ICC ODI Championship table - South Africa v Pakistan preview
There is likely to be more movement at the top of the new ICC ODI Championship Table when South Africa and Pakistan go head to head in five One Day International matches starting in Durban on Sunday
ICC Media Release
06-Dec-2002
There is likely to be more movement at the top of the new ICC ODI Championship Table when South Africa and Pakistan go head to head in five One Day International matches starting in Durban on Sunday.
ICC ODI Championship Table (correct before completion of South Africa v Sri Lanka match on 6 December 2002 - table will be updated on www.icc.cricket.org)
Ranking Team Pld Points Rating 1 Australia 27 3465 128 2 South Africa 42 5134 122 3 Pakistan 37 4302 116 4 Sri Lanka 39 4477 115 5 India 38 3929 103 6 West Indies 31 3073 99 7 England 21 2014 96 8 New Zealand 31 2832 91 9 Zimbabwe 33 2169 66 10 Kenya 12 263 22 11 Bangladesh 15 146 10Developed by David Kendix
South Africa's ODI series victory over Sri Lanka has strengthened their second place in the ICC ODI Championship Table and if results go their way in the first half of December, they could even overtake leaders Australia.
Pakistan marginally improved their position by virtue of a comfortable series win over Zimbabwe. A convincing series win will see Pakistan overhaul South Africa but a poor series would see them lose ground on the leaders.
"South Africa have benefited from a winning series against Sri Lanka but the nature of the new rankings system means that they will have to be similarly successful against Pakistan to hold on to second place in the table," said ICC General Manager - Cricket, David Richardson.
The ICC ODI Championship table is updated on the ICC website - www.icc.cricket.org - after every ODI match. There is also an interactive Predictor on the website which allows cricket fans to forecast the impact of future results.
The South Africa v Sri Lanka ODI series will be refereed by Clive Lloyd with Neil Mallender from the Emirates International Panel of Umpires standing in all five matches.
Fixtures:
Durban, December 8
Port Elizabeth, December 11
East London, December 13
Paarl, December 16
Cape Town, December 18
How the ICC ODI rankings work:
The formula used by the ICC to determine ranking positions takes into account the following factors:
- results from all ODI matches played over the previous two to three years
- strength of opposition, with greater reward for beating higher ranked opponents
- greater importance is placed on more recent results, with older matches dropped every 12 months
- all matches have equal status, with no account taken of venue or margin of victory
For the full formula visit www.icc.cricket.org.
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