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January 28, 2008

India drop to third place

M J Manohar Rao, Srinivas Bhogle

England (55.95) have edged ahead of India (54.11) to regain the second place in the Rediff Test Rankings.

This came about because India could only draw its home series against South Africa (India had won 1-0 at home last time), while England defeated New Zealand 2-1 in an away series (England had drawn their last away series in New Zealand).

South Africa (51.88) are climbing strongly in the last 12 months, but suffered a setback by losing in Kanpur; their record against leaders Australia too is poorer than England's and India's record.

By drawing their series away in the West Indies, Sri Lanka (41.57) have inched past Pakistan (40.38) to gain the fifth position.

The latest Rediff Test Rankings appear in Table A.

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TABLE A: Final Rankings (as on Apr 14, 2008)

Country Performance index (RBI) Rank

Australia 89.66 1

England 55.95 2

India 54.11 3

South Africa 51.88 4

Sri Lanka 41.57 5

Pakistan 40.38 6

New Zealand 36.16 7

West Indies 23.99 8

Zimbabwe 12.37 9

Bangladesh 4.10 10

The current LG ICC Test rankings (as on April 14, 2008) are: Australia (141), India (111), South Africa (109), Sri Lanka (108), England (106), Pakistan (94), New Zealand (91), West Indies (77), Zimbabwe (12?) and Bangladesh (1).

The current home-away points tally of Test-playing teams is shown in Table B.
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TABLE B: Test Score Card (as on April 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
4 / 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 3 / 4
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 1 / 5
3 / 5
2 / 2
2 / 2
1.5 / 3
1 / 3
2 / 3
3 / 3
0.5 / 3
3.5 / 4
3 / 5
2.5 / 5
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 / 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 / 5
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
1 / 4
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.

TABLE C: Series 'win-draw-loss' record (with 'home'-'away' break-up)
(as on April 14, 2008)

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 2 2 4 1 3 4

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 4 11 0 3 3 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

After a month's break, Test cricket will resume in mid-May with a three-Test series featuring New Zealand in England, and Australia in the West Indies.

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