings

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ICC ODI Championship

June 27

1. 128 Australia
2. 127 South Africa
3. 114 New Zealand
4. 114 India
5. 110 Pakistan
6. 105 Sri Lanka
7. 104 England
8. 98 West Indies
9. 46 Bangladesh
10. 20 Ireland
11. 18 Zimbabwe
12. 0 Kenya

* Australia will fall back to second if they lose their next ODI vs West Indies

ASSOCIATE ODI RANKINGS
1. 61% Scotland
2. 59% Netherlands
3. 31% Canada
4. 21% Bermuda


ICC Test Championship

1. 141 Australia
2. 111 India
3. 110 England
4. 109 South Africa
5. 106 Sri Lanka
6. 94 Pakistan
7. 88 New Zealand
8. 77 West Indies
9. 1 Bangladesh

[stan]

Well the Aussies won so I guess they are still top of the one day rankings. At the moment anyway.

[brod]

Well the Aussies won so I guess they are still top of the one day rankings. At the moment anyway.

No, thats tonights game (29 June)

[stan]

Well the Aussies won so I guess they are still top of the one day rankings. At the moment anyway.

No, thats tonights game (29 June)

bahh whatever

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ICC Test Championship

1. 141 Australia
2. 111 India
3. 110 England
4. 109 South Africa
5. 106 Sri Lanka
6. 94 Pakistan
7. 88 New Zealand
8. 77 West Indies
9. 1 Bangladesh

Good to see in the only one that matters we are miles ahead of the rest.

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I don't understand how the ODI rankings can be so even, we dominated last years world cup but yet we always seem to be in the "dangerzone" of losing the number one ranking.

It doesn't really matter though, atleast we dominate in "real" cricket.

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I don't understand how the ODI rankings can be so even, we dominated last years world cup but yet we always seem to be in the "dangerzone" of losing the number one ranking.

It doesn't really matter though, atleast we dominate in "real" cricket.

Without the World Cup the Aussies are only 13-13 since Feb 2007

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ICC TEST BATTING RANKINGS

1 890 S Chanderpaul
2 882 KC Sangakkara
2 882 MEK Hussey
4 880 RT Ponting
4 880 Mohammed Yousef
6 847 DPMD Jayawardena
7 834 ML Hayden
8 823 JH Kallis
9 816 KP Pietersen
10 799 Younis Khan

ICC TEST BOWLING RANKINGS

1 907 M Muralidaran
2 864 DW Steyn
3 863 SR Clark
4 793 B Lee
5 761 RJ Sidebottom
6 737 M Ntini
7 689 WPUJC Vaas
8 684 Shoaib Akhtar
9 669 A Kumble
10 668 SE Bond

30 June

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ICC TEST RANKINGS
1 August

1 138 Australia
2 115 South Africa
3 113 India
4 106 England
5 103 Sri Lanka
6 100 Pakistan
7 83 New Zealand
8 81 West Indies
9 0 Bangladesh

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At a guess I'd say it's due to a tight schedule, but I don't know for sure why we are only playing three Tests against South Africa and not four next summer.

[brod]

At a guess I'd say it's due to a tight schedule, but I don't know for sure why we are only playing three Tests against South Africa and not four next summer.

Youd be right about the schedule.

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ICC TEST RANKINGS
11 August

1 138 Australia
2 116 South Africa
3 109 India
4 109 Sri Lanka
5 104 England
6 100 Pakistan
7 83 New Zealand
8 81 West Indies
9 0 Bangladesh

[smac]

At a guess I'd say it's due to a tight schedule, but I don't know for sure why we are only playing three Tests against South Africa and not four next summer.

Youd be right about the schedule.

I wouldn't be game enough to say it 100%, but I think I recall hearing at some point a few years ago that test series were eventually all going to be 3 tests aside from those series with greater historical significance (such as the Ashes).

[brod]

At a guess I'd say it's due to a tight schedule, but I don't know for sure why we are only playing three Tests against South Africa and not four next summer.

Youd be right about the schedule.

I wouldn't be game enough to say it 100%, but I think I recall hearing at some point a few years ago that test series were eventually all going to be 3 tests aside from those series with greater historical significance (such as the Ashes).

Thats correct, but cant remember all the details, although England vs SA has been put in the same level as The Ashes.

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ICC TEST RANKINGS
11 August

1 138 Australia
2 116 South Africa
3 109 India
4 109 Sri Lanka
5 104 England
6 100 Pakistan
7 83 New Zealand
8 81 West Indies
9 0 Bangladesh

23 December

1 130 Australia
2 118 India
3 117 South Africa
4 108 Sri Lanka
5 103 England
6 100 Pakistan
7 81 West Indies
8 81 New Zealand
9 0 Bangladesh

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ICC TEST BATTING RANKINGS

1 890 S Chanderpaul
2 882 KC Sangakkara
2 882 MEK Hussey
4 880 RT Ponting
4 880 Mohammed Yousef
6 847 DPMD Jayawardena
7 834 ML Hayden
8 823 JH Kallis
9 816 KP Pietersen
10 799 Younis Khan

