Pakistan becomes No 1 ranked test side in the world

[terry5]

Number 1
World test champions

 

[Iggy]

ICC ranking shows India as no 1??



1. India 20 2238 112
2 Pakistan 25 2767 111
3 Australia 36 3905 108
4 England 41 4427 108
5 New Zealand 28 2773 99
6 Sri Lanka 32 3055 95
7 South Africa 22 2015 92
8 West Indies 21 1374 65
9 Bangladesh 12 687 57
10 Zimbabwe 7 54 8

http://www.icc-cricket.com/team-rankings/test

 

[f444ran]

Congratz. But Now a days no one team is dominating cricket like Australia did during 2000's. Everybody goes up and down.

 

[hussain0216]

ICC ranking shows India as no 1??



1. India 20 2238 112
2 Pakistan 25 2767 111
3 Australia 36 3905 108
4 England 41 4427 108
5 New Zealand 28 2773 99
6 Sri Lanka 32 3055 95
7 South Africa 22 2015 92
8 West Indies 21 1374 65
9 Bangladesh 12 687 57
10 Zimbabwe 7 54 8

http://www.icc-cricket.com/team-rankings/test

India has to win final test v windies to remain there

 

[X-2.]

Every time some one make bale ka Bakra .. this tym India It self lol

 

[WAJsal]

Haters? Where you at? I can't wait to hear from Mohammed Yousuf on this.

Found these:

 

[Arsalan]

Loving It!!!

 

[ghameed]

Btw is it the first time ever that Pakistan has been ranked number 1 ?

 

[Fireurimagination]

Congratulations, Pakistan will have to play lot more cricket to stay there

 

[Jaanbaz]

I take back everything I said about Misbah.

 

[Devil Soul]

Pakistan rise to No. 1 in Test rankings
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1

Pakistan 25 2767 111
2

India 25 2748 110
3

Australia 36 3905 108
4

England 41 4427 108
5

New Zealand 28 2773 99
6

Sri Lanka 32 3055 95
7

South Africa 22 2015 92
8

West Indies 26 1749 67
9

Bangladesh 12 687 57
10

Zimbabwe 7 54 8

 

[volatile]

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Pakistan rise to No. 1 in Test rankings
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Pakistan's most recent Test series was a hard-fought 2-2 draw in England © Getty Images


Pakistan have risen to No. 1 in the ICC's Test rankings for the first time. They took the top position from India, following India's washed out Test against West Indies in Trinidad.

Pakistan had moved to No. 2 on the table last week, after drawing the Test series in England 2-2 and after Australia were whitewashed 3-0 in Sri Lanka. At the same time, India had moved to No. 1 after beating West Indies in the St Lucia Test to go 2-0 up in their four-match series; they needed to win the final Test, in Trinidad, to hold on to No. 1, but the match was drawn afterweather and outfield issues forced play to be abandoned over four days.

Last week was the second time in less than a year that Pakistan had moved to No. 2 on the rankings - the highest they had previously been since the current rankings system was put in place in 2003. They had featured at No. 2 for the first time in November 2015, after beating England 2-0 in the UAE.

Their rise to No. 1 was built on the back of a run of unbeaten Test series since August 2014, when they were down at No. 6. Apart from the successes against England, they had also beaten Sri Lanka 2-1 in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh 1-0 in Bangladesh, and whitewashed Australia 2-0 in the UAE. Against New Zealand in the UAE in November 2014, the series during which Phillip Hughes died in Sydney, they had drawn 1-1.

The No. 1 rank has changed hands several times in 2016. In January, India took over from South Africa after South Africa were defeated 0-2 by England at home. In February, Australia climbedto No. 1 following their 2-0 win in New Zealand. They gave No. 1 back to India following their recent 0-3 loss in Sri Lanka, and then came India's handover to Pakistan.

The ICC's ranking system takes into account matches played over the previous four years, with the oldest matches in the cycle being dropped every May. For the current cycle, matches played from May 2013 to May 2015 carry 50% weightage, while matches played since then carry 100% weightage. In May 2017, matches played between May 2013 and April 2014 will be dropped from the calculations.

 

[Devil Soul]

 

[Hyde]

Congratulations Pakistan for officially becoming the best team in the world!

May you have more success in all of the formats of the game. I would be really glad if you could maintain this consistancy and possibly have a rating over 120 points

 

[Green Arrow]

We have not played any match on home soil since 2009 and here we are no 1 test side. A big achievement indeed and credit goes to Misbah for all his efforts and hard work.