August 16, 2008
India cling to third placeM J Manohar Rao, Srinivas Bhogle
The Test series loss in Sri Lanka has not hurt India as much as expected because India had lost its previous away series in Sri Lanka too. In fact, India's Test team has seldom done well in Sri Lanka, even when Ajantha Mendis wasn't around.
India (53.97) are holding on to their third place, just as England (54.23) cling on to the second place. Australia (90.49) stay right on top and South Africa (52.78), now fourth, should soon claim the second place.
It must seem puzzling that South Africa have not taken second place in the Rediff Test rankings, even after winning their away series in England. There are primarily two reasons for this.
First, the Rediff rankings are calculated across a wider window of results (typically a window of four years), and South Africa were not as hot two years ago. Second, both India and England have a much better Test record against the leaders Australia (see Table B), and the Rediff Rankings accord higher weights for wins against stronger opponents.
The latest Rediff Test rankings appear in Table A.
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| Country |
Performance index (RBI) |
Diff: 17.6.08 -> 14.8.08 |
Rank
|
| Australia |
90.49 |
+0.01 |
1 |
| England |
54.23 |
-1.06 |
2 |
| India |
53.97 |
-0.02 |
3 |
| South Africa |
52.78 |
+1.01 |
4 |
| Sri
Lanka |
41.57 |
+0.09 |
5 |
| Pakistan |
40.33 |
-0.03 |
6 |
| New
Zealand |
38.23 |
+0.10 |
7 |
| West
Indies |
22.88 |
+0.04 |
8 |
| Zimbabwe |
12.33 |
-0.02 |
9 |
| Bangladesh |
4.08 |
+0.00 |
10 |
The current ICC Test rankings (as on August 14, 2008) are: Australia (138), South Africa (116), India (109), Sri Lanka (108), England (104), Pakistan (100), New Zealand (83), West Indies (81), Zimbabwe (12) and Bangladesh (0).
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 August 14, 2008) |
|
A W A Y |
| Aus |
Ban |
Eng |
Ind |
NZ |
Pak |
RSA |
SL |
WI |
Zim |
H
O
M
E |
Australia |
|
2 / 2
2 / 2
|
2 / 5
5 / 5
|
2.5 / 4
2.5 / 4
|
2.5 / 3
2 / 2
|
3 / 3
3 / 3
|
3 / 3
2.5 / 3
|
3 / 3
2 / 2 |
2.5/3
3 / 3
|
1 / 1
2 / 2 |
| Bangladesh |
0 / 2
0 / 2
|
|
0 / 2
0 / 2
|
-
0.5 / 2
|
0 / 2
0 / 2
|
0 / 3
0 / 2
|
0 / 2
0 / 2
|
0 / 3
0 / 2
|
0.5 / 2
0 / 2
|
0.5 / 2
1.5 / 2
|
| England |
0 / 5
3 / 5
|
2 / 2
2 / 2
|
|
1.5 / 3
1 / 3
|
2 / 3
2.5/3
|
0.5 / 3
3.5 / 4
|
3 / 5
1.5 / 4
|
1 / 3
1.5 / 3 |
3.5 / 4
3.5 / 4
|
1 / 2
2 / 2
|
| India |
1.5 / 4
1.5 / 4
|
1.5 / 2
-
|
2 / 3
1.5 / 3 |
|
0 / 2
1 / 2
|
1 / 3
2 / 3
|
1 / 3
1.5 / 3
|
1 / 3
2.5 / 3
|
2.5 / 4
2.5 / 3 |
2 / 2
2 / 2
|
| New Zealand |
0 / 2
0.5 / 3
|
2 / 2
2 / 2
|
0.5/3
1 / 3
|
1 / 2
2 / 2
|
|
0 / 1
0.5 / 2
|
0 / 2
1.5 / 3
|
1 / 2
1 / 2
|
1.5 / 2
2 / 2
|
2 / 2
0.5 / 1
|
| Pakistan |
0 / 3
0 / 3
|
2 / 2
3 / 3
|
0.5 / 4
2.5 / 3
|
1 / 3
2 / 3 |
1.5 / 2
1 / 1
|
|
1 / 3
0.5 / 2
|
1.5 / 2
1 / 2
|
1 / 2
2.5 / 3
|
2 / 2
1 / 3
|
| South Africa |
0.5 / 3
0 / 3
|
2 / 2
2 / 2
|
2.5 / 4
2 / 5
|
1.5 / 3
2 / 3
|
1.5 / 3
2 / 2
|
1.5 / 2
2 / 3
|
|
0 / 2
2 / 2
|
3 / 4
2 / 3
|
1 / 1
2 / 2
|
| Sri Lanka |
0 / 2
0 / 3
|
2 / 2
3 / 3
|
1.5 / 3
2 / 3
|
0.5 / 3
2 / 3
|
1 / 2
1 / 2
|
1 / 2
0.5 / 2
|
0 / 2
2 / 2
|
|
1 / 2
2 / 2 |
2 / 2
3 / 3
|
| West Indies |
0 / 3
0.5/3
|
2 / 2
1.5 / 2
|
0.5 / 4
0.5 / 4
|
0.5 / 3
1.5 / 4
|
0.5 / 3
0.5 / 2 |
0 / 2
1 / 2
|
1 / 3
1 / 4
|
0 / 2
1 / 2
|
|
1.5 / 2
2 / 2 |
| Zimbabwe |
0 / 2
0 / 1
|
0.5 / 2
1.5 / 2
|
0 / 2
1 / 2
|
0 / 2
0 / 2
|
0.5 / 1
0 / 2
|
2 / 3
0 / 2
|
0 / 2
0 / 1
|
0 / 3
0 / 2
|
0 / 2
0.5 / 2
|
|
Table C summarizes the home-away series win record of all the nine Test playing countries and Zimbabwe. Note that this table lists statistics relating to test series, not individual test matches.
| Country |
No of home wins |
No of away wins |
Total wins |
No of home draws |
No of away draws |
Total draws |
No of home losses |
No of away losses |
Total losses |
| Australia |
9 |
8 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Bangladesh |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8* |
16* |
| England |
6 |
4 |
10 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| India |
4* |
4 |
8* |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
| New Zealand |
3 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
| Pakistan |
5 |
4 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
| South Africa |
7 |
5 |
12 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Sri
Lanka |
6 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| West
Indies |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
| Zimbabwe |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
The cricket action now shifts to One-Day Internationals. With New Zealand's tour to Pakistan now cancelled, our next Test update will only appear in November after the Australia's four-Test series in India.
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