{"id":8426,"date":"2012-07-14T12:02:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T12:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8426"},"modified":"2012-07-14T12:02:31","modified_gmt":"2012-07-14T12:02:31","slug":"icc-rankings-england-extend-lead-as-top-test-team-india-slip-to-no-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8426","title":{"rendered":"ICC Rankings: England extend lead as top Test team, India slip to No. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dubai: <\/strong>England\u2019s position as the top team in the Reliance ICC Test Rankings was strengthened after the annual update took place today as it leapt to 122 ratings points but it can still be overhauled by South Africa in the forthcoming series which begins at The Oval on 19 July. India with 104 points meanwhile slipped to No. 5 behind Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Although South Africa has fallen to third spot, behind Australia, Graeme Smith\u2019s team can leapfrog into top spot by simply winning the three match series against England. So for the second Northern Hemisphere summer in succession the Reliance ICC Rankings\u2019 number one Test position is up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>If South Africa wins the series 1-0 or 2-1 it will be level on ratings points with England but when the rankings are calculated to a fraction of a decimal point then Smith\u2019s team will have the edge. A drawn series or a 1-0 win will mean England retains the number one position and if Andrew Strauss\u2019s side were to win 2-0 or 3-0 then South Africa would tumble to fourth position.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s fall to third in the update is because annually the oldest results are no longer counted \u2013 in this case from 2008-9 &#8211; and it was in that period that the Proteas won both in England and away in Australia. Those results no longer count while at the same time England\u2019s ranking has improved because that home defeat to South Africa and the away defeats in India and West Indies are no longer counted in the rankings calculations.<\/p>\n<p>Australia will take some encouragement \u2013 after the recent 4-0 One-Day International series defeat in England \u2013 that its Test form has seen them rise back towards the summit they occupied for so long after falling to a low of fifth in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>India and Pakistan have changed places. Pakistan, despite a 1-0 defeat in the three-Test series which finished in Sri Lanka on Thursday, has moved up to fourth and M S Dhoni\u2019s side, number one this time last year, now down in fifth place.<\/p>\n<p>Lower down the table West Indies has fallen below New Zealand, who now go seventh. Zimbabwe still have not played sufficient Test matches to be ranked in the table having only played four in the ranking period.<\/p>\n<p>Reliance ICC Test Championship (as of 14 July, after the annual update and before the England v South Africa series)<\/p>\n<p>Rank\u00a0\u00a0 Team\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rating (+\/-)<br \/>1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 England\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 122 (=)<br \/>2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Australia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 116 (+1)<br \/>3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 South Africa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 113 (-1)<br \/>4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pakistan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 109 (+1)<br \/>5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 India\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 104 (-1)<br \/>6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sri Lanka\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 98 (=)<br \/>7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Zealand\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 87 (+1)<br \/>8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 West Indies\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 84 (-1)<br \/>9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bangladesh\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 (=)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai: England\u2019s position as the top team in the Reliance ICC Test Rankings was strengthened after the annual update took place today as it leapt to 122 ratings points but it can still be overhauled by South Africa in the forthcoming series which begins at The Oval on 19 July. 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