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2nd Test	West Indies	v	South Africa
Pre-rating	921.87		1191.65
Form	-10.96		+5.51
Expected Margin	South Africa by 85 runs
Actual Margin	Match drawn
Post-rating	924.18		1189.55

Football teams park the team bus in front of goal to achieve a draw; the West Indies must have parked the roller on the pitch last week to get this result. A team more assertive than South Africa might have chanced their arm at 3/398 at lunch on the second day, but they didn't, and the only team with the ability to force a result on this pitch left it to crawl to its miserable end. The West Indies did begin their innings positively enough, but Bravo and Chanderpaul were content to play for a draw, as only 117 were scored in 67 overs following Nash's dismissal. If this test was played as part of a test championship we'd debate the consequences of the draw with great intensity. But in the midst of a forgettable and pointless tour of the Carribean this a test best soon forgotten.

Rankings at 23rd June 2010
1.	Australia	1220.38
2.	India	1209.48
3.	South Africa	1189.55
4.	England	1125.95
5.	Sri Lanka	1103.96
6.	Pakistan	1073.88
7.	West Indies	924.18
8.	New Zealand	917.91
9.	Bangladesh	638.24
10.	Zimbabwe	556.79
11.	Ireland	547.06
12.	Scotland	477.92
13.	Namibia	378.09
14.	Afghanistan	362.06
15.	Kenya	351.46
16.	U.S.A.	296.99
17.	Uganda	280.48
18.	Netherlands	210.64
19.	Nepal	196.51
20.	Canada	177.28
21.	U.A.E.	161.47
22.	Hong Kong	148.65
23.	Bermuda	138.61
24.	Cayman Is	134.24
25.	Malaysia	123.90

Shaded teams have played fewer than 2 games per season. Non-test team ratings are not comparable to test ratings as they don't play each other.

Cricket - Ratings - Test 23rd June, 2010 15:58:37   [#] 

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