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December 16, 2004
New Zealand trouble Australia againM J Manohar Rao and Srinivas Bhogle
When New Zealand last played away in Australia, in the 2002 VB triangular series, they kept defeating Australia (who kept defeating South Africa, who, in turn, kept defeating New Zealand in a bizarre triangular contest).
The 1-1 draw with Australia in the three-match Trans-Tasman Trophy, confirms that New Zealand still know how to trouble Australia in ODIs. The drawn series helped New Zealand (40.15) climb to the fifth place in the Rediff ODI rankings.
Australia (75.65) stay comfortably at the top, but have not looked as convincing lately in ODIs as in the Tests (where their corresponding Rediff Test ranking is a mighty 85.56).
The 4-0 win over Zimbabwe (10.40) helped England (43.46) climb to the fourth place, overtaking South Africa (39.38) and India (38.65).
Table A shows the current Rediff ODI rankings.
| TABLE A: CURRENT ODI RANKINGS (as on Dec 16,
2004) |
| Team |
WI |
TI |
ODI
RBI=
WI * 0.66256 + TI * 0.33744 |
Difference
18.10.04 to 16.12.04 |
Ranking |
| Australia |
79.46 |
68.18 |
75.65 |
-0.83 |
1 |
| Sri Lanka |
48.51 |
54.55 |
50.54 |
-1.26 |
2 |
| West Indies |
35.87 |
68.75 |
46.97 |
+0.18 |
3 |
| England |
40.12 |
50.00 |
43.46 |
+3.76 |
4 |
| New Zealand |
37.67 |
45.00 |
40.15 |
+0.58 |
5 |
| South Africa |
52.15 |
14.29 |
39.38 |
-1.98 |
4 |
| India |
45.60 |
25.00 |
38.65 |
-1.98 |
7 |
| Pakistan |
37.87 |
30.77 |
35.47 |
-0.49 |
8 |
| Zimbabwe |
15.69 |
0.00 |
10.40 |
-0.66 |
9 |
The Rediff ODI Rankings judiciously combine a team's weighted performance index (WI) -- that takes into account the strength of the opposition and the 'home-away' factor, with its tournament index (TI) -- that rewards wins in 'do-or-die' or crunch matches during a 12-month 'window of reckoning' (currently spanning December 2003 to December 2004).
The rankings indicate that South Africa and India, in particular, are dropping steeply; they still win enough games, but have completely lost the ability to win, or perform strongly in tournaments. West Indies and England, on the other hand, are rather well-placed because of their superior tournament record during the past year.
The corresponding ICC ODI ratings (as on December 16, 2004) are Australia (136), Sri Lanka (119), New Zealand (118), England (109), Pakistan (109), West Indies (107), South Africa (101), India (100) and Zimbabwe (59).
Details
The weighted index (WI) is calculated based on the ODI scorecard
that appears below as Table B. Details of the WI calculation appear
elsewhere on Rediff.
| TABLE B: ODI
SCORECARD (as on December 16, 2004) |
| |
| |
Aus |
Eng |
Ind |
NZ |
Pak |
RSA |
SL |
WI |
Zim |
|
Australia |
H
A
N
|
|
7 /
7
3 / 7
1 /
2
|
5 /
6
3 / 4
2 /
2
|
1 /
2
6 / 7
5 /
5
|
6 /
9
5 / 6
5 /
5
|
4.5/7
5.5 /
7
1.5 / 2
|
3 / 4
3 /
5
2 / 3
|
7/ 7
4 /
7
1 / 1
|
3.5 / 4
3
/ 3
1 / 1
|
| England |
H
A
N
|
4 /
7
0 / 7
1 /
2
|
|
2 /
3
3 / 7
0 /
4
|
0.5 / 3
2
/ 6
0 / 1
|
2 /
3
1 / 4
2 /
3
|
4 / 8
2
/ 11
0 / 1
|
4 /
5
1 / 3
3 /
4
|
1 /
4
2 / 4
2 /
2
|
5.5 /
8
4 / 4
2 /
3
|
| India |
H
A
N
|
1 /
4
1 / 6
0 /
2
|
4 /
7
1 / 3
4 /
4
|
|
1.5 /
3
2 / 8
1 /
1
|
0 /
0
3 / 5
1 /
4
|
4 / 9
3
/ 11
3 / 4
|
3 /
4
1 / 3
4 /
4
|
4 /
8
2 / 3
2 /
3
|
5 /
7
5 / 6
4 /
4
|
| New Zealand |
H
A
N
|
1 /
7
1 / 2
0 /
5
|
4 / 6
2.5 /
3
1 / 1
|
6 /
8
1.5 / 3
0 /
1
|
|
4 /
5
0 / 5
2 /
5
|
5 /
6
1 / 8
1 /
6
|
2 /
6
1 / 7
1 /
3
|
6 /
6
1 / 4
3 /
4
|
2 /
4
1 / 3
2 /
2
|
| Pakistan |
H
A
N
|
1 /
6
3 / 9
0 /
5
|
3 /
4
1 / 3
1 /
3
|
2 /
5
0 / 0
3 /
4
|
5 /
5
1 / 5
3 /
5
|
|
2 /
5
1 / 9
0 /
2
|
2 /
3
0 / 1
2 /
3
|
1.5 /
4
4.5/10
2 / 3
|
2 /
2
5.5 / 6
4 /
4
|
| South Africa |
H
A
N
|
1.5 /
7
2.5/7
0.5 / 2
|
9 / 11
4 /
8
1 / 1
|
8 / 11
5 /
9
1 / 4
|
7 /
8
1 / 6
5 /
6
|
8 /
9
3 / 5
2 /
2
|
|
6.5 /
9
0 / 5
0 /
3
|
3.5 / 5
5 /
7
2 / 3
|
2 /
3
3 / 3
4 /
4
|
| Sri Lanka |
H
A
N
|
2 /
5
1 / 4
1 /
3
|
2 /
3
1 / 5
1 /
4
|
2 /
3
1 / 4
0 /
4
|
6 /
7
4 / 6
2 /
3
|
1 /
1
1 / 3
1 /
3
|
5 /
5
2.5 / 9
3 /
3
|
|
3 /
5
2 / 3
1 /
1
|
5 /
5
5 / 5
5 /
6
|
| West Indies |
H
A
N
|
3 / 7
0 /
7
0 / 1
|
2 /
4
3 / 4
0 /
2
|
1 /
3
4 / 8
1 /
3
|
3 /
4
0 / 6
1 /
4
|
5.5/10
2.5 /
4
1 / 3
|
2 / 7
1.5
/ 5
1 / 3
|
1 /
3
2 / 5
0 /
1
|
|
2 /
2
3 / 5
1 /
2
|
| Zimbabwe |
H
A
N
|
0 /
3
0.5 / 4
0 /
1
|
0 /
4
2.5 / 8
1 /
3
|
1 /
6
2 / 7
0 /
4
|
2 /
3
2 / 4
0 /
2
|
0.5 /
6
0 / 2
0 /
4
|
0 /
3
1 / 3
0 /
4
|
0 /
5
0 / 5
1 /
6
|
2 /
5
0 / 2
1 /
2
|
|
We next calculate the tournament index (TI). The TI is currently based on a
time 'window' spanning the period Dec 2003 to Dec 2004.
