The northern summer of 2006 has ended and the next great cricketing event is the ICC Champions Trophy, which begins on October 7 in India. India, Australia and West Indies will play a tri-series in Malaysia, while South Africa play Zimbabwe, in short build up series for the main event. Heres a ranking of the ODI teams at this time:
One Day Matches, 10th September, 2006
Australia 0.617
South Africa 0.601
New Zealand 0.546
India 0.515
West Indies 0.503
Sri Lanka 0.494
Pakistan 0.475
England 0.436
Zimbabwe 0.312
This is at odd’s with the ICC rankings, especially from position 3 onwards.
Australia 131
South Africa 123
India 113
Pakistan 111
New Zealand 111
Sri Lanka 107
West Indies 99
England 99
Zimbabwe 35
Bangladesh 33
It will be interesting to see how the teams fare. New Zealand are ranked third in my ratings because they have 4-1 records (in the last 5 matches played) against Sri Lanka, West Indies, Pakistan and England, in addition to a 3-2 record against India. They are at 25-15 in their last 40 matches (5 each against each of the other sides). In the ICC’s rankings, many of those results do not count, because they fall outside the ICC’s cut off period.
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