Comments on: ICC Test rankings system

By: John

John — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:28:41 +0000

i believe that england will easily beat south africa in the next upcoming test match.

but surprisingly, India played fewer test matches than england but still India is on number one in the world.

actually, it is a huge shame that India with over one billion population has never been able to reach on number one in either test or one day except this time; and that even could be just temporary. that’s really shame for India.

i believe India does not play the same number of test matches as england, south aftrica, and australia do. and that is really astonishing.

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:58:38 +0000

Here’s my test rankings based upon similar (but equally rational) prejudices to my good friend alex.

1. England
2. Pakistan
3. West Indies
4. New Zealand
5. Sri Lanka
6. India
7. South Africa
8. Australia

In light of King Cricket’s comments, I will accept that there are only a couple of points between SA and Australia.

By: pavan

pavan — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:27:42 +0000

I just wish India played south africa and beat them, then everybody would shut the fuck up.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:06:07 +0000

Well put.

By: D Charlton

D Charlton — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:48:24 +0000

Cynical bating of supporters of the No.1 Test team in the world is either to be applauded or discarded.

I discard.

By: Deep Cower

Deep Cower — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:20:27 +0000

@alex: It’s both funny and sad how NZ didn’t get a mention even in your inebriated state.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:11:04 +0000

I used shoddy, alcohol-fuelled reasoning and lazy prejudice to compile the following World Rankings-

1. England
2. India
3. South Africa
4. Sri Lanka
5. Pakistan
6. Australia
+ some other teams

By: Madhusudan Rao

Madhusudan Rao — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:57:25 +0000

India justifies to be the No.1 site…their performances home and abroad justifies this.

By: daneel

daneel — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:23:40 +0000

The rankings only matter when they say England (or an English player) is good. Otherwise they are irrelevant.

The last time an ODI ranking was important, for example, was when Alan Mullally reached #2.