ICC ODI Championship Table Preview: Pakistan v Bangladesh
Pakistan could climb to fourth in the official One-Day International ratings with a landslide victory in the forthcoming five match series against Bangladesh starting in Multan on Tuesday 9 September 2003
ICC Media Release
04-Feb-2007
Pakistan could climb to fourth in the official One-Day International ratings with a landslide victory in the forthcoming five match series against Bangladesh starting in Multan on Tuesday 9 September 2003.
Due to the close proximity of the ratings of the six teams in the middle of the official table a 5-0 victory would lift Pakistan from seventh to fourth, overtaking Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies in the process. Its rating would climb to 107, placing it narrowly behind England when the ratings are analysed to three decimal places.
After coming within a wicket of beating Pakistan in the final Test, however, Bangladesh will be optimistic of gaining its first ODI victory against a Full Member country since it beat Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup 1999.
Such is the gap in the ratings of the two sides (and the proximity of these teams in the middle of the table) that even a 4-1 series win for Pakistan would see it fall below India to eighth in the official table.
Bangladesh, currently on a rating of 1, needs to win at least one match to prevent its rating falling to 0. Two wins will lift its rating to the highest level since before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 while three victories would push its rating to the highest it has been since the official system was launched in October 2002.
| Team | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 135 |
| 2 | South Africa | 118 |
| 3 | England | 107 |
| 4 | West Indies | 106 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 106 |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 105 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 105 |
| 8 | India | 104 |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 63 |
| 10 | Kenya | 28 |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 1 |
Developed by David Kendix
Mike Procter from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Referees will officiate on the series while Russell Tiffin from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires will stand in all five matches alongside officials appointed by the home board.
How the ICC ODI ratings work:
The formula used by the ICC to determine points 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
The points awarded are then divided by the number of matches played in the valid period to produce a rating.
For the full formula and to predict the impact future results will have on the ratings visit www.icc.cricket.org.
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