Bazza
International 12th Man
For years people have tried to successfully rate who is the best team in world cricket. There have been many attempts - some more successful than others. At the start of the year, Neil Pickup devised a system for ranking teams' abilities in test matches. These have now been adopted as Cricketweb's official test rankings.
Over the last few days (well months, intermittently), with Neil's assistance, I have produced a set of ODI rankings - based on the system Neil uses for tests. And here they are - these rankings include up to the Zimbabwe v West Indies series which finished last week, but not the current Pakistan v New Zealand series.
Home
1 South Africa 1348
2 Australia 1313
3 Sri Lanka 1131
4 West Indies 966
5 England 955
6 India 931
7 New Zealand 924
8 Pakistan 870
9 Zimbabwe 270
10 Kenya 115
11 Bangladesh 35
Away
1 Australia 1344
2 Pakistan 1066
3 South Africa 1048
4 India 947
5 Sri Lanka 922
6 England 888
7 New Zealand 798
8 West Indies 746
9 Zimbabwe 456
10 Kenya 316
11 Bangladesh 29
Total
1 Australia 1329
2 South Africa 1198
3 Sri Lanka 1027
4 Pakistan 968
5 India 939
6 England 922
7 New Zealand 861
8 West Indies 856
9 Zimbabwe 363
10 Kenya 216
11 Bangladesh 32
I will shortly write an explanation of how the system works, ie how the rankings are calculated. For now, feel free to pick to pieces my many hours of work,
Bazza
Over the last few days (well months, intermittently), with Neil's assistance, I have produced a set of ODI rankings - based on the system Neil uses for tests. And here they are - these rankings include up to the Zimbabwe v West Indies series which finished last week, but not the current Pakistan v New Zealand series.
Home
1 South Africa 1348
2 Australia 1313
3 Sri Lanka 1131
4 West Indies 966
5 England 955
6 India 931
7 New Zealand 924
8 Pakistan 870
9 Zimbabwe 270
10 Kenya 115
11 Bangladesh 35
Away
1 Australia 1344
2 Pakistan 1066
3 South Africa 1048
4 India 947
5 Sri Lanka 922
6 England 888
7 New Zealand 798
8 West Indies 746
9 Zimbabwe 456
10 Kenya 316
11 Bangladesh 29
Total
1 Australia 1329
2 South Africa 1198
3 Sri Lanka 1027
4 Pakistan 968
5 India 939
6 England 922
7 New Zealand 861
8 West Indies 856
9 Zimbabwe 363
10 Kenya 216
11 Bangladesh 32
I will shortly write an explanation of how the system works, ie how the rankings are calculated. For now, feel free to pick to pieces my many hours of work,
Bazza
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