the deal is sealed

[Maximas]

I dunno how beating the incumbent number 1 on their home turf can mean anything other than number 1 status, tbh.

I suppose it's unlikely that Aus will travel so well, but SA drew a series with Pakistan too so it's not like they're legendary away from home anymore.

Still fared much better than Australia in their last venture to the SC. Both teams travel to Asia (UAE whatever) this winter so we'll get a clearer picture of who deserves to be no 1 soon enough, but yeah, beating SA in their backyard is pretty convincing

 

[GotSpin]

Yeah, but they are not the best. And they are joint #1, fyi

Nah youre talking fluff. Until proven otherwise, Australia is number 1 and the best side right now. Not really sure who else could be

 

[harsh.ag]

Nah youre talking fluff. Until proven otherwise, Australia is number 1 and the best side right now. Not really sure who else could be

SA and Aus are joint #1 as per the rankings.

ICC rankings - ICC Test, ODI and Twenty20 rankings | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Furball]

Still fared much better than Australia in their last venture to the SC. Both teams travel to Asia (UAE whatever) this winter so we'll get a clearer picture of who deserves to be no 1 soon enough, but yeah, beating SA in their backyard is pretty convincing

England won a series last time they were in Asia so doing well there is clearly meaningless.

 

[uvelocity]

SA and Aus are joint #1 as per the rankings.

ICC rankings - ICC Test, ODI and Twenty20 rankings | ESPN Cricinfo

the rating figure is an integer. the raw number for aus is higher

 

[harsh.ag]

the rating figure is an integer. the raw number for aus is higher

Isn't that just because they have played more matches? Or am I missing something?

 

[uvelocity]

nah the rating is the points divided by the number of matches. aus is a fraction of a point in front.