Australia consolidate top position in Test rankings after annual update

New Zealand and India remain No. 1 in ODIs and T20Is; Pakistan advance in Tests and ODIs.

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Australia has increased their lead over second-placed India from one to nine rating points while Pakistan has overtaken England to the fifth position in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings following the annual update carried out today.

Australia, who beat England 4-0 in a five-match home series in January, has moved from 119 to 128 rating points in the annual update that drops the 2018-19 season and reflects all series completed since May 2019. Series completed before May 2021 are now weighted at 50 percent and subsequent series at 100 percent.

India has also gained a point to move to 119 while England has had the biggest decrease of nine points as their 4-1 series win over India in 2018 is now dropped from the rankings. England’s 88 rating points are their lowest since 1995.

The England versus India series that began in 2021, will be included in the rankings once the final postponed Test is completed.

South Africa has closed the gap with third-placed New Zealand from 13 points to just one point in the updated rankings that still contain 10 teams since Afghanistan and Ireland are yet to play enough Tests to be included in the rankings.

In the updated ODI rankings, New Zealand remains on top but their lead over England is reduced from three to one point. The gap between England and third-placed Australia has increased from seven to 17 points. Pakistan has moved past South Africa to fifth place while the United Arab Emirates are the biggest gainers, earning six rating points and advancing two places to 13th.

India remains on top in T20Is, extending their lead over second-placed England from one to five points. South Africa and Australia have overtaken New Zealand, which is now in sixth place. Similarly, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are now ahead of Afghanistan (10th).

The biggest rating improvement has been by Portugal, who have moved up five places to 45th in the latest update, in which the number of ranked teams has fallen from 91 to 72, as 19 teams have not played the required six rated matches since May 2019.

Of the 19 teams to have lost their ranking, 11 still have a rating since they played some T20Is in the past three years. Mexico, the Philippines, and the Isle of Man have played five matches so will regain their ranking when they play their next match, while France, Peru, Hungary, Samoa, Brazil, Chile, and Turkey will regain their ranking after playing two more matches. Bhutan needs to play four more matches to be ranked.

Fiji, Costa Rica, Japan, South Korea, St Helena, China, Indonesia, and Myanmar have not played since May 2019 and so have lost their rating.

Latest ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings

TeamsOld RatingNew RatingDifference
Australia1191289
India1181191
New Zealand115111-4
South Africa1021108
Pakistan93930
England9788-9
Sri Lanka81810
West Indies8177-4
Bangladesh51510
Zimbabwe3125-6

Latest ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings:

TeamsOld RatingNew RatingDifference
New Zealand1221253
England1191245
Australia112107-5
India110105-5
Pakistan971025
South Africa10299-3
Bangladesh93952
Sri Lanka81876
West Indies7773-4
Afghanistan6866-2
Ireland52542
Scotland5250-2
UAE33396
Netherlands35383
Zimbabwe4135-6
Oman30322
Namibia21221
USA17192
Nepal1817-1
PNG76-1

Latest ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings:

TeamsOld RatingsNew Ratings Difference 
India2702700
England269265-4
Pakistan264261-3
South Africa2532530
Australia2512510
New Zealand255250-5
West Indies2352405
Bangladesh2312332
Sri Lanka2292301
Afghanistan232226-6
Zimbabwe1921931
UAE1891923
Nepal189185-4
Ireland1831841
Scotland185183-2
Namibia1751805
Oman1681702
Netherlands171167-4
PNG159151-8
Singapore1401499
Canada1251283
Jersey1231285
Qatar128126-2
Hong Kong121116-5
Uganda1081146
USA1031118
Bahrain961059
Kuwait1031041
Italy104102-2
Kenya991001
Malaysia89956
Saudi Arabia10094-6
Tanzania82908
Bermuda88880
Germany83852
Spain76848
Romania68746
Guernsey72731
Denmark7769-8
Cayman Islands66660
Nigeria6564-1
Botswana7663-13
Belgium56560
Vanuatu445410
Portugal435411
Sweden5453-1
Austria5853-5
Norway6153-8
Argentina384810
Malawi37458
Ghana42420
Finland35416
Luxembourg38402
Sierra Leone33330
Malta31310
Czech Republic21265
Cyprus23263
Bahamas24240
Belize3122-9
Panama2621-5
Rwanda15194
Greece1917-2
Thailand2515-10
Bulgaria1110-1
Seychelles990
Maldives561
Mozambique165-11
Gibraltar42-2
Lesotho000
Swaziland000

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