Sri Lanka looked jaded

Sri Lanka (47.15) aren't the same team without Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan and Kumar Sangakkara.

Pakistan (41.43), on the other hand, looked rather good with a new captain, a more effervescent fielding side and Shahid Afridi playing on his sort of a pitch.

The relative positions in the Rediff ODI Rankings however remained unchanged after the Warid Cricket Series at Abu Dhabi.

Table A shows the current ODI rankings.

TABLE A: CURRENT ODI RANKINGS (as on May 24, 2007)

Team	WI	TI	ODI RBI= WI * 0.80 + TI * 0.20	Difference 18.5 -->24.5	Ranking
Australia	64.80	88.24	69.49	+0.36	1
South Africa	53.39	40.00	50.71	+0.35	2
Sri Lanka	50.34	34.38	47.15	-0.55	3
New Zealand	51.01	28.13	46.43	+0.08	4
Pakistan	47.88	15.63	41.43	+1.33	5
England	44.91	21.88	40.30	+0.36	6
India	43.28	15.79	37.78	+0.15	7
West Indies	36.68	29.41	35.23	-0.72	8
Bangladesh	12.03	18.75	13.37	-0.03	9
Zimbabwe	12.23	6.25	11.03	+0.07	10

The corresponding LG ICC ODI rankings (as on May 24, 2007) are Australia (130), South Africa (124), New Zealand (113), Pakistan (112), Sri Lanka (109), India (107), England (104), West Indies (99), Bangladesh (45) and Zimbabwe (22).

It is a surprise to see Sri Lanka already down to the fifth place in the ICC rankings; but then the ICC rankings can't distinguish between a World Cup final and a listless third ODI game at Abu Dhabi after the series is already decided.

Details

The Rediff ODI rating is obtained by judiciously combining every team's weighted index (WI) and tournament index (TI). Based on the past data, a reasonable ratio to combine the WI and TI appears to be 4:1.

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).

TABLE B: ODI SCORECARD (as on May 24, 2007; used to compute WI)

