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February 9, 2002
Australia stay No. 1 in one-day ratings
M J Manohar Rao and Srinivas Bhogle
As we indicated last time, even a 2-0 victory against New Zealand (37.87) in the VB Series finals doesn't help South Africa (64.02) regain its top place. Australia (65.01) are still almost a point ahead of South Africa. New Zealand stay at the seventh place. The current scorecard is shown in Table A.
| TABLE A: ODI SCORE CARD (as on February 8, 2002) |
| |
| |
Aus |
Eng |
Ind |
NZ |
Pak |
RSA |
SL |
WI |
Zim |
|
Australia |
H
A
N
|
|
6 / 8
3 / 6
0 / 1
|
4 / 4
4 / 8
0 / 1
|
1 / 5
6 / 7
0 / 1
|
5 / 6
5 / 6
2 / 3
|
4.5/7
1 / 3
1.5 / 2
|
4 / 5
3 / 6
0 / 1
|
7/ 7
3.5 / 7
1 / 1
|
4 / 4
3 / 3
1 / 1
|
| England |
H
A
N
|
3 / 6
2 / 8
1 / 1
|
|
2 / 3
3 / 7
0 / 2
|
2 / 3
2.5 / 6
0 / 1
|
2 / 6
1 / 4
1 / 2
|
1 / 4
2 / 11
0 / 1
|
2 / 2
0 / 3
3 / 5
|
3 / 5
1 / 5
2 / 2
|
3 / 4
5 / 5
1 / 2
|
| India |
H
A
N
|
4 / 8
0 / 4
1 / 1
|
4 / 7
1 / 3
2 / 2
|
|
4 / 6
2 / 5
1 / 3
|
1 / 9
1 / 3
0 / 1
|
4 / 9
3 / 11
1 / 1
|
3 / 4
2 / 7
0 / 3
|
5 / 6
1 / 4
2 / 3
|
6 / 7
4 / 5
2 / 2
|
| New Zealand |
H
A
N
|
1 / 7
4 / 5
1 / 1
|
3.5 / 6
1 / 3
1 / 1
|
3 / 5
2 / 6
2 / 3
|
|
3 / 7
1 / 4
0 / 2
|
3 / 6
0 / 7
1 / 6
|
2 / 6
0 / 5
1 / 2
|
6 / 6
2 / 5
0 / 1
|
2 / 4
1 / 3
1 / 1
|
| Pakistan |
H
A
N
|
1 / 6
1 / 6
1 / 3
|
3 / 4
4 / 6
1 / 2
|
2 / 3
8 / 9
1 / 1
|
3 / 4
4 / 7
2 / 2
|
|
0 / 1
0 / 4
1 / 2
|
0 / 4
4 / 7
2 / 3
|
1.5 / 4
4.5/10
2 / 2
|
2 / 3
2 / 2
2 / 2
|
| South Africa |
H
A
N
|
2 / 3
2.5/7
0.5 / 2
|
9 / 11
3 / 4
1 / 1
|
8 / 11
5 / 9
0 / 1
|
7 / 7
3 / 6
5 / 6
|
4 / 4
1 / 1
1 / 2
|
|
7 / 9
1 / 5
1 / 1
|
8 / 10
5 / 7
1 / 1
|
2 / 3
3 / 3
1 / 1
|
| Sri Lanka |
H
A
N
|
3 / 6
1 / 5
1 / 1
|
3 / 3
0 / 2
2 / 5
|
5 / 7
1 / 4
3 / 3
|
5 / 5
4 / 6
1 / 2
|
3 / 7
4 / 4
1 / 3
|
4 / 5
2 / 9
0 / 1
|
|
3 / 5
0 / 1
1 / 1
|
5 / 5
3 / 4
2 / 2
|
| West Indies |
H
A
N
|
3.5 / 7
0 / 7
0 / 1
|
4 / 5
2 / 5
0 / 2
|
3 / 4
1 / 6
1 / 3
|
3 / 5
0 / 6
1 / 1
|
5.5/10
2.5 / 4
0 / 2
|
2 / 7
2 / 10
0 / 1
|
1 / 1
2 / 5
0 / 1
|
|
2 / 2
2 / 2
1 / 2
|
| Zimbabwe |
H
A
N
|
0 / 3
0 / 4
0 / 1
|
0 / 5
1 / 4
1 / 2
|
1 / 5
1 / 7
0 / 2
|
2 / 3
2 / 4
0 / 1
|
0 / 2
1 / 3
0 / 2
|
0 / 3
1 / 3
0 / 1
|
1 / 4
0 / 5
0 / 2
|
0 / 2
0 / 2
1 / 2
|
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The current ODI rankings are shown in Table F, below.
| TABLE F: FINAL ODI RANKINGS (as on February 8, 2002) |
| Country |
Performance
index (RBI) |
Difference
3.2.02 to 8.2.02 |
Rank |
| Australia |
65.01 |
+0.15 |
1 |
| South Africa |
64.02 |
+0.25 |
2 |
| Pakistan |
52.66 |
-0.11 |
3 |
| Sri Lanka |
52.37 |
-0.09 |
4 |
| India |
39.77 |
+0.00 |
5 |
| England |
38.86 |
+0.02 |
6 |
| New Zealand |
37.87 |
-0.74 |
7 |
| West Indies |
36.19 |
-0.10 |
8 |
| Zimbabwe |
14.49 |
+0.01 |
9 |
The forthcoming five-match duel between New Zealand (37.87) and England (38.86) should be interesting. A close result would help India (39.77) stay fifth; if the series is one-sided, the winner could well overtake India. Table G summarizes some of the likely scenarios in the NZ-Eng series to be held during 13-25 February 2002.
| TABLE G: LIKELY SCENARIOS IN NZ-ENG SERIES |
| Result |
NZ ODI RBI |
Eng ODI RBI |
India ODI RBI |
Remarks |
| Eng win 3-2 |
37.55 |
39.36 |
39.81 |
Ind (5), Eng (6), NZ (7) |
| Eng win 4-1 |
36.86 |
40.31 |
39.88 |
Eng (5), Ind (6), NZ (7) |
| NZ win 3-2 |
38.16 |
38.33 |
39.73 |
Ind (5), Eng (6), NZ (7) |
| NZ win 4-1 |
38.70 |
37.22 |
39.66 |
Ind (5), NZ (6), Eng (7) |
So there are some interesting battles ahead. The earnest Indian supporter must wonder why his team is in the 5-7 race, instead of being in the 1-4 race. The reaction of the cynical Indian fan, on the other hand, is best summarized by the reaction we got two days ago: "India at No.5? You must be joking! We are at the bottom; even Kenya have defeated us!"
M J Manohar Rao is professor and director, Department of Economics,
University of Mumbai, Mumbai; Srinivas Bhogle is scientist and head,
Information Management Division, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore.
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