England Sneak Past India to 2nd Spot on ICC Test Rankings


By Indian Cricket Fever
August 27 2013

By drawing the last Test of the current Ashes series England have managed to sneak ahead of India on the ICC Test rankings.  Both teams have 116 points, but if you calculate beyond decimal point England are ahead.  Meanwhile Australia have dropped to 5th, behind South Africa, England, India and Pakistan.

A draw in the fifth and final Test of the Ashes series that ended on Sunday helped England to move up one place to second on the Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings.

England won the series 3-0 and thereby gained four ratings points to finish with 116 ratings points.

England entered the series in third position with 112 ratings points. However, after taking a 3-0 lead in the five-Test series, it needed either a draw or a win to move ahead of India into second position.

A draw in the fifth and final Test resulted in England joining India on 116 ratings points. However, England is ranked above India when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.

If Australia had recorded a consolation victory in the final Test, it would have stopped England from leapfrogging India; however, Australia would have still dropped down in the rankings.

Australia dropped four ratings points to drop below Pakistan into fifth place, on 101 ratings points – one behind Pakistan and two ahead of sixth-ranked West Indies.

This is Australia’s lowest finish on the Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings since August 2011, when it was last ranked fifth.

The Test Championship table, unlike the ODI Championship table, is updated only after the conclusion of the series. To find out exactly how forthcoming Test series will affect the Championship table, please click here.

Reliance ICC Test Rankings table (as on 25 August)

Rank   (+/-)    

Team

Rating (+/-)

1

South Africa

135

2

(+1)    England

116 (+4)

3

(-1)     India                           

116

4

(+1)   Pakistan                       

102

5

(-1)    Australia                       

101 (-4)

6

West Indies                 

99

7

Sri Lanka                     

88

8

New Zealand              

79

9

Bangladesh                

10

Zimbabwe is currently not ranked due to insufficient points.

England Sneak Past India to 2nd Spot on ICC Test Rankings
Posted by: Indian Cricket Fever (IP Logged)
Date: 27/08/2013 22:13

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2013:09:09:20:18:18 by Birbal.

Re: England Sneak Past India to 2nd Spot on ICC Test Rankings
Posted by: Birbal (IP Logged)
Date: 14/11/2013 05:56

If India wins the series against West Indies they will bump England down to No. 3... smiling smiley

Re: England Sneak Past India to 2nd Spot on ICC Test Rankings
Posted by: shilpa (IP Logged)
Date: 14/11/2013 15:50

India are already number 2....they were on equal points and by winning the T1 they nudged ahead of Eng

Re: England Sneak Past India to 2nd Spot on ICC Test Rankings
Posted by: Birbal (IP Logged)
Date: 14/11/2013 18:21

What if they lost this test...(I know it seems impossible right now) ...but as I understand it rankings are not calculated till after the end of a series...smiling smiley

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