ICC Test Rankings: Australia slip to 4th, SA hold top spot

knoughtyd

Australian Cricket team who ended this Ashes series with a humiliating defeat,have now slipped in ICC rankings as well.

Aussies has been knocked off its long-held perch as the number-one team in the ICC Test Championship after losing the Ashes series 1-2 in England.

England celebrated the 197 runs victory over Australia in the final Test at the Oval.

With Australia going down to fourth position in the rankings, South Africa assumed top spot followed by Sri Lanka-second and India-third.

Australia has been knocked off top spot for the first time since the current method of ranking was introduced in May 2003. According to the rule, the Test team rankings are only updated at the end of the each series.

Gaining six rating points, England stays fifth in the ranking.

ICC Test Championship (as of August 23, 2009)

1 South Africa 122
2 Sri Lanka 119
3 India 119
4 Australia 116
5 England 105
6 Pakistan 84
7 New Zealand 82
8 West Indies 76
9 Bangladesh 13

patch01

England may as well enjoy the laurels now, (deservedly so), because I expect the Ashes to return to their rightful home on the next go-around..... and I'm pretty sure England will be smarting at the memory of the whitewashing they were given in Australia after they'd achieved the unthinkable and won the Ashes for the first time............

Kimi

Poms

I told in the beginning of the series,Freddie wont retire on the losing side and Captain Pout will be searching for reasons to blame the curator or weather for the defeat