December 19, 2006
Pakistan edge past West IndiesM J Manohar Rao and Srinivas Bhogle
West Indies (41.85) are beginning to lose ground in the Rediff ODI rankings after their 1-3 loss in the one-day series in Pakistan (43.58).
Pakistan climbed up one spot to fourth, while West Indies slipped to fifth.
South Africa (52.49) are still second, India (36.74) lie seventh and England (25.28) a dismal eighth in the latest rankings.
In fact, we are witnessing something rather curious at the moment with the exception of Australia (73.77) at the top and Zimbabwe (7.49) at the bottom, a team's ODI performance seems to be inversely related to its Test performance.
Table A shows the current ODI rankings.
| TABLE A: CURRENT ODI RANKINGS (as on December 19, 2006) |
| Team |
WI |
TI |
ODI
RBI=
WI * 0.73840 + TI * 0.26160 |
Difference
6.12.06 --> 19.12.06 |
Ranking |
| Australia |
68.01 |
90.00 |
73.77 |
+0.11 |
1 |
| South Africa |
55.34 |
44.44 |
52.49 |
-0.08 |
2 |
| New Zealand |
50.04 |
42.86 |
48.16 |
-0.19 |
3 |
| Pakistan |
44.84 |
40.00 |
43.58 |
+2.80 |
4 |
| West Indies |
38.97 |
50.00 |
41.85 |
-1.58 |
5 |
| Sri Lanka |
44.61 |
22.22 |
38.75 |
-0.12 |
6 |
| India |
41.71 |
22.73 |
36.74 |
-0.12 |
7 |
| England |
32.02 |
6.25 |
25.28 |
-0.13 |
8 |
| Zimbabwe |
10.15 |
0.00 |
7.49 |
-0.16 |
9 |
The corresponding LG ICC ODI rankings (as on Dec 19, 2006) are Australia (131), South Africa (126), New Zealand (113), Pakistan (112), Sri Lanka (108), India (106), West Indies (104), England (99) and Zimbabwe (23).
The LG ICC ODI ranking scheme place West Indies at the seventh place because it cannot reward their fine showing in the recent ICC Champions Trophy.
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 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 Dec 2005 to Dec 2006 (see Table C).
| TABLE B: ODI
SCORECARD (as on Dec 19, 2006; used to compute WI) |
| |
| |
Aus |
Eng |
Ind |
NZ |
Pak |
RSA |
SL |
WI |
Zim |
|
Australia |
H
A
N
|
|
6 /
6
3.5 /6
1 /
1
|
5 /
6
4 / 5
1.5 /
2
|
2 /
5
2 / 3
1 /
1
|
5 /
8
0 / 0
5 /
5
|
3 / 4
2 /
5
0 / 0
|
5 / 7
3 /
5
2 / 3
|
2.5/ 3
4 /
7
1 / 2
|
3 / 3
4
/ 4
0 / 0
|
| England |
H
A
N
|
2.5/
6
0 / 6
0 /
1
|
|
3 /
6
1.5/8
0 /
2
|
0 / 2
2
/ 5
0 / 0
|
2.5 /
5
2 / 5
1 /
1
|
3 / 4
2
/ 7
0 / 0
|
0 /
5
0 / 4
3 /
4
|
1 /
4
2 / 4
1 /
1
|
2 /
3
4 / 4
1 /
1
|
| India |
H
A
N
|
1 /
5
1 / 6
0.5 /
2
|
6.5/
8
3 / 6
2 /
2
|
|
1 /
2
2 / 7
1 /
3
|
2 /
6
4 / 5
1 /
2
|
2.5 / 5
0
/ 4
3 / 6
|
6 /
7
0 / 3
4 /
4
|
3 /
8
1 / 5
1 /
2
|
3 /
5
2 / 2
5 /
5
|
| New Zealand |
H
A
N
|
1 /
3
3 / 5
0 /
1
|
3 / 5
2 /
2
0 / 0
|
5 /
7
1 / 2
2 /
3
|
|
4 /
5
0 / 8
1 /
1
|
5 /
6
0.5 / 5
1 /
1
|
4 /
5
1 / 5
0 /
1
|
4 /
5
1 / 4
3 /
3
|
1 /
3
2 / 2
2 /
2
|
| Pakistan |
