December 2005 Rankings
Sri Lanka were the big casualties of this quarter. Having sat at 2nd or 3rd in the rankings since June 2004, they crashed to 7th after a comprehensive series loss to India. Australia's last game lapse against New Zealand saw it drop below 5000 for the first time this year and are slowly moving back towards the pack.
The only game between non-test nations included in these rankings was a one-off match where Namibia downed surprise world cup qualifiers Bermuda. While Namibia gained 24 points at the expense of Bermuda, neither team changed its position in the rankings.
Teams highlighted in yellow are those who played matches in this quarter.
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Rank
Team
Points
Rk +/-
Pt +/-
1
Australia
4986
0
-49
2
South Africa
4115
1
138
3
Pakistan
4003
1
126
4
India
3839
3
806
5
England
3678
0
-126
6
New Zealand
3571
0
-87
7
Sri Lanka
3186
-5
-808
8
West Indies
2924
0
0
9
Bangladesh
2039
0
0
10
Zimbabwe
1714
0
0
11
Kenya
1626
0
0
12
Netherlands
1534
0
0
13
Scotland
1464
0
0
14
Ireland
1332
0
0
15
Namibia
1251
0
24
16
UAE
1203
0
0
17
Canada
1131
0
0
18
Bermuda
1050
0
-24
19
USA
860
0
0
20
Denmark
852
0
0
21
PNG
707
0
0
22
Hong Kong
699
0
0
23
Fiji
536
0
0
24
Singapore
418
0
0
25
Uganda
401
0
0
26
Oman
382
0
0
27
Malaysia
365
0
0
28
Argentina
302
0
0
29
Cayman I
292
0
0
30
Nepal
279
0
0
31
Italy
248
0
0
32
Qatar
242
0
0
33
Gibraltar
237
0
0
34
Germany
218
0
0
35
Kuwait
200
0
0
36
Botswana
200
0
0
37
Thailand
200
0
0
38
Japan
195
0
0
39
France
189
0
0
40
Tanzania
185
0
0
41
Belgium
180
0
0
42
Zambia
177
0
0
43
Nigeria
169
0
0
44
Norway
164
0
0
45
Israel
158
0
0
46
Bahamas
157
0
0
47
Bahrain
132
0
0
48
Tonga
126
0
0
49
Afghanistan
123
0
0
50
Greece
122
0
0
51
Maldives
122
0
0
52
Sierra Leone
120
0
0
53
Cook I
119
0
0
54
Spain
112
0
0
55
Austria
110
0
0
56
Vanuatu
109
0
0
57
Mozambique
109
0
0
58
Puerto Rico
109
0
0
59
Panama
107
0
0
60
Saudi Arabia
106
0
0
61
Portugal
105
0
0
62
Belize
103
0
0
63
Ghana
102
0
0
64
Switzerland
100
0
0
65
Isle of Man
98
0
0
66
Chile
97
0
0
67
Malawi
96
0
0
68
Indonesia
94
0
0
69
Brazil
94
0
0
70
Rwanda
90
0
0
71
Bhutan
90
0
0
72
Croatia
90
0
0
73
Turks & Caicos
88
0
0
74
Iran
87
0
0
75
Malta
85
0
0
76
Finland
85
0
0
77
Suriname
85
0
0
78
Brunei
77
0
0
79
Samoa
74
0
0
80
Luxemborg
73
0
0
81
Gambia
72
0
0
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