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September 27, 2002
England fourth, India sixthM J Manohar Rao and Srinivas Bhogle
India's rating in both test cricket and ODI cricket has now crossed the 40-point mark for the first time. India are still far from being the best; but they are certainly getting better.
The drawn series has been good for India. They now become sixth in the overall rankings with an index of 40.81, just over a point ahead of Sri Lanka (39.73). England (46.43) go down to fourth place behind New Zealand (47.03).
The current (as on Sep 11, 2002) home-away point tally of test playing teams is shown, below, in Table A.
-- How the rankings work...
| TABLE A: Test Score Card (as on
Sep 11, 2002) |
|
A W A Y |
| Aus |
Eng |
Ind |
NZ |
Pak |
RSA |
SL |
WI |
Zim |
H
O
M
E |
Australia |
|
4 / 5
3.5 / 5
|
1 / 3
3 / 3
|
3 / 3
1.5 / 3
|
2 / 3
3 / 3
|
2 / 3
3 / 3
|
1 / 3
3 / 3 |
2 / 4
5 / 5
|
1 / 1
- |
| England |
1.5 / 5
1 / 5
|
|
1 / 3
2 / 4
|
1.5 / 3
1.5 / 4
|
2 / 3
1 / 2
|
2 / 5
3 / 5
|
2 / 3
2.5 / 3 |
2 / 6
3.5 / 5
|
1 / 2
1.5 / 2
|
| India |
0 / 3
2 / 3
|
2 / 4
2 / 3 |
|
1 / 3
2 / 3
|
2 / 4
1 / 3
|
0.5 / 2
0 / 2
|
1 / 3
1.5 / 3
|
2 / 5
1.5 / 3 |
1 / 2
2 / 2
|
| New
Zealand |
1.5 / 3
0 / 3
|
2.5 / 4
1.5 / 3
|
1 / 3
2 / 3
|
|
0 / 1
1.5 / 3
|
0.5 / 3
1 / 3
|
1 / 3
2 / 2
|
1.5 / 2
2 / 2
|
2 / 2
0.5 / 1
|
| Pakistan |
0 / 3
1 / 3
|
1 / 2
1 / 3
|
2 / 3
2 / 4 |
1.5 / 3
1 / 1
|
|
1 / 2
1 / 3
|
2.5 / 3
1 / 4
|
1 / 3
2 / 2
|
1.5 / 2
1 / 3
|
| South
Africa |
0 / 3
1 / 3
|
2 / 5
3 / 5
|
2 / 2
1.5 / 2
|
2 / 3
2.5 / 3
|
2 / 3
1 / 2
|
|
1.5 / 3
2.5 / 3
|
3 / 5
5 / 5
|
1 / 1
2 / 2
|
| Sri
Lanka |
0 / 3
2 / 3
|
0.5 / 3
1 / 3
|
1.5 / 3
2 / 3
|
0 / 2
2 / 3
|
3 / 4
0.5 / 3
|
0.5 / 3
1.5 / 3
|
|
0.5 / 2
3 / 3 |
2 / 3
3 / 3
|
| West
Indies |
0 / 5
2 / 4
|
1.5 / 5
4 / 6
|
1.5 / 3
3 / 5
|
0 / 2
0.5 / 2 |
0 / 2
2 / 3
|
0 / 5
2 / 5
|
0 / 3
1.5 / 2
|
|
1.5 / 2
2 / 2 |
| Zimbabwe |
-
0 / 1
|
0.5 / 2
1 / 2
|
0 / 2
1 / 2
|
0.5 / 1
0 / 2
|
2 / 3
0.5 / 2
|
0 / 2
0 / 1
|
0 / 3
1 / 3
|
0 / 2
0.5 / 2
|
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The corresponding ranking table, Table F, appears below.
| Country |
Performance index
(RBI) |
Rank |
Difference
3.7.02 to 11.9.02/FONT> |
| Australia |
74.63 |
1 |
-0.06 |
| South Africa |
56.64 |
2 |
-0.05 |
| New Zealand |
47.03 |
3 |
-0.02 |
| England |
46.43 |
4 |
-0.77 |
| Pakistan |
43.44 |
5 |
+0.12 |
| India |
40.81 |
6 |
+1.44 |
| Sri Lanka |
39.73 |
7 |
+0.14 |
| West Indies |
33.24 |
8 |
+0.15 |
| Zimbabwe |
18.41 |
9 |
+0.09 |
After the ICC Champions Trophy, India play a three-test series against West Indies. The last time the two teams met, the series was drawn. So a series win this time will help India -- but not too much because India will play at home against a team that has among the poorest away records in recent times. Table G, below, summarizes the likely scenarios; we're assuming that West Indies can at best draw their matches against India.
| TABLE G: INDIA VS WEST INDIES: PROBABLE SCENARIOS |
| Points break-up (1 point for win, 0.5 for draw, 0 for loss) |
Ind's new index (RBI) |
WI's new index (RBI) |
| Ind: 1.5, WI: 1.5 [Drawn series] |
40.81 |
33.24 |
| Ind: 2, WI: 1 [India win series 1-0] |
41.10 |
32.26 |
| Ind: 2.5, WI: 0.5 [India win series 2-0] |
41.32 |
31.20 |
| Ind: 3, WI: 0 [India win series 3-0] |
41.45 |
30.08 |
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