January 12, 2006
Sri Lanka climbM J Manohar Rao and Srinivas Bhogle
Sri Lanka (41.18) were very impressive in the away series against New Zealand (48.86). They might even have won the series if it hadn't rained at Hamilton.
Australia (73.77) continue to reign at the top in the Rediff ODI Rankings, while India (36.82) languish at the seventh place.
Table A shows the current ODI rankings.
| TABLE A: CURRENT ODI RANKINGS (as on Jan 12,
2007) |
| Team |
WI |
TI |
ODI
RBI=
WI * 0.73218 + TI * 0.26782 |
Difference
19.12.06 --> 12.1.07 |
Ranking |
| Australia |
68.28 |
88.89 |
73.80 |
+0.03 |
1 |
| South Africa |
55.65 |
44.44 |
52.65 |
+0.16 |
2 |
| New Zealand |
48.44 |
50.00 |
48.86 |
+0.70 |
3 |
| West Indies |
38.97 |
50.00 |
41.92 |
+0.07 |
4 |
| Pakistan |
44.93 |
33.33 |
41.82 |
-1.76 |
5 |
| Sri Lanka |
47.10 |
25.00 |
41.18 |
+2.43 |
6 |
| India |
41.98 |
22.73 |
36.82 |
+0.08 |
7 |
| England |
31.85 |
7.14 |
25.23 |
-0.05 |
8 |
| Zimbabwe |
9.96 |
0.00 |
7.29 |
-0.20 |
9 |
The corresponding LG ICC ODI rankings (as on Jan 12, 2007) are Australia (131), South Africa (126), Pakistan (112), New Zealand (112), Sri Lanka (109), India (106), West Indies (104), England (99) and Zimbabwe (23).
Bangladesh (41) are well ahead of Zimbabwe in the ICC rankings. In our next update we hope to include Bangladesh. We are in the process of rewriting our computer programs right now.
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 Jan 2006 to Dec 2006 (see Table C).
| TABLE B: ODI
SCORECARD (as on Jan 12, 2007; 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
|
2.5 /
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
2.5/5
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 Jan 12, 2007; used to compute TI) |
| Team |
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 |
SL vs NZ
Dec 06-Jan 07 |
Score |
TI |
| Australia |
|
2 / 2 |
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 / 2 |
4 / 4 |
|
|
|
8 /
9 |
88.89 |
| England |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
0 / 1 |
0.5 / 1 |
|
|
0 / 4 |
|
|
|
0.5 /
7 |
7.14 |
| India |
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
|
|
1 / 1 |
0.5 / 1 |
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
|
0 / 2 |
0 / 4 |
0 / 1 |
|
|
2.5 /
11 |
22.73 |
| New
Zealand |
1 / 1 |
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 / 4 |
|
|
0.5 / 1 |
3.5 /
7 | 50.00 |
| Pakistan |
|
|
0 / 1 |
|
|
1 / 1 |
|
0.5 / 1 |
|
|
|
0.5 / 1 |
|
|
0 / 4 |
|
1 / 1 |
|
3 /
9 |
33.33 |
| 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 |
|
|
0.5 / 1 |
2.5 /
10 |
25.00 |
| 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 India's 4-match home series against West Indies.
Srinivas Bhogle now works with Cranes Software International Limited, Bangalore.
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