No change in India and Zimbabwe positions in ICC Test rankings

Last week’s drawn Test series between Zimbabwe and India hasconsolidated both teams’ existing positions in the ICC TestChampionship, according to an ICC media release

26-Jun-2001Last week’s drawn Test series between Zimbabwe and India hasconsolidated both teams’ existing positions in the ICC TestChampionship, according to an ICC media release.The 1-1 series result adds a single point to both countries’ totals,meaning the home team remains in ninth position and India in seventh.The effect of this is that Zimbabwe now has six points from 13 seriesand an average of 0.46 and India 10 points from 13 series and anaverage of 0.77.The fixture was the first series played between the teams in Zimbabwe,following one off Tests between them in 1992 and 1998.The updated Championship table now is as follows:

Team      Played   Won  Lost Drawn Points AverageAustralia    13    10    2     1     21    1.62South Africa 15    10    3     2     22    1.47England      14     7    5     2     16    1.14Sri Lanka    13     5    5     3     13    1.00New Zealand  15     6    7     2     14    0.93West Indies  12     5    6     1     11    0.92India        13     3    6     4     10    0.77Pakistan     15     3    7     5     11    0.73Zimbabwe     13     2    9     2      6    0.46Bangladesh    1     0    1     0      0 -