India down to fifth, England fourth rank

India has dropped to fifth place in the ICC ODI Championship table but England has jumped to fourth place.Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side had started in fourth place on 112 ratings points and finished the series in fifth place at 113. In contrast, Sri Lanka gained one ratings point after starting on 105.
India's defeat by 112 runs by the Duckworth-Lewis Method in the fifth and final ODI against Sri Lanka did not cost it any place in the championship table after England comfortably won its third match of the five-match series by 126 runs at The Oval.
But the defeat cost India two ratings points while it earned Sri Lanka one ratings point. Had India won the series 4-1, it would have risen to 115 ratings points as compared to Sri Lanka's 104.
However, all eyes are now set on Kevin Pietersen's side which is on course to complete a series sweep against South Africa. And if England manages to achieve that result, it would jump to second place on 118 ratings points while South Africa would be on equal points with New Zealand but behind the Black Caps when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.
However, if England wins the series 4-1 it will sit just behind India by a fraction of a point. In that case, South Africa will retain second place on the table but will have slipped to 119 points after starting the series on 128.
If South Africa manages to win the last two ODIs, it will retain its second place in the table but the three defeats already suffered will drop it to 123 ratings points while England will jump to 111 points and fifth place.
Meanwhile, Australia and Bangladesh go head to head in the three-match ODI series in Darwin from Saturday.
Australia is 84 rating points ahead of ninth-placed Bangladesh and that gap means it is expected to win the series comfortably. If it fails to do so then its rating will suffer and it will lose three points even if it secures a 2-1 success. That result would mean a three-point gain for Bangladesh.
However, if Australia wins the series 3-0, it will gain one ratings point while Bangladesh will also drop one ratings point.