ICC TEST BOWLING RANKINGS

1 907 M Muralidaran
2 864 DW Steyn
3 863 SR Clark
4 793 B Lee
5 761 RJ Sidebottom
6 737 M Ntini
7 689 WPUJC Vaas
8 684 Shoaib Akhtar
9 669 A Kumble
10 668 SE Bond

30 June

ICC TEST BATTING RANKINGS
1 900 S Chanderpaul
2 886 KC Sangakkara
3 880 Mohammed Yousef
4 837 DPMD Jayawardena
5 832 KP Pietersen
6 803 MEK Hussey
7 799 Younis Khan
8 797 GC Smith
9 778 RT Ponting
10 771 G Gambhir

other Aussies
12 747 MJ Clarke
16 701 ML Hayden
25 652 SM Katich
36 547 PA Jaques
39 520 BJ Haddin
57 419 BJ Hodge
88 284 B Lee
99 232 MG Johnson

ICC TEST BOWLING RATINGS
1 895 M Muralidaran
2 807 DW Steyn
3 805 M Ntini
4 798 SR Clark
5 779 MG Johnson
6 723 RJ Sidebottom
7 717 B Lee
8 686 Harbajan Singh
9 684 WPUJC Vaas
10 684 Shoahib Akhtar

other Aussies
56 245 A Symonds
57 238 SR Watson
61 228 JJ Krejza
73 124 NM Hauritz
74 121 MJ Clarke
76 110 BJ Hogg
83 87 SM Katich
84 80 PM Siddle
87 68 CL White
92 51 B Casson
92 SW Tait

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1 S. Chanderpaul WI 900
2 Mohammad Yousuf PAK 880
2 K.C. Sangakkara SL 880
4 D.P.M.D. Jayawardena SL 854
5 K.P. Pietersen ENG 832
6 R.T. Ponting AUS 827
7 G.C. Smith SA 810
8 Younis Khan PAK 799
9 M.J. Clarke AUS 772
10 G. Gambhir IND 771

1 M. Muralidaran SL 897
2 D.W. Steyn SA 858
3 M. Ntini SA 796
4 S.R. Clark AUS 790
5 M.G. Johnson AUS 741
6 R.J. Sidebottom ENG 723
7 Harbhajan Singh IND 686
8 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 684
9 B. Lee AUS 680
10 W.P.U.J.C. Vaas SL 676

Jan 1, 2009

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Opportunity for Australia to reclaim top spot

Cricinfo staff

January 30, 2009

Australia may have lost their No.1 ranking in ODIs to South Africa after their 39-run defeat in Perth, but they have an opportunity to reclaim that position quickly when their five-match ODI series against New Zealand gets underway.

South Africa went ahead by a fraction of a point after winning the series 4-1, but a victory in the first ODI against New Zealand in Perth, on Sunday, will be enough to push Australia to the top. Australia are still the top Test team, enjoying a five-point lead over South Africa despite losing the Test series 2-1 this summer. WELL THAT DIDNT HAPPEN

South Africa are back at the top for the first time since April 2008 and held the position for a brief period. The gap between the top three sides is steadily narrowing, with India also in the picture. They are currently five points behind South Africa and Australia in the ODI rankings and a series victory against Sri Lanka will push them further towards the top.

Meanwhile, Zimbabwe have also made progress, moving up one place to tenth after winning the opening two matches of the five-ODI series in Kenya.

South Africa 125
Australia 125
India 120
New Zealand 113
Pakistan 111
England 108
Sri Lanka 106
West Indies 91
Bangladesh 46
Zimbabwe 20
Ireland 19
Kenya 1

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Graeme Swann has crowned a remarkable year, in which he has taken 54 wickets in 12 games, by rocketing to No.3 in the world rankings, ahead of Muttiah Muralitharan.

His man-of-the-match performance at Kingsmead, where he completed match-figures of 9 for 164, earned him an eight-place jump to the number-three spot, the highest of any England bowler since Steve Harmison was crowned No.1 in August 2004.

TEST BATSMEN
1 G. Gambhir IND 877
2 D.P.M.D. Jayawardena SL 836
3 K.C. Sangakkara SL 835
4 V. Sehwag IND 804
5 Mohammad Yousuf PAK 793
6 M.J. Clarke AUS 782
7 Younus Khan PAK 769
8 S. Chanderpaul WI 765
9 J.H. Kallis SA 763
9 R.L. Taylor NZ 763

TEST BOWLERS
1 D. Steyn SA 823
2 M.G. Johnson AUS 809
3 G.P. Swann ENG 756
4 M. Muralidaran SL 752
5 Mohammad Asif PAK 720
6 Harbhajan Singh IND 712
7 S.C.J. Broad ENG 697
8 M. Ntini SA 685
9 S.R. Clark AUS 682
10 S.E. Bond NZ 676

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It's amazing how we went from dominant leaders in the Test rankings to fourth in one year. I suppose losing to India in India, South Africa here and England in England makes a huge difference, despite the last two were 2-1 defeats.