H
A
N
|
0 /
0
3 / 8
0 /
5
|
3 /
5
2.5 / 5
0 /
1
|
1 /
5
4 / 6
1 /
2
|
8 /
8
1 / 5
0 /
1
|
|
2 /
5
1 / 5
0 /
2
|
2 /
3
2.5 / 3
1 /
1
|
3 /
4
3 / 3
4 / 7
|
2 /
2
5 / 5
4 /
4
|
| South Africa |
H
A
N
|
3 /5
1 / 4
0 / 0
|
5 / 7
1 /
4
0 / 0
|
4 / 4
2.5/
5
3 / 6
|
4.5/
5
1 / 6
0 /
1
|
4 /
5
3 / 5
2 /
2
|
|
4.5 /
6
0 / 5
1 /
1
|
3 / 5
5 /
5
0 / 1
|
3 /
3
3 / 3
1 /
1
|
| Sri Lanka |
H
A
N
|
2 /
5
2 / 7
1 /
3
|
4 /
4
5 / 5
1 /
4
|
3 /
3
1 / 7
0 /
4
|
4 /
5
1 / 5
1 /
1
|
0.5 /
3
1 / 3
0 /
1
|
5 /
5
1.5 / 6
0 /
1
|
|
1 /
2
2 / 3
1 /
1
|
2 /
2
5 / 5
1 /
1
|
| West Indies |
H
A
N
|
3 / 7
0.5/
3
1 / 2
|
2 /
4
3 / 4
0 /
1
|
4 /
5
5 / 8
1 /
2
|
3 /
4
1 / 5
0 /
3
|
0 / 3
1 /
4
3 / 7
|
0 / 5
2
/ 5
1 / 1
|
1 /
3
1 / 2
0 /
1
|
|
6.5 /
7
5 / 7
1 /
1
|
| 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
0 /
1
|
2 /
7
0.5 / 7
0 /
1
|
|
| TABLE C: TOURNAMENT POINTS TALLY (as on Dec 19, 2006; used to compute TI) |
| Team |
P vs E
Dec 05 |
A vs NZ
Dec 05 |
SL vs NZ
Jan 06 |
VB Series
Jan-Feb 06 |
I vs P
Feb 06 |
NZ vs WI
Feb-Mar 06 |
A vs SA
Feb-Mar 06 |
SL vs
P
Mar 06 |
I vs
E
Mar-Apr 06 |
P vs
I
Apr 06 |
Z vs
WI
May 06 |
I vs
WI
May 06 |
E vs
SL
Jun-Jul 06 |
E vs
P
Aug-Sep 06 |
SA vs Z
Sep 06 |
DLF Cup
Sep 06 |
ICC Ch Tr
Oct-Nov 06 |
I vs SA
Nov-Dec 06 |
P vs WI
Dec 06 |
Score |
TI |
| Australia |
|
1 / 1 |
|
2 / 2 |
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 / 2 |
4 / 4 |
|
|
9 /
10 |
90.00 |
| England |
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
0.5 / 1 |
|
|
0 / 4 |
|
|
0.5 /
8 |
6.25 |
| India |
|
|
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
|
|
1 / 1 |
0.5 / 1 |
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
0 / 2 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 1 |
|
2.5 /
11 |
22.73 |
| New
Zealand |
|
0 / 1 |
1 / 1 |
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 / 4 |
|
|
3 /
7 | 42.86 |
| Pakistan |
1 / 1 |
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
0.5 / 1 |
|
|
|
0.5 / 1 |
|
|
0 / 4 |
|
1 / 1 |
4 /
10 |
40.00 |
| South
Africa |
|
|
|
0 / 2 |
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
1 / 4 |
1 / 1 |
|
4 /
9 |
44.44 |
| Sri
Lanka |
|
|
0 / 1 |
1 / 2 |
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
|
|
0 / 4 |
|
|
2 /
9 |
22.22 |
| West
Indies |
|
|
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
1 / 1 |
1 / 1 |
|
|
|
1 / 2 |
2 / 4 |
|
0 / 1 |
5 /
10 |
50.00 |
| Zimbabwe |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
0 / 4 |
|
|
0 /
6 |
0.00 |
Our next update will appear after New Zealand's five-match home series against Sri Lanka.
Srinivas Bhogle now works with Cranes Software International Limited, Bangalore.
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