 India to drop in ICC rankings if England sweeps NZ ODI series
14th Jun 2008 14:02 IST
Agencies
India will lose their fourth spot in the ICC ODI rankings to seventh-placed England if Paul Collingwood's men sweep the five-match series against New Zealand starting June 15.
Fresh from their victory over New Zealand in the Test series, which helped them move up to third in the ICC Test Championship, England have the opportunity to rise to fourth in the ODI list if they sweep the series, irrespective of how today's tri-series final in Bangladesh, between India and Pakistan, pans out.
However, if the clean-sweep result is reversed then Collingwood's side will drop from 105 to 101 ratings points to give the West Indies a sniff of seventh spot when its ODI series starts against Australia on June 24.
At the same time, a 5-0 series win will see New Zealand rocket to 118 points to reduce the gap to front-runners South Africa and Australia which sit on 127 ratings points each.
In case England claim the series 4-1, they will join New Zealand on 109 points but behind the Black Caps in fifth position when the ratings are recalculated beyond the decimal point.
If England win the series 3-2 they will leapfrog Sri Lanka into sixth place while New Zealand will drop to fourth behind India, which will also be their position if Daniel Vettori's side wins the series 3-2 and India wins the tri-series final.
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