Here is the Current Twenty20 Ranking. Found this from one website.
S# Team Rating
1. India 103
2. Australia 98
3. Bangladesh 97
4. England 90
5. South Africa 89
6. New Zealand 56
7. Sri Lanka 55
8. Pakistan 42
9. Zimbabwe 35
10. West Indies 31
Here is the Current Twenty20 Ranking. Found this from one website.
S# Team Rating
1. India 103
2. Australia 98
3. Bangladesh 97
4. England 90
5. South Africa 89
6. New Zealand 56
7. Sri Lanka 55
8. Pakistan 42
9. Zimbabwe 35
10. West Indies 31
We're no worse than Pakistan IAH.
But Bangladesh @ 3. Gimme a break.
All-Time Test XI:
Gavaskar, Boycott, Tendulkar, G.Pollock, V.Richards, Sobers, Gilchrist (wk), Warne (c), Waqar/Wasim, Lillee, Ambrose.
That's true, but Bangladesh looked several leagues above the West Indies in the last tournament yet overall W.Indies are the better team.
Realistically there's the top group:
India
Australia
South Africa
who can beat anybody including each other on the day and most can't beat them. Then the middle group:
Sri Lanka
New Zealand
England
Pakistan
who can beat each other on the day but are very inconsistent and could, though highly unlikely to, cause an upset over the top group teams if their star batsman goes on a sick one.
You then have the West Indies who are very poor but not as poor as the last group:
Bangladesh
who must have somany friends at the ICC to be even playing "competitive" international matches.
Pakistan's T20 record:
17 matches
13 wins
3 losses
1 tie
England's T20 record:
15 matches
6 wins
9 losses
West Indies T20 record?
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Played 11, won 4, lost 5. The full table is here: Cricinfo - A lowdown on Twenty20 internationals.
Those rankings are a load of rubbish. With the tournament in England, and Pakistan missing so many players I reckon England actually have a chance at upsetting Pakistan. I think Kamran Akmal may well open with Butt, Butt hasn't convinced me in this format and Akmal may stuggle early on against the new ball. Put an awful lot of pressure on the Pakistani middle order. That said, Pakistan have a top bowling attack in this format.
It must just be me because I don't see beating Pakistan as an upset- even with their first XI out.
I will be disappointed if we lose to them tbph.
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