With the WT20 qualifiers fast approaching I've revised the T20 rankings, adding any games I could find, however minor to produce as comprehensive a ranking list as possible. The inclusion of a new batch of nations necessitated another upward adjustment; for consistencies sake, every team was initialised to their ranking after 10 games (or the last, if fewer) to the nearest hundred; teams who played multiple divisions in the recent qualifers were used to normalise groups. This is far from perfect with so few games played, but it is pretty close.

In total, 691 games are included, 227 are "official", a very small minority are test nation specific. Like it or not, T20 is the global format for cricket. The predicted margin for a game between two opponents is 1/8th the rating difference. Thus, England would be expected to beat Macedonia by 305 runs. The standard deviation of the expected margin is approximately 40.

T20 Rankings at 25th February 2012			Form	Games
1.	England	2562.5	-10.2	10.5
2.	Australia	2548.7	-11.3	11.8
3.	South Africa	2518.0	+8.8	12.1
4.	Pakistan	2505.2	+11.2	14.6
5.	Sri Lanka	2486.6	+14.4	9.5
6.	India	2480.0	+4.8	8.3
7.	New Zealand	2472.7	-7.2	14.5
8.	West Indies	2406.2	+1.1	7.9
9.	Zimbabwe	2311.8	-17.4	7.8
10.	Bangladesh	2231.1	+1.0	5.8
11.	Ireland	2074.0	-23.5	7.8
12.	Afghanistan	2019.4	-11.4	13.9
13.	Namibia	2009.1	-13.3	16.8
14.	Scotland	2006.7	+15.0	7.1
15.	Netherlands	1985.5	-31.3	2.3
16.	Canada	1936.9	-2.0	7.2
17.	U.A.E.	1833.4	+7.1	10.4
18.	U.S.A.	1758.3	-18.5	5.8
19.	Kenya	1723.8	+10.5	18.0
20.	Uganda	1674.6	+50.9	6.3
21.	Oman	1652.7	-9.9	8.1
22.	Denmark	1606.4	+24.2	3.5
23.	P.N.G.	1601.9	+14.8	3.0
24.	Kuwait	1581.4	-6.4	7.1
25.	Bermuda	1565.9	-11.4	4.4
26.	Nepal	1536.9	+16.2	9.3
27.	Nigeria	1508.4	+19.5	8.5
28.	Jersey	1505.2	+4.2	3.5
29.	Italy	1493.1	+9.8	3.5
30.	Hong Kong	1470.8	+67.1	9.3
31.	Cayman Is	1426.3	-19.9	3.5
32.	Ghana	1406.6	-11.5	8.0
33.	Malaysia	1404.6	+1.1	7.8
34.	Singapore	1402.5	-28.9	1.8
35.	Guernsey	1379.1	-18.1	4.0
36.	Isle of Man	1315.4	-28.8	3.0
37.	Tanzania	1305.8	+6.2	4.0
38.	Qatar	1300.0	+31.3	1.8
39.	Botswana	1299.5	-11.5	4.0
40.	Argentina	1289.7	+0.1	3.3
41.	Maldives	1231.9	+3.0	6.0
42.	Belgium	1216.4	-2.5	7.0
43.	Spain	1210.0	+8.8	3.5
44.	Saudi Arabia	1205.3	+0.8	6.8
45.	Germany	1190.5	-5.7	3.5
46.	Suriname	1129.5	+36.2	5.0
47.	Norway	1125.5	+17.1	4.0
48.	France	1115.2	-3.5	3.5
49.	Austria	1104.1	+6.4	7.5
50.	Bahrain	1082.1	+18.2	1.5
51.	Gibraltar	1081.8	+18.1	3.5
52.	Sweden	1058.0	-23.7	6.0
53.	Vanuatu	1016.5	+13.8	3.0
54.	Sierra Leone	1014.9	+3.5	4.0
55.	Israel	1007.3	+22.4	3.5
56.	Fiji	1004.4	-16.2	3.0
57.	Greece	999.6	-1.6	3.5
58.	Mozambique	995.7	-7.6	4.0
59.	Samoa	976.0	-2.7	5.5
60.	Croatia	944.3	-52.2	4.4
61.	Swaziland	915.7	-17.0	4.0
62.	Portugal	896.1	-3.8	3.0
63.	Finland	895.1	-6.0	3.0
64.	Panama	894.6	+10.3	2.5
65.	Malawi	880.0	-9.7	4.0
66.	Mexico	870.6	-8.8	3.0
67.	Bahamas	849.6	+7.0	3.3
68.	Belize	846.8	+33.3	5.0
69.	Peru	814.9	+32.6	2.5
70.	Lesotho	805.3	+3.1	1.5
71.	Turks and Caicos Islands	802.4	-0.7	2.5
72.	Rwanda	796.8	-10.9	5.5
73.	Luxembourg	791.6	-3.5	3.0
74.	Estonia	784.7	-4.0	2.5
75.	Cyprus	751.3	+4.1	3.0
76.	Philippines	723.3	+18.4	2.5
77.	Seychelles	722.5	+19.9	2.0
78.	Hungary	657.8	+33.7	3.3
79.	China	649.5	-4.2	2.5
80.	Malta	637.5	+7.5	3.5
81.	Chile	615.7	+22.7	2.5
82.	Morocco	606.6	-3.6	2.0
83.	Japan	600.1	+10.5	2.0
84.	Slovenia	599.0	-10.2	2.5
85.	Gambia	584.2	-12.5	2.0
86.	Brazil	579.7	-17.4	2.5
87.	Russia	548.6	+23.3	1.0
88.	Cook Islands	540.0	-21.5	3.0
89.	Romania	511.5	+18.1	0.8
90.	Czech Rep.	501.0	+4.8	2.5
91.	Tonga	500.4	-3.9	3.0
92.	Bulgaria	486.5	+5.3	6.1
93.	Costa Rica	475.5	-39.1	3.0
94.	Lithuania	392.9	-14.6	2.0
95.	South Korea	373.6	+17.5	3.0
96.	Mali	290.9	-9.9	1.5
97.	Turkey	287.6	-4.4	2.5
98.	Indonesia	284.0	-30.7	3.0
99.	Serbia	270.0	-23.2	2.0
100.	Cameroon	180.0	-10.4	1.5
101.	Slovakia	160.3	-50.4	1.0
102.	Falkland Islands	136.6	-51.3	3.0
103.	Macedonia	122.9	-56.2	2.3

The T20 ratings are both volatile and subject to starting rating. Shading indicates level of certainty.

Cricket - Ratings - T20 25th February, 2012 17:26:21   [#] 

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