Ranking

[Imtiazk]

Would some statistic geek in here confirm that our ODI or indeed Test ranking today is the closest we have come to an established Test playing team ?

In tests, we are indeed far off and will remain so for sometime to come but I feel in ODIs , particularly against the bottom four, our regularity of wins will increase.

That is why I am slightly disappointed with the strike. I did believe we would have one and, who knows, two against the full team in ODIs.

These wickets are ideally suited for us and our spinners cannot so easily be taken on by anyone on a regular basis on them.


TESTS

Team	Matches	Points	Rating
Australia	42	5361	128
South Africa	45	5360	119
India	47	5498	117
Sri Lanka	38	4230	111
England	50	5041	101
Pakistan	26	2479	95
New Zealand	34	2798	82
West Indies	37	2881	78
Bangladesh	26	270	10

ICC ODI Championship




28 Jul 2009

Team	Matches	Points	Rating
South Africa	39	4911	126
Australia	47	5756	122
India	53	6410	121
New Zealand	35	3918	112
Pakistan	36	4009	111
England	39	4623	109
Sri Lanka	43	4508	105
West Indies	39	3380	87
Bangladesh	40	2005	50
Ireland	13	340	26
Zimbabwe	32	736	23
Kenya	15	0	0

[Tintin]

is the closest we have come to an established Test playing team ?

Yes, 73-6 to West Indies in 2005 was the previous best. Zim, of course, was ranked lower than WI then

[bangla-red]

Isn't 73-6 close anyway?

73 - 6 = 67
78 - 10 = 68

[Tintin]

Originally Posted by bangla-red
Isn't 73-6 close anyway?

73 - 6 = 67
78 - 10 = 68

I am a little mathematically challenged

[Tigers_eye]

67, 68 what difference does it make? The number is still huge. Still Minnows till we get it down to 30 or something.

[AsifTheManRahman]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
67, 68 what difference does it make? The number is still huge. Still Minnows till we get it down to 30 or something.

Or -5.