The Ford & Son Test Cricket ratings
Mail Simon the “& son”
24th March 2010
(up to date after Bangladesh v England series)
Coming Up
Australia have begun well against New Zealand so should keep hold of top spot. After this series it is all off to the Twenty 20 World Cup... The Twenty20 table will be updated by the time that starts!
Latest Movements
Mar 2010: England’s series against Bangladesh produced a net gain for both teams of 0.000. To be precise Bangladesh gained 0.00025 points...
Jan/Feb: England gain 3 points v South Africa and secure 4th place. During Jan and Feb India lose points in 2 successive series and Australia’s lead stretches to almost 4.
Over New Year: Australia have chance to regain lead but lose 3.14 points v West Indies, but then immediately play Pakistan and the gain of 4.14 enables Australia to regain their lead. India’s reign lasted 3 series!
December: BIG NEWS... India gain 3.9 points against Sri Lanka. This not only pushes England back up to 4th. It puts India in top place. India become the fifth country to top the table. Australia’s run at the top of 152 series comes to an end. The reign began in April 2001 and is now over... But not for long...
August: England gain 5 points v Australia and go just above Sri Lanka into 4th. Australia have now lost 40 points in last 20 months but remain in first place. But then Sri Lanka reclaim 4th by beating New Zealand
July: Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are the big movers. Sri Lanka gain 4 points v Pakistan and move 5 points ahead of England. Bangladesh gain 5 points v West Indies and are now only 8 points behind 8th place.
May: England’s whitewash of West Indies gives them 5 points and allows them to reclaim 5th place
Mar: The bubble bursts for South Africa and they lose 4 points and 2nd place to India. Pakistan gain 5 points against Sri Lanka, and gaining 5th place above England
Jan: South Africa beat Australia and the gap closes - only 4 points the difference and the return series is about to happen...
Dec: Well India ‘only’ managed to hold their own against England, but this was almost enough to go above Australia. However it would not been enough to take the lead as South Africa would have been top if Australia had not won the final test!
Bangladesh gain a point against South Africa and jump to 9th place!
Oct/Nov: India are the big movers gaining a massive 17.82 points against Australia making it the 5th best series ever and the best series gain for over 31 years. It was India’s best series surpassing the gain of 14.11 they gained also home against Australia in 2004
Aug 08: Sri Lanka gain 6.4 points against India and swap places in the table. India started the series with high hopes of 2nd, yet finished in 4th
Aug 08: England fail to make ground on the top 4, in fact they lose almost 2 points against South Africa
Jun 08: West Indies gain 3.65 points against Australia and go up to to 7th in the table, their highest position since Aug 2000.
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Stay here to see how they all affect the Test ratings table!
The recent completed series have resulted in significant table movement - take a look at the graph to see how each series made a difference.
We believe this system to be one of the most accurate ways of ranking test cricket... to see the thinking and maths behind this claim, take a look at the methodology page. Here you will also find a list of FAQ’s and ways to contact us.
Who has led the rankings for longest, most often, highest score... take a look at the roll of honour.
We will be adding various other tables showing different records. With India’s convincing series against Australia we decided to investigate the Biggest Series wins in terms of points gained. Australia’s whitewash of England comes in as the 10th best series ever
In looking at each countries stats - it was also time to create a table of the highest and lowest scores achieved by each country - especially as India were currently on their highest ever score and West Indies and Zimbabwe were on their lowest ever scores! (In Sep 2005 - Zimbabwe gained 0.08 points just moving them off from their lowest ever score. But West Indies are within a whisker of creating a new all-time low!)
To see detailed stats for each country...
With England’s run per wicket totalling 162.5 against Bangladesh in June 2005 we investigated whether this was the highest run-rate records
For a look at how the teams have fared since 1946... take a look at the History section. Linecharts showing all the movement - look to see how each country has progressed through the years - currently offline - will look to replace soon (Feb 2009)
A new addition to the site is the News and Sites page, this has live cricket news and links to some of the best Cricket websites around
The recent completed series have resulted in significant table movement -
We believe this system to be one of the most accurate ways of ranking test cricket... to see the thinking and maths behind this claim, take a look at the methodology page. Here you will also find a list of FAQ’s and ways to contact us.
Who has led the rankings for longest, most often, highest score... take a look at the roll of honour.
We will be adding various other tables showing different records. With India’s convincing series against Australia we decided to investigate the Biggest Series wins in terms of points gained. Australia’s whitewash of England comes in as the 10th best series ever
In looking at each countries stats -
To see detailed stats for each country...
With England’s run per wicket totalling 162.5 against Bangladesh in June 2005 we investigated whether this was the highest run-
For a look at how the teams have fared since 1946... take a look at the History section. Linecharts showing all the movement -
A new addition to the site is the News and Sites page, this has live cricket news and links to some of the best Cricket websites around
“Ever since my Dad introduced me to the game of cricket, I have loved it.
“Ever since he told me about his system of Test Country ranking, which he started in 1945 when he was 10 years old, using only a pen and paper, I have been hooked!
“Having the benefit of a computer, I have been able to ‘fine tune’ his system – with his agreement.
“It only remains to see if my son Jonah will carry on the tradition.”
“Ever since he told me about his system of Test Country ranking, which he started in 1945 when he was 10 years old, using only a pen and paper, I have been hooked!
“Having the benefit of a computer, I have been able to ‘fine tune’ his system – with his agreement.
“It only remains to see if my son Jonah will carry on the tradition.”
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