			Aus	Ban	Eng	Ind	NZ	Pak	RSA	SL	WI	Zim
	Australia	H     A   N		3 / 3    3 / 3  3 / 4	3 / 6    4 / 7  2 / 2	5 / 6    1 / 1  1.5 / 2	4 / 4    0 / 3  2 / 2	4 / 5    0 / 0  1 / 1	3 / 4   2 / 5  2 / 2	5 / 7   3 / 5  4 / 4	2.5/3  5 / 8 3 / 5	3.5/4  4 / 4 0 / 0
	Bangladesh	H     A   N	0 / 3     0 / 3  1 / 4		0 / 3    0 / 3  0 / 1	0 / 2  0 / 0 1 / 2	0 / 3    0 / 0  0 / 3	0 / 3  0 / 5 0 / 2	0 / 2    0 / 3  1 / 2	1 / 3    0 / 3  0 / 2	0.5/3    0 / 4  0 / 2	5 / 5    5 / 9  1 / 1
	England	H     A   N	3 /7    3 / 6  0 / 2	3 / 3    3 / 3  1 / 1		2 / 3  1 / 7 0 / 2	0 / 2    2 / 5  2 / 5	2.5/5  2 / 5 1 / 1	3 / 4    2 / 7  0 / 1	0 / 5    0 / 1  3 / 5	2 / 3    3.5/6  1 / 1	1.5/3    4 / 4  1 / 1
	India	H     A   N	0 / 1    1 / 6  0.5 / 2	0 / 0    2 / 2  1 / 2	6/ 7    1 / 3  2 / 2		1.5/3    2 / 7  1 / 3	2 / 6    4 / 5  1 / 2	2 / 4  0 / 4 2.5/4	2 / 3    0 / 3  1 / 2	3 / 5    1 / 5  3 / 4	3 / 5    2 / 2  4 / 4
	New Zealand	H     A   N	3 / 3    0 / 4  0 / 2	0 / 0   3 / 3  3 / 3	3 / 5   2 / 2  3 / 5	5 / 7    1.5/3  2 / 3		4 / 5    0 / 5  1 / 1	5 / 6    0.5/5  2 / 2	2/4     0 / 0  0 / 2	4 / 5    2.5/6  3 / 4	1 / 3    2 / 2  1 / 1
	Pakistan	H     A   N	0 / 0    1 / 5  0 / 1	5 / 5    3 / 3  2 / 2	3 / 5    2.5/5  0 / 1	1 / 5    4 / 6  1 / 2	5 / 5    1 / 5  0 / 1		2 / 5    1 / 4  0 / 1	2 / 3    2.5/3  2 / 3	3 / 4 3 / 4 2 / 3	2 / 2    5 / 5  3 / 3
	South Africa	H     A   N	3 /5  1 / 4 2 / 2	3 /3  2 / 2 1 / 2	5 / 7   1 / 4  1 / 1	4 / 4   2/ 4  1.5/4	4.5/5    1 / 6  0 / 2	3 / 4    3 / 5  1 / 1		4.5/6    0 / 5  4 / 6	3.5/5   6 / 6  0 / 1	3 / 3    3 / 3  3 / 3
	Sri Lanka	H     A   N	2 / 5    2 / 7  0 / 4	3 / 3    2 / 3  2 / 2	1 / 1    5 / 5  2 / 5	3 / 3    1 / 3  1 / 2	0 / 0    2 / 4  2 / 2	0.5/3    1 / 3  1 / 3	5 / 5    1.5/6  2 / 6		1 / 2    3 / 4  1 / 1	2 / 2    5 / 5  1 / 1
	West Indies	H     A   N	3 / 8   0.5/3  2 / 5	4 / 4   2.5/3  2 / 2	2.5/6    1 / 3  0 / 1	4 / 5    2 / 5  1 / 4	3.5/6    1 / 5  1 / 4	1 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 3	0 / 6  1.5/5 1 / 1	1 / 4   1 / 2  0 / 1		6.5/7    3 / 5  1 / 1
	Zimbabwe	H     A   N	0 / 4    0.5/4  0 / 0	4 / 9    0 / 5  0 / 1	0 / 4    1.5/3  0 / 1	0 / 2    2 / 5  0 / 4	0 / 2    2 / 3  0 / 1	0 / 5    0 / 2  0 / 3	0 / 3    0 / 3  0 / 3	0 / 5    0 / 2  0 / 1	2 / 5    0.5/7  0 / 1

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 May 2006 to May 2007 (see Table C).

TABLE C: TOURNAMENT POINTS TALLY (as on May 24, 2007; used to compute TI)

Team

I vs WI May 06

E vs SL Jun-Jul 06

B vs Z Jul-Aug 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

Z vs B Dec 06

SL vs NZ Dec 06-Jan 07

I vs WI Jan 07

CW Series Jan-Feb 07

Z vs B Jan 07

P vs SA Feb 07

I vs SL Feb 07

A vs NZ Feb 07

WC 2007 Mar-Apr 07

I vs B May 07

P vs SL May 07

Score

TI

Australia

2 / 2

4 / 4

1 / 2

0 / 1

8 / 8

15 / 17

88.24

Bangladesh

0 / 1

0 / 4

1 / 1

1 / 1;

1 / 8

0 / 1

3 / 16

18.75

England

0 / 1

0.5 / 1

0 / 4

2 / 2

1 / 8

3.5 / 16

21.88

India

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 1

1 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 8

1 / 1

3 / 19

15.79

New Zealand

1 / 4

0.5 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 1

2 / 8

4.5 / 16

28.13

Pakistan

0.5 / 1

0 / 4

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 8

1 / 1

2.5 / 16

15.63

South Africa

1 / 1

1 / 4

1 / 1

1 / 1

2 / 8

6 / 15

40.00

Sri Lanka

1 / 1

0 / 4

0.5 / 1

0 / 1

4 / 8

0 / 1

5.5 / 16

34.38

West Indies

1 / 1

1 / 2

2 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 8

5 / 17

29.41

Zimbabwe

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 8

1 / 16

6.25

The next update will appear after about a month when the 3-match India-South Africa series concludes in Ireland.

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