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July 3, 2002

Pakistan could end up third

M J Manohar Rao and Srinivas Bhogle

Shoaib Akhtar's fine performance in Australia could well earn Pakistan the third place in the Rediff ODI ratings. At the moment, Pakistan (53.26) are still fourth, just over a point below Sri Lanka (54.49). But, given Sri Lanka's dismal start in the Natwest tri-series, they appear all set to surrender their third place.

India (40.92)'s good start, winning two matches out of two so far, ensures that their fifth place is absolutely secure. But even seven straight wins will not be enough to gain the fourth place. England (38.65) too appear likely to be stuck at the sixth place.

The current (as on Jun 28, 2002) scorecard for the major ODI playing teams is shown in Table A.

TABLE A: ODI SCORE CARD (as on Jun 28, 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
6 / 9
5 / 6
2 / 3
4.5/7
5.5 / 7
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 / 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
2 / 3
2 / 3
5 / 7
4 / 5
2 / 2

New Zealand H
A
N
1 / 7
4 / 5
1 / 1
4 / 6
1 / 3
1 / 1
3 / 5
2 / 6
2 / 3
3 / 7
0 / 4
0 / 2
3 / 6
0 / 7
1 / 6
2 / 6
0 / 5
1 / 2
6 / 6
1 / 4
0 / 1
2 / 4
1 / 3
1 / 1

Pakistan H
A
N
3 / 9
1 / 6
1 / 3
3 / 4
4 / 6
1 / 2
2 / 3
8 / 9
1 / 1
4 / 4
4 / 7
2 / 2
0 / 1
0 / 4
1 / 2
0 / 4
4 / 7
1 / 3
1.5 / 4
4.5/10
2 / 3
2 / 3
2 / 2
2 / 2

South Africa H
A
N
1.5 / 7
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
2 / 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
1 / 3
1 / 6
1 / 3
3 / 4
0 / 6
1 / 1
5.5/10
2.5 / 4
1 / 3
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
2 / 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

The current ODI rankings are shown in Table F, below.

TABLE F: FINAL ODI RANKINGS (as on Jun 28, 2002)

Country Performance index (RBI) Difference
17.6.02 to 28.6.02 Rank

Australia 69.33 -0.80 1

South Africa 60.67 +0.07 2

Sri Lanka 54.49 +0.10 3

Pakistan 53.26 +1.68 4

India 40.92 +0.11 5

England 38.65 +0.00 6

New Zealand 36.64 -0.10 7

West Indies 35.64 +0.17 8

Zimbabwe 15.80 +0.03 9

Notice that most teams gain a little because of Australia's defeats; this is because, after two home losses, Australia's "weight" has diminished marginally.

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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