ICC Relaunches Test Championship

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ICC relaunches Test Championship
Wisden CricInfo staff - 21 May 2003

The International Cricket Council has announced a relaunch of its Test Championship in the light of South Africa’s elevation to top spot last year at a time Australia were universally regarded as the best side in the world.

Whereas the old calculations were based on simple series win/draw/loss points, the new Championship relies on a complex weighting system, and each Test will count rather than just the series result.

“The original ICC Test Championship was launched in May 2001 and we stated at the time that we would monitor its application,” Malcolm Speed, president of the ICC told reporters at Lord’s for the relaunch. “That process has now been completed and the revised points system provides a fair reflection of the achievements of all ten full members.”

England’s two-match npower series with Zimbabwe is the first to count towards the re-launched Championship. England need to win the series 2-0 to improve their rating, while a 1-0 win will keep them unchanged on 97 while a draw will cause them to fall to 95.

If England lose 2-0 they will narrowly hold on to fifth place in the table. That outcome would give Zimbabwe’s rating a massive boost to 67, and even a drawn series would extend their lead over Bangladesh by four points.

The ICC Test Championship table, 21st May 2003



Position
(prev pos in brackets) Team Rating 
1 (1) Australia             129 

2 (2) South Africa          115 

3 (3) New Zealand           103 

4 (4) Sri Lanka             101 

5 (5) England               97 

6 (6) India                 91 

7 (8) Pakistan              91 

8 (7) West Indies           79 

9 (9) Zimbabwe              59 

10 (10) Bangladesh           4

Explanation of the ICC Test Championship

The new ICC Test Championship takes into account the result of every individual Test Match with a bonus awarded for winning a series. It also recognises the strength of the opposition in calculating the points awarded.

The system means that there are no longer any `dead rubber’ Test Matches and that in any series both teams have the opportunity to improve or worsen their rating.

The ICC Test Championship reflects performances in all Tests completed since a given date (currently 1st August 1999), in contrast to the previous system which included some series played in 1996/97 yet excluded some more recent series. More recent matches have a stronger weighting and the rankings are refreshed every August.

A rating of 100 reflects average performance, so a team winning and losing a similar number of matches and playing a broad mix of opponents will have a rating close to 100.

For the up-to-date ICC Test Championship table plus full scenarios for forthcoming series and details of the formula for calculating ratings visit the official ICC website www.icc.cricket.org.

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do you have the ranking formula?

btw, i heard some commenting about Pakistan's position vs India's position I wonder if they will say something here.

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Pakistan moved up a rank without playing a test. Not bad. :slight_smile: :k:

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2002 was a total disaster for pak as far as the tests are concerned!

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not really, they only lost to Australia, but they defeated other teams like New Zealand, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, they lost one series, won 3 series and New Zealand series is still undecided.

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Some here maybe disapointed to see PAK at 6/7 ;)

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by UMAIR316: *
not really, they only lost to Australia, but they defeated other teams like New Zealand, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, they lost one series, won 3 series and New Zealand series is still undecided.
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Oh Yeah... they won in South Africa.

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That was in 2003. :rolleyes:

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What are the one day rankings?

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Spock: *
What are the one day rankings?
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ICC One-Day International Championship Table
as at 21 May 2003 ] 



  Team Matches Points Rating 
1 Australia 49 6715 137 
2 South Africa 57 6972 122 
**3 Pakistan 53 5881 111** 
4 Sri Lanka 64 6773 106 
**5 India 58 6047 104** 
6 New Zealand 49 4866 99 
7 West Indies 38 3723 98 
8 England 34 3337 98 
9 Zimbabwe 44 2844 65 
10 Kenya 25 704 28 
11 Bangladesh 23 101 4
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Well one test was in 2002 and other one in 2002.
khan_sahib was talking about 2002 to which you replied and gave example of AUS,Bang,NZL,windies bu forgot to mention South Africa.

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If the ICC says we’re better than Indian then we are :jhanda: