Rankings

Soulful, pragmatic, patient Pakistan

Five years ago, no one would have given them a hope in hell of getting to No. 2 in the Test rankings, as they have done

10-Nov-2015•Kamran Abbasi

The 3-2-1 scale

How about a measure of excellence that rates players' skills across the international formats?

29-Oct-2015•Jon Hotten

Pakistan's ODI batting a decade behind the rest

The return to tried-and-tested underperformers for the World Cup squad will undo all the good work done over the last 14 months

10-Dec-2014•Hassan Cheema

Australia's rise and the climb ahead

Under Michael Clarke, they have had a fantastic summer. But can they continue to keep the competition at bay in Tests, and win the World Cup?

05-May-2014•Michael Jeh

The worst implosion ever?

06-Jan-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

The Official Confectionery Stall Ashes Preview

Andy Zaltzman provides the almost-definite preview of the Ashes series and why England should, could, or might not retain the urn

20-Nov-2013•Andy Zaltzman

England a fading force

18-Nov-2013

Where is No. 2 and No. 20?

A study to rank and analyse Test batsmen and bowlers across various performance parameters

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Does the Hicks-Botham particle exist?

Plenty of oddities in cricket point to the possibility of this god-only-knows how particle - like England being good at one-day cricket

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Test players: a look into their best decades

Performance analysis of Test batting and bowling careers of players by decade

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

Pakistan's unexpected fourth

South Africa's deserved rise to No.1 in Test cricket offered the world a lingering view of the new Test rankings. The top three were as expected, vanquished England sitting above Australia

25-Feb-2013•Kamran Abbasi

Test players' career-to-date average analysis

A detailed analysis of Test batsmen and bowlers using career-to-date averages

25-Feb-2013•Anantha Narayanan

India never cultivated aggression, even when they were No.1

Nothing has surprised me more than the defences mounted of Dhoni's tactics in Wellington and Dominica

25-Feb-2013•Samir Chopra

'Let's not take the ICC rankings too seriously'

Paul Newman may have played a part in getting the concept of rankings for Test cricket off the ground 18 years ago but he doesn't feel the current system gives an accurate reflection of where teams actually stand

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

No runaway best in Test cricket

Shane Warne, writing in the Times , says there is little to choose between what he reckons are the top four teams at the Test level, and gone are the days when there was one team, like the West Indies in the eighties and Australia for much of the

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

The illusion of the top spot

If it happens, the No

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

Grandmasters of cricket

The ICC should commence an Honorary title system for the greatest players in the game

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Who will rule the world?

Can any team dominate cricket the way West Indies and Australia have done

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

'Tough for any one team to hold sway'

With Australia slipping from the top spot in the Test rankings, Anil Kumble believes it will be tough for one team to dominate from here on

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

Exciting to be among the elite

It is an honour to be named in the top 20 of the batting rankings, while I am delighted that the progress of Alicia Smith and Ashlyn Kilowan has also been recognised in the bowling rankings

25-Feb-2013•Cri-Zelda Brits

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