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January 13, 2006
Sri Lanka slipping badlyM J Manohar Rao and Srinivas Bhogle
Just a few months ago, Sri Lanka were comfortably second in the Rediff ODI Rankings (they were also second in the LG ICC ODI rankings). But two big 'away' losses (1-6 against India, and now 1-4 against New Zealand) have hurt Sri Lanka. And if today's loss to Australia in the VB Series is any indicator, things could turn even worse.
Sri Lanka (46.85) have dropped to the fourth place and could even crash to the sixth place if they fail to qualify for the VB Series final. Pakistan (51.89) are currently looking secure at the third place, while New Zealand (44.97) have clawed their way up to the fifth place.
Table A shows the current Rediff ODI rankings.
| TABLE A: CURRENT ODI RANKINGS (as on Jan 13,
2006) |
| Team |
WI |
TI |
ODI
RBI=
WI * 0.83236 + TI * 0.16764 |
Difference
24.12.05 --> 13.1.06 |
Ranking |
| Australia |
74.20 |
91.67 |
77.13 |
-0.12 |
1 |
| South Africa |
49.76 |
90.00 |
56.50 |
-0.39 |
2 |
| Pakistan |
46.23 |
80.00 |
51.89 |
-0.08 |
3 |
| Sri Lanka |
46.21 |
50.00 |
46.85 |
-5.80 |
4 |
| New Zealand |
43.95 |
50.00 |
44.97 |
+3.25 |
5 |
| India |
43.66 |
50.00 |
44.72 |
-0.43 |
6 |
| England |
39.53 |
12.50 |
35.00 |
-0.16 |
7 |
| West Indies |
32.16 |
0.00 |
26.77 |
-0.16 |
8 |
| Zimbabwe |
12.06 |
0.00 |
10.03 |
+0.26 |
9 |
The corresponding ICC ODI ratings (as on Jan 8, 2006) are Australia (135), South Africa (118), Pakistan (116), New Zealand (112), India (109), England (108), Sri Lanka (106), West Indies (90) and Zimbabwe (44).
Details
The Rediff ODI rating is obtained by judiciously combining every team's weighted index (WI) and tournament index (TI).
The WI, based on the most recent ODI encounters between every pair of teams as shown in Table B, is essentially a weighted average that considers the 'opposition strength' (because wins against strong opponents must be rewarded more) and the 'home-away-neutral' factors (because, most teams, especially Sri Lanka and New Zealand, win a lot of matches when they play at home, but lose many more in 'away' encounters).
The TI factors in a team's performance in tournaments and series (and thereby seeks to better reward wins in 'big' matches). The TI is currently based on a time 'window' spanning the period Jan 2005 to Jan 2006 (see Table C).
| TABLE B: ODI
SCORECARD (as on Jan 13, 2006; used to compute WI) |
| |
| |
Aus |
Eng |
Ind |
NZ |
Pak |
RSA |
SL |
WI |
Zim |
|
Australia |
H
A
N
|
|
6 /
6
3.5 / 6
1 /
2
|
5 /
6
3 / 4
2 /
2
|
2 /
5
2 / 3
6 /
6
|
5 /
8
0 / 0
5 /
5
|
3 / 4
5.5 /
7
0 / 0
|
3 / 4
3 /
5
2 / 3
|
2.5/ 3
4 /
7
0 / 0
|
3 / 3
4
/ 4
0 / 0
|
| England |
H
A
N
|
2.5 /
6
0 / 6
1 /
2
|
|
3 /
6
3 / 6
0 /
2
|
0 / 2
2
/ 5
0 / 0
|
2 /
6
2 / 5
1 /
1
|
3 / 4
2
/ 7
0 / 0
|
3 /
4
0 / 4
3 /
4
|
1 /
4
2 / 4
0 /
0
|
2 /
3
4 / 4
1 /
1
|
| India |
H
A
N
|
1 /
4
1 / 6
0 /
2
|
3 /
6
3 / 6
2 /
2
|
|
1 /
2
2 / 7
1 /
3
|
2 /
6
3 / 5
1 /
4
|
2.5 / 5
1
/ 4
3 / 6
|
6 /
7
0 / 3
4 /
4
|
3 /
7
2 / 3
2 /
2
|
3 /
5
2 / 2
5 /
5
|
| New Zealand |
H
A
N
|
1 /
3
3 / 5
0 /
6
|
3 / 5
2 /
2
0 / 0
|
5 /
7
1 / 2
2 /
3
|
|
4 /
5
0 / 8
2 /
7
|
5 /
6