| TABLE C1: POINTS IN ODI TOURNAMENTS WITH AT
LEAST THREE TEAMS (as on Dec 16,
2004) |
| Team |
VB
Series
Jan-Feb 04 |
NatWest
Jun-Jul 04 |
Asia Cup
Jul-Aug 04 |
Videocon Cup
Aug 04 |
ICC Champions Trophy
Sep 04 |
Paktel Cup
Oct 04 |
Score |
| Australia |
2 /
2 |
|
|
2 /
2 |
1 / 4 |
|
5 /
8 |
| England |
|
0 /
2 |
|
|
2 / 4 |
|
2 /
6 |
| India |
1 /
2 |
|
1 / 2 |
0 / 2 |
0 / 4 |
|
2 /
10 |
| New
Zealand |
|
2 / 2 |
|
|
0 / 4 |
|
2 /
6 |
| Pakistan |
|
|
0 / 2 |
1 / 2 |
1 / 4 |
1 / 2 |
3 /
10 |
| South
Africa |
|
|
|
|
0 / 4 |
|
0 /
4 |
| Sri
Lanka |
|
|
2 / 2 |
|
0 / 4 |
2 / 2 |
4 /
8 |
| West
Indies |
|
1 / 2 |
|
|
4 / 4 |
|
5 /
6 |
| Zimbabwe |
0 /
2 |
|
|
|
0 / 4 |
0 / 2 |
0 /
8 |
| TABLE C2: POINTS IN ODI 'TOURNAMENTS' WITH TWO
TEAMS (as on Dec 16, 2004) |
| Team |
P
vs NZ
Dec 03 |
NZ
vs Pak
Jan 04 |
WI vs
SA
Jan-Feb 04 |
A vs
SL
Feb 04 |
SA vs
NZ
Feb-Mar 04 |
P vs
I
Mar 04 |
Z vs
SL
Apr 04 |
E vs
WI Apr-
May 04 |
Z vs
A
May 04 |
SL vs
SA
Aug 04 |
NatWest Ch
Sep 04 |
Z
vs E
Nov-Dec 04 |
A vs NZ
Dec 04 |
Score |
| Australia |
|
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
1 /
1 |
|
|
|
0.5 / 1 |
2.5 /
3 |
| England |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 / 1 |
|
|
1 / 1 |
1 /
1 |
|
2.5 /
3 |
| India |
|
|
|
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
1 /
2 |
| New
Zealand |
0 / 1 |
1 / 1 |
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 / 1 |
2.5 /
4 |
| Pakistan |
1 / 1 |
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 /
3 |
| South
Africa |
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
1 /
3 |
| Sri
Lanka |
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
|
|
2 /
3 |
| West
Indies |
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
0.5 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 /
2 |
| Zimbabwe |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
0 /
1 |
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
0 /
3 |
We total up the entries of Tables C1 and C2 in Table C to list
the overall tournament index for all the top nine ODI-playing teams.
| TABLE C: CALCULATION OF THE TOURNAMENT INDEX
(TI; as on Dec 16, 2004) |
| Team |
C1
value |
C2
value |
C1 + C2
|
TI |
| Australia |
5 / 8 |
2.5 / 3 |
7.5 / 11 |
68.18 |
| England |
2 / 6 |
2.5 / 3 |
4.5 / 9 |
50.00 |
| India |
2 / 10 |
1 / 2 |
3 / 12 |
25.00 |
| New
Zealand |
2 / 6 |
2.5 / 4 |
4.5 / 10 |
45.00 |
| Pakistan |
3 / 10 |
1 / 3 |
4 / 13 |
30.77 |
| South
Africa |
0 / 4 |
1 / 3 |
1 / 7 |
14.29 |
| Sri
Lanka |
4 / 8 |
2 / 3 |
6 / 11 |
54.55 |
| West
Indies |
5 / 6 |
0.5 / 2 |
5.5 / 8 |
68.75 |
| Zimbabwe |
0 / 8 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 11 |
0.00 |
Our next update will appear after the Sri Lanka-New Zealand series in New Zealand.
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