Shane's Cricket Ratings (ICC associates and affiliates)

One day Rankings
Twenty20 Rankings

This page includes One day and Twenty20 cricket rankings for the non-test playing countries. To be included, a country must be an ICC member that has played nine or more matches with at least five of them in the last five years.

The ratings are calculated using a variation on the Glicko system developed by Professor Mark Glickman.

One day matches against and between test-playing nations are also included in the rankings to try to provide an estimate of the difference in playing strength between the weaker test-playing nations and the stronger Associates.

The home ground advantage used is 106 points for Associates and 139 points for Affiliates. This equates to a 61% winning percentage for a team playing at home against an equally matched opponent.

The following table shows the conversion from rating difference to expected winning chances. Click here to view the table.

You can also derive an expected winning margin from the difference in ratings. The expected winning margin in runs (i.e. if the team batting first wins) is the rating difference divided by 3. The expected winning margin in overs (i.e. if the team batting second wins) is the rating difference divided by 27.

World Cricket League

The World Cricket League (WCL) is an ODI competition organised by the International Cricket Council featuring the best Associate and Affiliate teams. The table below lists the WCL division for each team.

Each development zone (Africa, Americas, Asia, East Asia Pacific and Europe) runs qualifying tournaments split into divisions. High placing qualifiers in these tournaments may be promoted to the global World Cricket League competition.

WCL tournaments

The next global WCL tournament will be the Division 5 tournament to be hosted by Nepal in January 2010. The competing teams are the United States of America, Nepal, Singapore, Bahrain, Jersey and Fiji. The top two teams will be promoted to Division 4 and the bottom two will be relegated to Division 6.

Columns in the ranking table

The first three columns in the table are the team's position, the team name and the number of ranking points. The fourth column is the team's global World Cricket League division. The fifth column is the team's regional World Cricket League division. The final column in the table is the ICC Membership status of the country - associate or affiliate membership.

One day ranking list

Includes one day internationals up to Zimbabwe vs. Kenya, 18 October 2009.

WCL Regional ICC
Rank Team Points Division Division Membership
1. Australia 6138 Full
2. South Africa 6063 Full
3. India 6052 Full
4. New Zealand 5998 Full
5. Sri Lanka 5979 Full
6. Pakistan 5978 Full
7. England 5942 Full
8. West Indies 5816 Full
9. Bangladesh 5703 Full
10. Zimbabwe 5513 Full
11. Ireland 5370 1 Europe Div 1 Assoc
12. Kenya 5201 1 Africa Div 1 Assoc
13. Netherlands 5152 1 Europe Div 1 Assoc
14. Scotland 5095 1 Europe Div 1 Assoc
15. United Arab Emirates 5054 2 Asia Elite Assoc
16. Canada 5050 1 Americas Div 1 Assoc
17. Afghanistan 4981 1 Asia Elite Affil
18. Namibia 4922 2 Africa Div 1 Assoc
19. Oman 4831 3 Asia Elite Affil
20. Uganda 4827 2 Africa Div 1 Assoc
21. Bermuda 4821 2 Americas Div 1 Assoc
22. Papua New Guinea 4813 3 EAP Div 1 Assoc
23. United States of America 4812 5 Americas Div 1 Assoc
24. Denmark 4695 3 Europe Div 1 Assoc
25. Nepal 4655 5 Asia Elite Assoc
26. Hong Kong 4630 3 Asia Elite Assoc
27. Italy 4553 4 Europe Div 1 Assoc
28. Singapore 4506 5 Asia Elite Assoc
29. Cayman Islands 4479 4 Americas Div 1 Assoc
30. Bahrain 4455 5 Asia Elite Affil
31. Jersey 4398 5 Europe Div 2 Assoc
32. Malaysia 4356 6 Asia Elite Assoc
33. Guernsey 4335 6 Europe Div 2 Assoc
34. Botswana 4313 7 Africa Div 1 Assoc
35. Fiji 4284 5 EAP Div 1 Assoc
36. Argentina 4254 4 Americas Div 1 Assoc
37. Qatar 4245 Asia Challengers Affil
38. Tanzania 4232 4 Africa Div 1 Assoc
39. Nigeria 4198 7 Africa Div 2 Assoc
40. Kuwait 4194 8 Asia Elite Assoc
41. Norway 4154 7 Europe Div 1 Affil
42. Panama 4149 Americas Div 2 Affil
43. Vanuatu 4142 8 EAP Div 2 Assoc
44. Greece 4138 Europe Div 4 Affil
45. Isle of Man 4119 Europe Div 3 Affil
46. Bahamas 4096 Americas Div 2 Affil
47. Israel 4091 Europe Div 2 Assoc
48. Zambia 4084 Africa Div 2 Assoc
49. Germany 4073 Europe Div 2 Assoc
50. Mozambique 4055 Africa Div 2 Affil
51. Saudi Arabia 4046 Asia Challengers Affil
52. Japan 4037 7 EAP Div 1 Assoc
53. France 4018 Europe Div 2 Assoc
54. Suriname 4000 8 Americas Div 2 Affil
55. Gibraltar 3975 8 Europe Div 2 Assoc
56. Spain 3900 Europe Div 3 Affil
57. Ghana 3900 Africa Div 2 Affil
58. Switzerland 3898 Europe Div 4 Affil
59. Brazil 3897 Americas Div 2 Affil
60. Austria 3888 Europe Div 4 Affil
61. Cook Islands 3884 EAP Div 2 Affil
62. Sierra Leone 3871 Africa Div 3 Affil
63. Belgium 3846 Europe Div 3 Assoc
64. Maldives 3839 Asia Challengers Affil
65. Sweden 3831 Europe Div 5 Affil
66. Bhutan 3818 8 Asia Elite Affil
67. Croatia 3803 Europe Div 3 Affil
68. Turks and Caicos Islands 3798 Americas Div 2 Affil
69. Malawi 3785 Africa Div 2 Affil
70. Belize 3784 Americas Div 3 Affil
71. Cyprus 3754 Europe Div 3 Affil
72. Samoa 3752 EAP Div 2 Affil
73. Swaziland 3684 Africa Div 2 Affil
74. Malta 3671 Europe Div 4 Affil
75. Chile 3647 Americas Div 3 Affil
76. Portugal 3633 Europe Div 3 Affil
77. Tonga 3570 EAP Div 2 Affil
78. Rwanda 3544 Africa Div 3 Affil
79. Luxembourg 3514 Europe Div 4 Affil
80. Morocco 3485 Africa Div 3 Affil
81. Thailand 3485 Asia Challengers Assoc
82. Iran 3437 Asia Challengers Affil
83. Finland 3410 Europe Div 4 Affil
84. Peru 3359 Americas Div 3 Affil
85. Estonia 3339 Europe Div 5 Affil
86. Gambia 3308 Africa Div 3 Affil
87. Indonesia 3290 EAP Div 2 Affil
88. Bulgaria 3199 Europe Div 5 Affil
89. Slovenia 3192 Europe Div 5 Affil
90. Brunei 3175 Asia Challengers Affil
91. Lesotho 3039 Africa Div 3 Affil