0.5 / 5
1 /
6
|
4 /
5
1 / 5
2 /
5
|
5 /
5
1 / 4
3 /
3
|
1 /
3
2 / 2
2 /
2
|
| Pakistan |
H
A
N
|
0 /
0
3 / 8
0 /
5
|
3 /
5
4 / 6
0 /
1
|
2 /
5
4 / 6
3 /
4
|
8 /
8
1 / 5
5 /
7
|
|
2 /
5
1 / 5
0 /
2
|
2 /
3
1 / 4
6 /
11
|
0 /
0
3 / 3
4 / 7
|
2 /
2
5 / 5
4 /
4
|
| South Africa |
H
A
N
|
1.5 /7
1 / 4
0 / 0
|
5 / 7
1 /
4
0 / 0
|
3 / 4
2.5/
5
3 / 6
|
4.5/
5
1 / 6
5 /
6
|
4 /
5
3 / 5
2 /
2
|
|
4.5 /
6
0 / 5
0 /
3
|
3 / 5
5 /
5
1 / 2
|
3 /
3
3 / 3
1 /
1
|
| Sri Lanka |
H
A
N
|
2 /
5
1 / 4
1 /
3
|
4 /
4
1 / 4
1 /
4
|
3 /
3
1 / 7
0 /
4
|
4 /
5
1 / 5
3 /
5
|
3 /
4
1 / 3
5 /
11
|
5 /
5
1.5 / 6
3 /
3
|
|
1 /
2
2 / 3
2 /
2
|
2 /
2
5 / 5
3 /
4
|
| West Indies |
H
A
N
|
3 / 7
0.5/
3
0 / 0
|
2 /
4
3 / 4
0 /
0
|
1 /
3
4 / 7
0 /
2
|
3 /
4
0 / 5
0 /
3
|
0 / 3
0 /
0
3 / 7
|
0 / 5
2
/ 5
1 / 2
|
1 /
3
1 / 2
0 /
2
|
|
2 /
2
5 / 7
4 /
6
|
| Zimbabwe |
H
A
N
|
0 /
4
0 / 3
0 /
0
|
0 /
4
1 / 3
0 /
1
|
0 /
2
2 / 5
0 /
5
|
0 /
2
2 / 3
0 /
2
|
0 /
5
0 / 2
0 /
4
|
0 /
3
0 / 3
0 /
1
|
0 /
5
0 / 2
1 /
4
|
2 /
7
0 / 2
2 /
6
|
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| TABLE C: TOURNAMENT POINTS TALLY (as on Jan 13, 2006; used to compute TI) |
| Team |
VB Series
Jan-Feb 05 |
E vs
SA
Feb 05 |
SA vs
Z
Mar 05 |
A vs
NZ
Feb-Mar 05 |
P vs
I
Apr 05 |
SA vs
WI
May 05 |
P vs
WI
May 05 |
E vs
A
Jun-Jul 05 |
NatWest Ch E vs
A
Jul 05 |
Indian Oil Series
Jul-Aug 05 |
Video-
con Cup
Aug-Sep 05 |
SA vs NZ
Oct-Nov 05 |
I vs SL
Oct-Nov 05 |
I vs SA
Nov 05 |
P
vs E
Dec 05 |
A vs NZ
Dec 05 |
SL vs NZ
Jan 06 |
Score |
TI |
| Australia |
2 / 2 |
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
|
|
0.5 /
1 |
1 /
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
5.5 /
6 |
91.67 |
| England |
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 /
1 |
0 /
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 /
1 |
|
|
0.5 /
4 |
12.50 |
| India |
|
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
1 / 2 |
1 / 2 |
|
1 / 1 |
0.5 / 1 |
|
|
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3.5 /
7 |
50.00 |
| New
Zealand |
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 / 2 |
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
1 / 1 |
3 /
6 | 50.00 |
| Pakistan |
1 / 2 |
|
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
1 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
|
4 /
5 |
80.00 |
| South
Africa |
|
1 / 1 |
1 / 1 |
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
0.5 / 1 |
|
|
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4.5 /
5 |
90.00 |
| Sri
Lanka |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 / 2 |
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
2 /
4 |
50.00 |
| West
Indies |
0 / 2 |
|
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
0 / 1 |
|
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0 / 2 |
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|
|
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0 /
6 |
0.00 |
| Zimbabwe |
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
0 / 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 /
4 |
0.00 |
Our next update will appear after VB Series in Australia featuring Aus-SA-SL.
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