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March 31, 2005
India now thirdM J Manohar Rao and Srinivas Bhogle
After the 1-1 drawn series against Pakistan, India (48.74) are now third in the
Rediff Test Rankings, just a whisker ahead of South Africa (48.36). But they're unlikely to stay there for too long. South Africa, who easily defeated Zimbabwe 2-0 in the recent home series, should inch ahead, especially if they end up playing a West Indian team without Lara and the others.
Australia (84.59) dropped a point even though they overwhelmed New Zealand 2-0 in their away series. Australia are now on such a pedestal that even one drawn Test brings them down by a little. New Zealand (37.96) are now sixth behind fifth-placed Pakistan (38.79).
The current Rediff Test Rankings appear below in Table A.
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| Country |
Performance index (RBI) |
Difference
8.2.05 to 30.3.05 |
Rank
|
| Australia |
84.59 |
-1.31 |
1 |
| England |
51.49 |
+0.03 |
2 |
| India |
48.74 |
+0.93 |
3 |
| South Africa |
48.36 |
-0.11 |
4 |
| Pakistan |
38.79 |
-1.35 |
5 |
| New
Zealand |
37.96 |
+2.56 |
6 |
| Sri
Lanka |
33.66 |
+0.09 |
7 |
| West
Indies |
22.82 |
-0.23 |
8 |
| Zimbabwe |
13.37 |
+0.08 |
9 |
The current ICC ratings (as on Mar 30, 2005) are: Australia (132),
England (110), India (107), Sri Lanka (103), Pakistan (102), South
Africa (99), New Zealand (93), West Indies (73) and Zimbabwe (41).
The current home-away points tally of Test-playing teams is shown
in Table B.
-- How the
rankings work...
| TABLE B: Test
Score Card (as on Mar 30, 2005) |
|
A W A Y |
| Aus |
Eng |
Ind |
NZ |
Pak |
RSA |
SL |
WI |
Zim |
H
O
M
E |
Australia |
|
4 / 5
4 / 5
|
2.5 / 4
2 / 4
|
2.5 / 3
2 / 2
|
3 / 3
3 / 3
|
2 / 3
3 / 3
|
3 / 3
1.5 / 2 |
3 / 4
5 / 5
|
1 / 1
2 / 2 |
| England |
1 / 5
1 / 5
|
|
1 / 3
2 / 4
|
1.5 / 3
3 / 3
|
2 / 3
1 / 2
|
3 / 5
2.5 / 5
|
1 / 3
2.5 / 3 |
3.5 / 4
4 / 4
|
1 / 2
2 / 2
|
| India |
2 / 4
1.5 / 4
|
2 / 4
2 / 3 |
|
0 / 2
1 / 2
|
2 / 3
1.5 / 3
|
0.5 / 2
1.5 / 2
|
1 / 3
1.5 / 3
|
2 / 5
2.5 / 3 |
1 / 2
2 / 2
|
| New Zealand |
0 / 2
0.5 / 3
|
0 / 3
1.5 / 3
|
1 / 2
2 / 2
|
|
0 / 1
0.5 / 2
|
0.5 / 3
1.5 / 3
|
1 / 2
2 / 2
|
1.5 / 2
2 / 2
|
2 / 2
0.5 / 1
|
| Pakistan |
0 / 3
0 / 3
|
1 / 2
1 / 3
|
1.5 / 3
1 / 3 |
1.5 / 2
1 / 1
|
|
0 / 2
1.5 / 2
|
2.5 / 3
1 / 2
|
1 / 3
2 / 2
|
2 / 2
1 / 3
|
| South Africa |
0 / 3
1 / 3
|
2.5 / 5
2 / 5
|
0.5 / 2
1.5 / 2
|
1.5 / 3
2.5 / 3
|
0.5 / 2
2 / 2
|
|
0.5 / 2
2 / 2
|
3 / 5
3.5 / 4
|
1 / 1
2 / 2
|
| Sri Lanka |
0.5 / 2
0 / 3
|
0.5 / 3
2 / 3
|
1.5 / 3
2 / 3
|
0 / 2
1 / 2
|
1 / 2
0.5 / 3
|
0 / 2
1.5 / 2
|
|
0.5 / 2
3 / 3 |
2 / 2
3 / 3
|
| West Indies |
0 / 5
1 / 4
|
0 / 4
0.5 / 4
|
0.5 / 3
3 / 5
|
0 / 2
0.5 / 2 |
0 / 2
2 / 3
|
0.5 / 4
2 / 5
|
0 / 3
1.5 / 2
|
|
1.5 / 2
2 / 2 |
| Zimbabwe |
0 / 2
0 / 1
|
0 / 2
1 / 2
|
0 / 2
1 / 2
|
0.5 / 1
0 / 2
|
2 / 3
0 / 2
|
0 / 2
0 / 1
|
0 / 3
0 / 2
|
0 / 2
0.5 / 2
|
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Table C summarizes the home-away series win record of the top
nine Test playing countries.
| Country |
No of
wins |
No of
drawn series |
No of
losses |
| Australia |
15 |
1 |
0 |
| England |
7 |
5 |
4 |
| India |
5 |
6 |
5 |
| South
Africa |
8 |
2 |
6 |
| Pakistan |
6 |
3 |
7 |
| New
Zealand |
5 |
5 |
6 |
| Sri
Lanka |
6 |
3 |
7 |
| West
Indies |
5 |
0 |
11 |
| Zimbabwe |
1 |
3 |
12 |
Our next update will feature the SL-NZ and WI-SA Test series.
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