Shane's Cricket Ratings (ICC associates and affiliates)

One day Rankings
Twenty20 Rankings
Multi-day Rankings

This page includes One day, Twenty20 and multi-day cricket rankings. To be included, a country must have played nine or more one day or Twenty20 matches, or seven or more multi-day matches. At least one of the matches must have been played in the last five years.

One day ranking list

The first three columns in the ODI 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 - full, associate or affiliate membership.

Includes one day internationals up to United Arab Emirates vs. Afghanistan, 12 October 2011.

WCL Regional ICC
Rank Team Points Division Division Membership
1. Australia 7186 Full
2. India 7100 Full
3. Pakistan 7081 Full
4. South Africa 7030 Full
5. Sri Lanka 6986 Full
6. New Zealand 6904 Full
7. England 6902 Full
8. West Indies 6681 Full
9. Bangladesh 6511 Full
10. Ireland 6370 Championship Europe Div 1 Assoc
11. Zimbabwe 6341 Full
12. Scotland 5978 Championship Europe Div 1 Assoc
13. United Arab Emirates 5835 Championship Asia Elite Assoc
14. Netherlands 5815 Championship Europe Div 1 Assoc
15. Afghanistan 5792 Championship Asia Elite Affil
16. Canada 5743 Championship Americas Div 1 Assoc
17. Kenya 5663 Championship Africa Div 1 Assoc
18. Namibia 5546 Championship Africa Div 1 Assoc
19. Papua New Guinea 5456 2 EAP Div 1 Assoc
20. Oman 5393 3 Asia Elite Affil
21. Nepal 5363 4 Asia Elite Assoc
22. United States of America 5290 4 Americas Div 1 Assoc
23. Uganda 5270 3 Africa Div 1 Assoc
24. Bermuda 5200 3 Americas Div 1 Assoc
25. Hong Kong 5174 2 Asia Elite Assoc
26. Denmark 5102 4 Europe Div 1 Assoc
27. Bahrain 5033 5 Asia Challengers Affil
28. Singapore 5020 5 Asia Challengers Assoc
29. Guernsey 4982 5 Europe Div 2 Assoc
30. Italy 4927 3 Europe Div 1 Assoc
31. Kuwait 4864 6 Asia Elite Assoc
32. Malaysia 4843 5 Asia Elite Assoc
33. Jersey 4715 6 Europe Div 1 Assoc
34. Cayman Islands 4622 5 Americas Div 1 Assoc
35. Qatar 4607 Asia Challengers Affil
36. Tanzania 4563 4 Africa Div 2 Assoc
37. Botswana 4484 7 Africa Div 2 Assoc
38. Saudi Arabia 4464 Asia Elite Affil
39. Germany 4321 7 Europe Div 2 Assoc
40. Fiji 4309 7 EAP Div 1 Assoc
41. Maldives 4266 Asia Elite Affil
42. Nigeria 4200 7 Africa Div 2 Assoc
43. Argentina 4187 5 Americas Div 1 Assoc
44. Norway 4096 8 Europe Div 2 Affil
45. Zambia 4026 Africa Div 2 Assoc
46. France 3905 Europe Div 2 Assoc
47. Isle of Man 3799 Europe Div 3 Affil
48. Mozambique 3792 Africa Div 2 Affil
49. Vanuatu 3746 8 EAP Div 1 Assoc
50. Bahamas 3706 Americas Div 2 Affil
51. Israel 3672 Europe Div 2 Assoc
52. Ghana 3643 Africa Div 2 Affil
53. Greece 3640 Europe Div 4 Affil
54. Cook Islands 3636 EAP Div 2 Affil
55. Gibraltar 3611 Europe Div 2 Assoc
56. Panama 3596 Americas Div 2 Affil
57. Suriname 3595 8 Americas Div 1 Assoc
58. Japan 3582 8 EAP Div 1 Assoc
59. Spain 3543 Europe Div 3 Affil
60. Sierra Leone 3493 Africa Div 2 Affil
61. Swaziland 3484 Africa Div 2 Affil
62. Bhutan 3479 Asia Elite Affil
63. Belgium 3456 Europe Div 3 Assoc
64. Thailand 3443 Asia Challengers Assoc
65. Austria 3398 Europe Div 4 Affil
66. Portugal 3370 Europe Div 3 Affil
67. Tonga 3283 EAP Div 2 Affil
68. Croatia 3281 Europe Div 3 Affil
69. Cyprus 3272 Europe Div 3 Affil
70. Samoa 3240 8 EAP Div 1 Affil
71. Malta 3210 Europe Div 4 Affil
72. Malawi 3191 Africa Div 2 Affil
73. Switzerland 3180 Europe Div 4 Affil
74. Turks and Caicos Islands 3025 Americas Div 2 Affil
75. Belize 3008 Americas Div 2 Affil
76. Iran 2971 Asia Challengers Affil
77. Chile 2933 Americas Div 3 Affil
78. Finland 2862 Europe Div 4 Affil
79. Indonesia 2741 EAP Div 2 Affil
80. Brazil 2735 Americas Div 3 Affil
81. Rwanda 2625 Africa Div 2 Affil
82. Morocco 2609 Africa Div 3 Affil
83. Sweden 2587 Europe Div 5 Affil
84. Brunei 2518 Asia Challengers Affil
85. Luxembourg 2453 Europe Div 4 Affil
86. China 2448 Asia Challengers Affil
87. Slovenia 2389 Europe Div 5 Affil
88. Mexico 2373 Americas Div 3 Affil
89. Peru 2279 Americas Div 3 Affil
90. Gambia 2144 Africa Div 3 Affil
91. Costa Rica 1803 Americas Div 4 Affil
92. Lesotho 1690 Africa Div 3 Affil
93. Myanmar 1436 Asia Challengers Affil
94. Estonia 826 Europe Div 5 Affil
95. Bulgaria 822 Europe Div 5 Affil

