Sri Lanka and Pakistan aim for improvement in their ODI rankings – Cricket News Update
Improvement in their ODI team rankings will surely be on the minds of Pakistan and Sri Lanka captains when the two outfits go head to head in a five-match One Day International series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, starting from Thursday, June 7, 2012
at Pallekele.
The islanders currently stand number five on the ICC ODI team rankings with 110 points while the Misbah-ul-Haq led Men in Green trail them at number seven with 105 points in their bag.
Whilst Sri Lanka is scheduled to play http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 led England will be playing West Indies at home during the same period, June 16 to June 22. The results of the two series
would have an impact on the ODI rankings of both teams.
If Sri Lanka manages to win all five matches of the series, they will supersede England as the fourth ODI side on the table with 114 rating points, regardless of the outcome of England-http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 series, commencing at Rose Bowl on June
16.
A 4-1 series result in favour of Sri Lanka will add 8 rating points to Sri Lanka’s current tally of 105, taking them to 113 points, two more than England’s current 111. But a 3-0 English win over on tour West Indies side will also add
2 points to England’s current cumulative, taking the Poms to 113 as well. However http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 will be ranked above the islanders when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.
On the other side of the coin, if http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625’s ODI rankings. A 4-1 series win for Pakistan will
take both the sides to 108 rating points but Pakistan will be ranked above the Islanders by a fraction of a point.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, who have 117 ranking points in their account. The No. 1 ranked Test side,
England, find themselves fourth on the standings with 111 points with Sri Lanka is trailing them only by one point.
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