Recent ranking changes

Kenya in Zimbabwe

Kenya lost their series against Zimbabwe 1-4. Kenya remain in 12th position and gain 17 points.

WCL Americas Division 3, Chile

Brazil continued their good form and won the Americas Division 3 tournament. They jump 13 places to 59th with a gain of 163 points. Belize were runners-up and rise 3 positions to 70th with a gain of 63 points.

Chile finished third and drop 19 positions to 75th with a loss of 276 points. Peru finished fourth and drop two positions to 84th with a loss of 90 points.

European Division 2 play-off, Croatia

A play-off match was played between Croatia, last place in the European Division 2 tournament and Israel, winner of the European Division 3 tournament. Israel won the play-off and will be promoted to Division 2 while Croatia will be relegated to Division 3.

Israel jump five places to 47th with a gain of 57 points. Croatia fall four places to 67th with a loss of 69 points.

WCL Africa Division 3, Malawi

Malawi won the World Cricket League Africa Division 3 title by winning all four of its matches. They jump seven places to 69th with a gain of 202 points. Sierra Leone were runners-up and drop six places to 62nd with a loss of 53 points.

Rwanda finished third and remain in 78th place with a loss of 16 points. Gambia finished fourth and remain in 86th place with a loss of 21 points.

Lesotho finished fifth and drop one place to 91st with a loss of 146 points.

Mexico in Brazil

Brazil defeated Mexico 3-0 at home. They rise seven places to 72nd with a gain of 217 points. Mexico have not played enough matches to appear on the list.

Recent Associates ODIs

Last 91 tournaments/series rated

Twenty20 ranking list

Includes one day internationals up to Ireland vs. Sri Lanka, 14 June 2009.

Rank Team Points Membership
1. South Africa 6115 Full
2. Pakistan 6075 Full
3. West Indies 6054 Full
4. India 6011 Full
5. England 5962 Full
6. Australia 5956 Full
7. Sri Lanka 5921 Full
8. New Zealand 5909 Full
9. Zimbabwe 5641 Full
10. Bangladesh 5462 Full
11. Netherlands 5453 Assoc
12. Ireland 5419 Assoc
13. Scotland 5255 Assoc
14. Kenya 5144 Assoc

Thanks

Thanks to Michael Meade for providing scorecards and details for the South American championships and the WCL Americas tournaments. Thanks also to Roland Ilube for providing results for the North-West African Championships.


Please email any comments or queries to Shane Booth.

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Last modified: November 17, 2009