Twenty20 ranking list

The columns in the T20I table are the team's rank, the team name, the number of ranking points and the ICC Membership status.

Includes Twenty20 internationals up to Chile vs. Peru, 18 December 2011.

Rank Team Points Membership
1. Australia 7105 Full
2. England 7076 Full
3. Sri Lanka 7071 Full
4. South Africa 7063 Full
5. Pakistan 7014 Full
6. India 7003 Full
7. New Zealand 6937 Full
8. West Indies 6929 Full
9. Netherlands 6627 Assoc
10. Afghanistan 6526 Affil
11. Zimbabwe 6471 Full
12. Ireland 6469 Assoc
13. Bangladesh 6457 Full
14. Oman 6257 Affil
15. United Arab Emirates 6232 Assoc
16. Papua New Guinea 6104 Assoc
17. Canada 5985 Assoc
18. United States of America 5748 Assoc
19. Scotland 5726 Assoc
20. Nepal 5706 Assoc
21. Namibia 5599 Assoc
22. Malaysia 5597 Assoc
23. Qatar 5467 Affil
24. Kuwait 5436 Assoc
25. Singapore 5431 Assoc
26. Uganda 5405 Assoc
27. Hong Kong 5343 Assoc
28. Kenya 5267 Assoc
29. Samoa 5032 Affil
30. Fiji 4968 Assoc
31. Bermuda 4902 Assoc
32. Cayman Islands 4863 Assoc
33. Vanuatu 4788 Assoc
34. Nigeria 4763 Assoc
35. Denmark 4738 Assoc
36. Saudi Arabia 4671 Affil
37. Norway 4619 Affil
38. Panama 4560 Affil
39. Jersey 4427 Assoc
40. Belize 4408 Affil
41. Suriname 4404 Assoc
42. Belgium 4378 Assoc
43. Ghana 4310 Affil
44. Estonia 4218 Affil
45. France 4191 Assoc
46. Spain 4175 Affil
47. Germany 4060 Assoc
48. Mexico 4048 Affil
49. Austria 3989 Affil
50. Bahamas 3951 Affil
51. Russia 3941
52. Sweden 3903 Affil
53. Hungary 3791
54. Czech Republic 3772 Affil
55. Costa Rica 3469 Affil
56. Lithuania 3441
57. Rwanda 3386 Affil
58. Bulgaria 3380 Affil
59. Gibraltar 3373 Assoc
60. Romania 3279
61. Finland 3264 Affil
62. Cook Islands 3233 Affil
63. Croatia 3211 Affil
64. Latvia 3195
65. Tonga 2899 Affil
66. Luxembourg 2711 Affil
67. Indonesia 2469 Affil

Multi-day ranking list

The multi-day ranking list currently includes all Intercontinental Cup and Intercontinental Shield matches, the ACC Premier League, ACC Fast Track Countries Tournaments, Saudara Cup and the 2011 Auty Cup.

Includes matches up to Malaysia vs. Singapore, 16 December 2011.

Rank Team Points
1. England 7135
2. Australia 7081
3. South Africa 7076
4. Pakistan 7032
5. India 6976
6. Sri Lanka 6886
7. New Zealand 6841
8. West Indies 6806
9. Bangladesh 6451
10. Zimbabwe 6259
11. Afghanistan 5966
12. Ireland 5907
13. Scotland 5726
14. Namibia 5579
15. Kenya 5458
16. United Arab Emirates 5452
17. Netherlands 5417
18. Uganda 5353
19. Nepal 5342
20. Canada 5273
21. Hong Kong 5199
22. Bermuda 5084
23. Singapore 5023
24. Malaysia 4972

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.

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 held in Singapore from February 18 to February 25, 2012. The competing teams will be Singapore, Bahrain, Guernsey, Malaysia, Cayman Islands and Argentina. The top two teams will be promoted to Division 4 and the bottom two teams will be relegated to Division 6.

