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	national (ongoing points accumulation through all matches played)
Number of teams	13 29 Associate members
Current champion	India (119 points)
Most successful	Australia (106 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. The total of each team's points total is divided by the total number of matches to give a rating, and all teams are ranked on a table in order of rating.

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 benefits 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.

As of 19 January 2013, India lead the ICC ODI Championship with a rating of 119, while the lowest rated team, Kenya, has a rating of 11.

Qualification

The championship consists of two separate ranking tables. The ten ICC Full Members that play Test cricket are automatically listed on the main table. The six 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:

• two wins in ODIs against Full Members
• one win in an ODI against a Full Member and also have won more than 60% of qualifying matches versus other Associates

Ireland qualified for the main table following their victories over Pakistan and Bangladesh in the 2007 World Cup,. and the Netherlands qualified in 2010 by beating Bangladesh. Kenya are also listed on the main table as they previously had permanent ODI status.

Points

The calculations for the Table are performed as follows:

• Each team scores points based on the results of their matches.
• Each team's rating is equal to its total points scored divided by the total matches played. (Series are not significant in these calculations).
• A match only counts if played in the last three years.
• Matches played in the first year of the three-year limit count one-third; matches played in the second year count two-thirds; matches played in the last year count fully; essentially, recent matches are given higher weighting.
• To determine a team's rating after a particular match:
  • Determine the match result (win, loss, or tie)
  • Calculate the match points scored:
    • If the gap between the ratings of the two teams at the commencement of the match is fewer than 40 points, then:
      • The winner scores 50 points more than the opponent's rating
      • The loser scores 50 points fewer than the opponent's rating
      • Each team in a tie scores the opponent's rating
    • If the gap between the ratings of the two teams at the commencement of the match is more than or equal to 40 points, then :
      • The winner, if it is the stronger team, scores 10 points more than its own rating
      • The winner, if it is the weaker team, scores 90 points more than its own rating
      • The loser, if it is the stronger team, scores 90 points fewer than its own rating
      • The loser, if it is the weaker team, scores 10 points fewer than its own rating
      • The stronger team in a tie scores 40 points fewer than its own rating
      • The weaker team in a tie scores 40 points more than its own rating
  • Add the match points scored to the points already scored (in previous matches as reflected by the Table) and determine the new rating. However, matches(and the points) which do not lie in last three year range will have to be removed.

• Points earned by teams depend on the opponents ratings, therefore this system needed to assign base ratings to teams when it started.

Ranking table

ICC ODI Championship
Rank	Change	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1		India	38	4514	119
2		England	33	3849	117
3		Australia	37	4285	116
4		South Africa	26	2940	113
5		Sri Lanka	41	4446	108
6		Pakistan	36	3824	106
7		West Indies	33	2823	86
8		New Zealand	26	2124	82
9		Bangladesh	26	1950	75
10		Zimbabwe	20	1094	55
11		Ireland	6	207	35
12		Netherlands	4	63	16
13		Kenya	4	45	11
Reference: ICC Rankings, 8 May 2013

Associate rankings

Joel Olweny, Captain of the Uganda Cricket team

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 as at 28 September 2011 according to ICC:

Rank	Nation	Regional Rank
14	Afghanistan	Asia No. 1 Associate/Affiliate member
15	Scotland	Europe 3
16	Canada	Americas No.1 Associate/Affiliate member
17	United Arab Emirates	Asia 2
18	Namibia	Africa 2
19	Papua New Guinea	East Asia – Pacific No.1 Associate/Affiliate Member
20	Hong Kong	Asia 3
21	Nepal	Asia 2
22	Bermuda	Americas 2
23	Oman	Asia 4
24	Italy	Europe 4
25	Uganda	Africa 3
26	United States	Americas 3
27	Singapore	Asia 6
28	Tanzania	Africa 4
29	Cayman Islands	Americas 4
30	Argentina	Americas 5
31	Bahrain	Asia 6
32	Singapore	Asia 7
33	Guernsey	Europe 6
34	Malaysia	Asia 8
35	Kuwait	Asia 9
36	Jersey	Europe 7
37	Nigeria	Africa 5
38	Fiji	EAP 2
39	Germany	Europe 8
40	Botswana	Africa 6
41	Norway	Europe 9
42	Japan	EAP 3
43	Vanuatu	EAP 4

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	5	121
India	January 2013	–	4	4	120
Reference: ICC Rankings

The ICC recently applied its current rating system to results since 1981. 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
England	January 1981	February 1981	2
West Indies	June 1981	November 1981	6
England	December 1981	December 1981	1
West Indies	January 1982	May 1987	65
England	August 1987	March 1988	8
West Indies	April 1988	May 1988	2
England	August 1988	May 1989	10
West Indies	August 1989	December 1989	5
Australia	January 1990	March 1990	3
West Indies	April 1990	April 1990	1
Australia	May 1990	May 1990	1
West Indies	July 1990	July 1990	1
Australia	August 1990	November 1990	4
Pakistan	December 1990	January 1991	2
Australia	February 1991	May 1991	4
Pakistan	August 1991	August 1991	1
Australia	October 1991	May 1992	8
England	August 1992	March 1993	8
West Indies	April 1993	April 1993	1
Australia	May 1993	July 1993	3
West Indies	August 1993	November 1994	16
India	December 1994	March 1995	4
West Indies	April 1995	May 1995	2
India	August 1995	October 1995	3
England	November 1995	December 1995	2
Australia	January 1996	April 1996	4
South Africa	May 1996	February 2000	46
Australia	March 2000	January 2002	23
South Africa	February 2002	February 2002	1
Australia	March 2002	September 2002	7
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	163	140
West Indies	99	141
South Africa	59	134
England	31	135
India*	11*	127
Pakistan	3	131
Reference: Historical Rankings

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.

See also

• ICC Test Championship
• ICC T20 Championship
• International structure of cricket
• ICC Player Rankings

External links

• ICC Test, ODI and T20I Championship Rankings