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Roll of Honour (last updated 28 Dec 2010)
Rank	Country	Total length of reigns	No. of reigns	Highest score	Longest reign
1st	Australia	316	10	120.18	146
2nd	West Indies	156	4	118.09	130
3rd	England	61*	7	101.82	22*
4th	South Africa	18	5	89.25	11
5th	India	8	2	80.43	4*

Roll of Honour Table
Team		Lead			Top score
Team		When	How	Length		How got to	When
	England	Jan 2011	Beating Australia 3-1 in Australia	22*	98.26	Beating India 4-0	Aug 2011
	India	Oct 2010	India beating Australia 2-0	5	78.99	When took lead	Oct 2010
	Australia	Jan 2010	Australia beating Pakistan 3-0	12	83.18	When beat New Zealand 2-0	Mar 2010
	India	Dec 2009	India beating Sri Lanka 2-1	3	80.43	When took lead	Dec 2009
	Australia	Apr 2001	South Africa only beating West Indies 2-1 away	146	120. 18	Beating Sri Lanka 2-0	Nov 2007
	South Africa	Mar 2001	Australia lose 2-1 away to India	2	86.58	When beat Sri Lanka 2-0 before took lead	Jan 2001
	Australia	Mar 2000	Beat New Zealand 3-0 away	15	95.38	Beat West Indies 5-0 at home	Jan 2001
	South Africa	Mar 2000	Beat India 2-0 away	3	85.14	when took lead	Mar 2000
	Australia	Jan 2000	South Africa only beat England 2-1 at home	1	83.30	Beat India 3-0 at home before took lead	Jan 2000
	South Africa	Mar 1999	Beat New Zealand 1-0 away	11	86.83	Beat Zimbabwe 2-1 at home	Nov 1999
	Australia	May 1995	Beat West Indies 2-1 away	56	85.18	Beat South Africa 1-0 at home	Feb 1998
	West Indies	Jun 1980	Beat England 1-0 at home	130	118. 09	Beat England 5-0 at home	Feb 1986
	England	Jun 1978	Beat Pakistan 2-0 at home	15	79.14	Beat Australia 5-1 away	Dec 1978
	West Indies	Feb 1978	West Indies beating Australia 3-1	1	70.13	Beat Australia 3-1 at home	Mar 1978
	South Africa	Feb 1978	England only draw away against New Zealand	1	67.34	Before exclusion!
	England	Jun 1977	England beat Australia 3-0 at home	3	70.60	when took lead	Jun 1977
	Australia	Dec 1972	India beat England 2-1 at home	27	92.70	Beat West Indies 5-1 at home	Nov 1975
	South Africa begin exclusion from International Sport - lasts 20 years - 20 points taken off (real) score - but remember all scores are standardised so that the table total always equals 500
	England	Nov 1970	Beat Australia 2-0 away	8	97.70	When took lead	Nov 1970
	South Africa	Jan 1970	Beat Australia 4-0 at home	1	89.25	When took lead	Jan 1970
	Australia	Dec 1968	Beat West Indies 3-1 at home	8	84.24	When took lead	Dec 1968
	West Indies	Jun 1968	England only drawing 1-1 with Australia at home	1	83.79	After losing to England(!) prior to becoming leaders	Mar 1968
	England	Mar 1968	Beat West Indies 1-0 away	1	85.81	When went top	Mar 1968
	West Indies	Jun 1963	Beat England 3-1 away	24	100. 68	Beat India 2-0 away	Dec 1966
	Australia	Dec 1958	Beat England 4-0 at home	18	119. 17	Beat Pakistan 2-0 away	Nov 1959
	England	Feb 1956	Beat Australia 2-1 at home	9	101. 82	Beat New Zealand 4-0 at home	Jun 1958
	Australia	Mar 1955	Beat West Indies 3-0 away	5	87.82	when went top	Mar 1955
	England	Nov 1954	Beat Australia 3-1 away	3	86.09	Beat New Zealand 2-0 away	Mar 1955
	Australia	Mar 1946	Beat New Zealand 1-0 away	29	115. 59	Beat West Indies 4-1 at home	Nov 1951

Australia are clearly the overall Champions. They have been champions for longest time and more frequently than any other country. They also hold the highest ever score, a record held since Nov 1959, although the West Indies got close in 1986 mid way through their record breaking longest reign. No one looked like getting close to matching the sustained dominance of the West Indies during the 1980’s and early 90’s. However Australia’s run at the top surpassed their own reign of 56 series in the late 1990’s, and is now the longest ever.... They hold all the records.... India became the fifth team to top the table... The last new table topper was South Africa in 1970... Will England maintain their reign at the top?

(Note: all figures in these tables are 'standardised' - the total score for the countries is always rounded up to 500 - so that an accurate comparison can be gained over the years. See FAQ for explanation)