Recent ranking changes

9th South American Championship

The 9th South American Championship was played in Chile. The home team won the tournament, defeating the Argentina A team in the final. Peru finished in third place and fourth place went to the Andean Masters team. Neither Chile nor Peru have played enough Twenty20 matches to appear on the ranking list yet.

Saudara Cup

This year's Saudara Cup three day match was played in Malaysia. The match ended in a draw. Singapore rise one place to 23rd with a gain of 38 points. Malaysia drop one place to 24th with a loss of 37 points.

ACC Twenty20 Cup

Afghanistan won the ACC Twenty20 cup, defeating Hong Kong in the final. Afghanistan remain in 10th place with a gain of 16 points. Hong Kong rise one place to 27th with a gain of 112 points.

Oman finished third and remain in 14th place with a loss of 45 points. Nepal finished fourth and remain in 20th place with a loss of 4 points. Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Oman and Nepal have all qualified for next year's ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.

United Arab Emirates finished fifth and remain in 15th place with a loss of 22 points. Malaysia finished sixth and remain in 21st place with a loss of 17 points.

Kuwait finished seventh and remain in 24th place with a loss of 34 points. Maldives finished eighth. They have not played enough matches to appear in the ranking list yet.

Bhutan finished ninth. They also have not played enough matches to appear in the ranking list. Saudi Arabia finished tenth and drop one place to 36th with a loss of 64 points.

Kenya in Namibia Twenty20

Namibia played an eight match Twenty20 series against Kenya, winning 6-2. Namibia drop one place to 23rd with a loss of one point. Kenya remain in 27th place with a gain of one point.

Afghanistan in UAE Intercontinental Cup

UAE and Afghanistan drew their Intercontinental Cup match - UAE received 9 points and Afghanistan received 3. Afghanistan remain in 11th position and drop 39 rating points. UAE gain one place to 15th with a gain of 83 points.

UAE won the two one day matches after the I-Cup match. They rise one place to 13th with a gain of 29 points. Afghanistan remain in 15th place with a loss of 27 points.

Afghanistan in UAE

UAE won a Twenty20 and a 50-over match against Afghanistan. In the one-day rankings, UAE remain 14th with a gain of 16 points and Afghanistan remain 15th with a loss of 15 points. In the Twenty20 rankings, UAE remain 15th with a gain of 13 points and Afghanistan remain 9th with a loss of 14 points.

Scotland in Namibia

Scotland won both of their one day matches against Namibia. Scotland remain in 12th position with a gain of 29 points. Namibia remain in 18th position with a loss of 33 points.

Recent Associates ODIs

Last 137 tournaments/series rated

Last 40 Twenty20 tournaments/series rated

Last 10 multi-day tournaments/series rated

Rating changes 2007-2011

The ICC Chief Executive recently stated that Ireland and Netherlands have improved in recent times while Canada and Kenya had gone backwards in some respects.

I have produced a table listing the ODI rating changes between the 2007 and 2011 World Cups for all Full Members and participants in the global World Cricket League divisions. While Kenya has dropped significantly in that period, Canada could definitely feel disappointed with the statement by the ICC Chief Executive.

Team WCL Division Points change Rank
Vanuatu WCL 8 574 1
Afghanistan WCL 1 460 2
Jersey WCL 6 369 3
Nigeria WCL 7 307 4
Oman WCL 3 268 5
Tanzania WCL 4 240 6
Zimbabwe Full 206 7
India Full 225 8
Ireland WCL 1 182 9
Singapore WCL 5 168 10
Italy WCL 3 161 11
Bahrain WCL 5 160 12
Canada WCL 1 154 13
Uganda WCL 2 150 14
Japan WCL 7 148 15
Nepal WCL 4 141 16
Pakistan Full 97 17
Papua New Guinea WCL 2 93 18
Bangladesh Full 60 19
Malaysia WCL 6 56 20
Hong Kong WCL 2 27 21
South Africa Full 4 22
England Full -16 23
Guernsey WCL 6 -24 24
Argentina WCL 5 -29 25
Sri Lanka Full -31 26
United States of America WCL 4 -41 27
Germany WCL 7 -51 28
Scotland WCL 1 -58 29
Botswana WCL 7 -67 30
Kuwait WCL 7 -78 31
Denmark WCL 4 -93 32
Namibia WCL 2 -112 33
Australia Full -129 34
Netherlands WCL 1 -131 35
New Zealand Full -159 36
Bermuda WCL 2 -186 37
United Arab Emirates WCL 2 -191 38
West Indies Full -233 39
Norway WCL 7 -240 40
Cayman Islands WCL 5 -269 41
Kenya WCL 1 -411 42
Fiji WCL 6 -509 43

Rating system details

The ratings are calculated using a variation on the TrueSkill ranking system.

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.

Thanks

Thanks to Mark Cruickshank, Michael Meade, Llewelyn Scott-Hoy and Roland Ilube who have been most helpful in providing many scoresheets and tournament details.


Please email any comments or queries to Shane Booth.

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Last modified: February 8, 2012