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Easy game, this cricket, Ratings 11th November
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| 1st Test | India | v | West Indies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-rating | 1096.3 | 963.8 | |
| Form | +46.7 | +8.0 | |
| Expected Margin | India by 116 runs | ||
| Actual Margin | India by an innings and 51 runs | ||
| Post-rating | 1116.9 | 953.6 | |
Nothing like a series of home matches to boost one's ranking and blood new players. India showed the same ruthlessness with which they dispatched Australia in working over the West Indies. But in a sign that their rebuild is coming to fruition even as the last of their old guard takes his final bow, the debutants provided the firepower. Shami took 4/71, with only Samuels (65) providing any real resistance. For a brief period, Shillingford 6/167 raised the possibility of a stiff fight, but Rohit Sharma (177) and Ashwin (124) took the game away with an outstanding partnership. The latter's upright stance and wristy strokes so reminiscent of VVS Laxman that the opportunity to replace Tendulkar with a bowler must be firmly in the Indian selector's minds.
Chanderpaul, about to reach his own milestone in a cap so battered it seems to have felt every loss he's played in, was not out 31 at the end of the second innings. He isnt batting too low. He just has nothing behind him. Sammy is a very admirable cricketer, but he is no number 7, until you consider just how bad those following him are. Shami's 5/47 proved the first dig was no fluke, though it was Ashwin (3/46) who got the ball rolling; and it is hard to see the West Indies batting turning around this result. India are a very inexperienced side nowadays, but they've already shown the skills - at home at least - to pile on huge runs and defend it with ease. They move up to third in the rankings, though it is partly illusory, because of a run of form. The real test was only ever postponed.
| Rankings at 11th November 2013 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | South Africa | 1324.1 |
| 2. | England | 1217.2 |
| 3. | India | 1116.9 |
| 4. | Pakistan | 1111.2 |
| 5. | Australia | 1099.8 |
| 6. | Sri Lanka | 997.9 |
| 7. | West Indies | 953.6 |
| 8. | New Zealand | 873.2 |
| 9. | Bangladesh | 611.7 |
| 11. | Zimbabwe | 560.2 |
| 10. | Afghanistan | 597.0 |
| 12. | Ireland | 558.9 |
| 13. | Scotland | 430.3 |
| 14. | Namibia | 383.4 |
| 15. | Kenya | 276.4 |
| 16. | U.A.E. | 257.3 |
| 17. | Netherlands | 182.4 |
| 18. | Canada | 147.9 |
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 11th November, 2013 18:58:22 [#]
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