November 01 Friday 2002
Pakistan placed fourth in new ICC ODI Rankings

LONDON: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday launched the first official team rankings for One-day International cricket here. Australia heads the opening ICC ODI Rankings table, followed by South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan, with India in fifth place.

"One-day International cricket is a hugely important and successful part of the international game and official recognition of outstanding team performance is well overdue," said ICC Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed yesterday in a press statement. 

Speed said that in addition to recognising the relative status of each ODI team, the new ICC Rankings would place every future One-day International match into a wider context.

Now, the result of every one of the 120 or so matches that will be played between the 11 ODI countries over the next 12 months will count towards a countrys rating. 

This will add a new dimension to the playing side of the game and contribute towards greater spectator interest, he said. 

The new ICC table gives Ranking positions and ratings for all 10 Test countries plus Kenya, the only nation to hold ODI, but not Test status. These opening positions are based on the results of all ODIs played between the teams since August 1, 2000.

They include results from the most recent ODI series, between South Africa and Bangladesh, played earlier last month. ICC PR 

ICC One-day International Championship Table

Team Matches Points Rating
1-Australia 27 3465 128
2-South Africa 38 4571 120
3-Sri Lanka 35 4092 117
4-Pakistan 32 3675 115
5-India 31 3301 106
6-England 21 2014 96
7-West Indies 22 2074 94
8-New Zealand 31 2832 91
9-Zimbabwe 28 1886 67
10-Kenya 12 263 22
11-Bangladesh 13 145 11