NewZealand crash Aussies once again…
The alarm bells first rang about a year ago when Dhoni's India defeated Australia in 'straight sets' in the best of three finals of the Commonwealth Bank Series. Now, after losing 4-1 to a depleted South African side at home, Australia have well and truly fallen off the pedestal.
South Africa now lead the table in the ODI Rankings, ahead of Australia. New Zealand , who won a close series at home against the West Indies, are third.
New Zealand however face a tough away series in Australia and should lose the third spot to India, especially if India can win the ongoing series in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka gained a little after vanquishing Pakistan , but had to struggle to defeat a rejuvenated Bangladesh side in the Tri-Nation tournament.
Bangladesh continued their good form to defeat Zimbabwe in the home series and overtake them in the ODI Rankings.
Table A shows the current ODI rankings.
Table A : Current ODI Ranking
The corresponding ICC ODI rankings (as on January 30, 2008) are South Africa (125), Australia (125), India (120), New Zealand (113), Pakistan (111), England (108), Sri Lanka (106), West Indies (91), Bangladesh (46) and Zimbabwe (20).
Details
The ODI rating, now published regularly over the last seven years, is a judicious combination of 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 teams usually win more at home, and lose more playing 'away').
The TI factors in a team's performance in tournaments and series (and thereby seeks to better reward wins in 'big' matches).
Table B: ODI Scorecard
The TI is currently based on a time 'window' spanning the last 12-13 months; i.e. the period January 2008 to January 2009 (see Table C).
Table C : Tournament Point Tally
South Africa now lead the table in the ODI Rankings, ahead of Australia. New Zealand , who won a close series at home against the West Indies, are third.
New Zealand however face a tough away series in Australia and should lose the third spot to India, especially if India can win the ongoing series in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka gained a little after vanquishing Pakistan , but had to struggle to defeat a rejuvenated Bangladesh side in the Tri-Nation tournament.
Bangladesh continued their good form to defeat Zimbabwe in the home series and overtake them in the ODI Rankings.
Table A shows the current ODI rankings.
Table A : Current ODI RankingThe corresponding ICC ODI rankings (as on January 30, 2008) are South Africa (125), Australia (125), India (120), New Zealand (113), Pakistan (111), England (108), Sri Lanka (106), West Indies (91), Bangladesh (46) and Zimbabwe (20).
Details
The ODI rating, now published regularly over the last seven years, is a judicious combination of 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 teams usually win more at home, and lose more playing 'away').
The TI factors in a team's performance in tournaments and series (and thereby seeks to better reward wins in 'big' matches).
Table B: ODI Scorecard
Table C : Tournament Point Tally
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