World Cup rating in New Zealand's own hands in Pakistan
New Zealand goes into the One-Day International matches with Pakistan, starting on September 19, still holding their World Cup seeding position in their own hands
Lynn McConnell
03-Sep-2001
New Zealand goes into the One-Day International matches with Pakistan, starting on September 19, still holding their World Cup seeding position in their own hands.
Final seedings will be made on October 1, which follows the New Zealand-Pakistan and Zimbabwe-South Africa series.
Going into the series New Zealand is in Group B of the 2003 World Cup, seeded behind South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies, and ahead of Bangladesh, Kenya and Canada.
The Group A make-up is: Australia, Pakistan, India, England, Zimbabwe, Netherlands, Namibia.
The formula for New Zealand is quite simple.
If they win 3-0, their seeding improves to sixth, ahead of the West Indies, and they would both remain in the same group.
If New Zealand lost 0-3 their seeding drops to eight on the full international list and they would change groups with England.
A 2-1 series win, either way, would not be sufficient to change the mathematical calculations.
In the Zimbabwe-South Africa series, the only change that could occur is if South Africa lost 0-3. That would see them drop from top seed to be replaced by Sri Lanka. They would both remain in the same group.
A summary table of results since the 1999 World Cup are:
P W L T NR % 1 Australia 52 40 10 1 1 78.4% 2 South Africa 56 36 18 1 1 65.5% 3 Sri Lanka 60 37 21 1 1 62.7% 4 Pakistan 65 37 27 1 0 56.9% 5 India 71 34 36 0 1 48.6% 6 West Indies 60 24 34 0 2 41.4% 7 New Zealand 53 20 31 0 2 39.2% 8 England 30 11 18 0 1 37.9% 9 Zimbabwe 63 17 45 0 1 27.4% 10 Bangladesh 9 0 9 0 0 0.0% 11 Kenya 7 0 7 0 0 0.0%