Windies move to 4th in one-day ratings

ENGLAND and the West Indies are the big movers in the official One-Day International table as their current form, combined with the exclusion of the results of matches more than two years old, sees both sides jump up the ICC ratings. West Indies moved up three places from sixth into fourth after the recently concluded 2003 Cable & Wireless series vs Australia and then Sri Lanka, while England jumped from eighth place to third. England (107) are only one point ahead of the West Indies (106). At the top of the table Australia’s lead over South Africa is extended to 16 with Ricky Ponting’s side increasing its rating by two to 134 points, while the Proteas drop two points to a rating of 118 after losing to England.

India and Pakistan are the teams that tumble down the table due to the removal of games played between August 2000 and July 2001 from the system. Significant changes to the International Cricket Council’s one-day international rankings list have occurred as the first year of results in the original calculation drop out. The refreshed table is based on the results of the last two years. Matches played in the last 12 months have a higher weighting in the calculation. They are worth two-thirds and the previous year has a one-third value, with matches played in the next year worth full value. An annual refresh of the table will be done on July 31.
The new order is: