ICC ODI Championship

ICC ODI Championship

ICC ODI Championship logo
Administrator International Cricket Council
Format One Day International
First tournament 2002
Last tournament ongoing
Tournament format notional (ongoing points
accumulation through
all matches played)
Number of teams 12
33 Associate members
Current champion  South Africa (119 points)
Most successful  Australia (141 months)

The ICC ODI Championship is an international One Day International cricket competition run by the International Cricket Council. The competition is notional in that it is simply a ranking scheme overlaid on the regular ODI match schedule. After every ODI match, the two teams involved receive points based on a mathematical formula. Each team's points total is divided by their total number of matches played to give a rating, and all the teams are ranked in a table in order of rating.[1]

By analogy to cricket batting averages, the points for winning an ODI match are always greater than the team's rating, increasing the rating, and the points for losing an ODI match are always less than the rating, reducing the rating. A drawn match between higher and lower rated teams will benefit the lower-rated team at the expense of the higher-rated team. An "average" team that wins as often as it loses while playing a mix of stronger and weaker teams should have a rating of 100.[2]

As of 18 June 2017, South Africa lead the ICC ODI Championship with a rating of 119, while the lowest rated team, Ireland, has a rating of 41.[3]

Qualification

The championship consists of two separate ranking tables. The 12 ICC Full Members that play Test cricket are automatically listed on the main table. The Associate Members with One Day International status are listed on a secondary table, but are eligible for promotion to the main table by meeting one of the following criteria:[4]

Ireland qualified for the main table following their victories over Pakistan and Bangladesh in the 2007 World Cup.[5] Latest entrant is Afghanistan, by defeating Bangladesh in 2014 Asia Cup. Netherlands and Kenya were also listed on the main table as they previously had permanent ODI status.

Points calculations

Each team scores points based on the results of their matches over the last 3−4 years − all matches played in the 12-24 months since the May before last, plus all the matches played in the 24 months before that, for which the matches played and points earned both count half.[6] Each May, the matches and points earned between 3 and 4 years ago are removed, and the matches and points earned between 1 and 2 years ago switch from 100% weighting to 50% weighting. For example, at May 2014, the matches played between May 2010 and May 2011 were removed, and the matches played between May 2012 and May 2013 switched to 50% weighting. This happens overnight, so can result in teams changing positions in the ranking table despite not playing.

Each time two teams play another match, the rankings table is updated as follows, based on the ratings of the teams immediately before they played. To determine the teams' new ratings after a particular match, first calculate the points earned from the match:

If the gap between the ratings of the two teams before the match was less than 40 points, then:

Match result Points earned
Win Opponent's rating + 50
Tie Opponent's rating
Lose Opponent's rating − 50

If the gap between the ratings of the two teams before the match was at least 40 points, then:

Match result Points earned
Stronger team wins Own rating + 10
Weaker team loses Own rating − 10
Stronger team ties Own rating − 40
Weaker team ties Own rating + 40
Stronger team loses Own rating − 90
Weaker team wins Own rating + 90

See also: Detailed example

Ranking table

ICC ODI Rankings
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1  South Africa 50 5957 119
2  Australia 47 5505 117
3  India 40 4579 114
4  England 50 5645 113
5  New Zealand 46 5123 111
6  Pakistan 41 3885 95
7  Bangladesh 31 2905 94
8  Sri Lanka 54 4760 88
9  West Indies 36 2824 78
10  Afghanistan 30 1618 54
11  Zimbabwe 41 2129 52
12  Ireland 25 1028 41
Reference: ICC Rankings, 10 July 2017
"Matches" is the no. matches played in the 12-24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that.

Historical ICC ODI Champions

The ICC provides ratings for the end of each month back to October 2002. This table lists the teams that have successively held the highest rating since that date, by whole month periods.

Team Start End Total Months Cumulative Months Highest Rating
 Australia October 2002 January 2007 52 52 140
 South Africa February 2007 February 2007 1 1 128
 Australia March 2007 February 2008 12 64 130
 South Africa March 2008 May 2008 3 4 127
 Australia June 2008 December 2008 7 71 131
 South Africa January 2009 August 2009 8 12 127
 Australia September 2009 August 2012 35 106 134
 England August 2012 December 2012 5 5121
 India January 2013 January 2014 1212124
 Australia January 2014 August 2014 8 114 117
 India September 2014 September 2014 1 13 113
 Australia October 2014 October 2014 1 115 114
 South Africa October 2014[7] November 2014 ½ 13 115
 India November 2014 November 2014 ½ 14 117
 Australia November 2014 February 2017 26 141 129
 South Africa February 2017 February 2017 1 14 119
 Australia March 2017 March 2017 4d 141 118
 South Africa March 2017 present - 14 123

The ICC recently applied its current rating system to results since 1981 providing ratings for the end of each month back to 1981 further indicating Australia's historical dominance in ODI Cricket with the highest number of months ranked first (198 months). The table only begins from 1981 as prior to this date, there is not enough data available due to the infrequency of matches and the small number of competing teams in the earlier periods.

The teams that have successively held the highest rating since January 1981 till September 2002, by whole month periods, are:

Team Start End Total Months Cumulative Months
 England January 1981 February 1981 2 2
 West Indies June 1981 November 1981 6 6
 England December 1981 December 1981 1 3
 West Indies January 1982 May 1987 65 71
 England August 1987 March 1988 8 11
 West Indies April 1988 May 1988 2 73
 England August 1988 May 1989 10 21
 West Indies August 1989 December 1989 5 78
 Australia January 1990 March 1990 3 3
 West Indies April 1990 April 1990 1 79
 Australia May 1990 May 1990 1 4
 West Indies July 1990 July 1990 1 80
 Australia August 1990 November 1990 4 8
 Pakistan December 1990 January 1991 2 2
 Australia February 1991 May 1991 4 12
 Pakistan August 1991 August 1991 1 3
 Australia October 1991 May 1992 8 20
 England August 1992 March 1993 8 29
 West Indies April 1993 April 1993 1 81
 Australia May 1993 July 1993 3 23
 West Indies August 1993 November 1994 16 97
 India December 1994 March 1995 4 4
 West Indies April 1995 May 1995 2 99
 India August 1995 October 1995 3 7
 England November 1995 December 1995 2 31
 Australia January 1996 April 1996 4 27
 South Africa May 1996 February 2000 46 46
 Australia March 2000 January 2002 23 50
 South Africa February 2002 February 2002 1 47
 Australia March 2002 September 2002 7 57
Reference: Historical Rankings

The summary of teams that have held the highest rating since 1981 till present by whole month periods, are:

Team Total Months Highest Rating
 Australia 198 140
 West Indies 99 141
 South Africa 61 134
 England 36 135
 India 21 127
 Pakistan 3 131
Reference: Historical Rankings updated to 31/01/2014

Associate rankings

Nepal Captain Paras Khadka batting during the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in Bermuda

In late 2005, the International Cricket Council ranked the top non-Test nations from 11–30 to complement the Test nations' rankings in the ICC ODI Championship. The ICC used the results from the 2005 ICC Trophy and WCQS Division 2 competition (i.e. the primary qualification mechanisms for the 2007 Cricket World Cup) to rank the nations.

These rankings were used to seed the initial stage of the global World Cricket League. Teams ranked 11–16 were placed into Division 1; teams 17–20 were placed into Division 2; teams 21–24 were placed into Division 3; the remaining teams were placed into the upper divisions of their respective regional qualifiers.

As of 19 April 2009 the top six associates/affiliates gained one day status. Kenya and Ireland have both qualified to appear on the main rating table, Kenya from its existing status and Ireland for its two victories in the 2007 World Cup. Following their victory over Bangladesh in July 2010, the Netherlands joined the main table. Afghanistan, Canada and Scotland remain on the secondary table. In May 2009, the ICC added a rankings table for all associate and affiliate members. This contained both global and regional placings.

Associate rankings according to ICC:

Rank Nation Region
13  Scotland[lower-alpha 1] Europe
14=  Hong Kong[lower-alpha 1] Asia
 United Arab Emirates[lower-alpha 1] Asia
16  Papua New Guinea[lower-alpha 1] EAP
17  Netherlands Europe
18  Namibia Africa
19  Kenya Africa
20    Nepal Asia
21  Uganda Africa
22  Canada Americas
23  Malaysia Asia
24  Singapore Asia
25  United States Americas
26  Oman Asia
27  Denmark Europe
28  Bermuda Americas
29  Jersey Europe
30  Italy Europe
31  Guernsey Europe
Reference: Associate & Affiliate Rankings updated to 15/11/2016
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Trophy

The team at the top of the ICC ODI Championship has been awarded the ICC ODI Championship shield. Like a 2 euro coin, the shield features an inner circle of gold-coloured metal and is surrounded by a ring of silver-coloured metal. It was first presented in December 2002, when Australia's captain Ricky Ponting received the trophy.[8]

See also

References

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