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Sri Lanka moves ahead of India in ODI Championship | | With the countdown towards the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 reaching the 100-day mark, Sri Lanka has laid down a marker to the other 13 teams by claiming second place in
the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI championship after a confidence-boosting series win over table-topper Australia. Sri Lanka won the series opener in Melbourne by
one wicket and then took an unassailable 2-0 lead by winning the Sydney ODI by
29 runs (D-L method). Australia secured a consolation win in Brisbane where it
won by eight wickets. As such, Sri Lanka's first-ever series win in Australia
has earned it three ratings points which has put it one point clear of India on
118 ratings points and 10 points behind number-one ranked Australia which has
conceded two ratings points. India will have the chance to regain the number-two
position later this month but to make it happen it will have to win all the five
ODIs against New Zealand . That series will start in Guwahati on November 28.
A 5-0 clean sweep will take India to 121 ratings points while a 4-1 series win
will put it alongside Sri Lanka on 118 rating points. However, in that case Mahendra
Singh Dhoni's side would be placed just behind Kumar Sangakkara's side by a fraction
of a ratings point. Sri Lanka 's next ODI commitment is the five-match ODI series
against the West Indies which starts in Suriyawewa Stadium in Hambantota on December
9. Meanwhile, South Africa and Pakistan have retained their pre-series positions
after the Proteas won the just-concluded series in the UAE 3-2. South Africa is
on 115 ratings points, two ahead of England , while Pakistan is on 100 ratings
points and leads New Zealand by four ratings points. Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship
(as of November 9, after Australia-Sri Lanka and Pakistan-South Africa ODI series)
Rank Team Rating 1 Australia 128 2 Sri Lanka 118 3 India 117 4 South Africa 115
5 England 112 6 Pakistan 100 7 New Zealand 96 8 West Indies 67 9 Bangladesh 67
10 Ireland 39 11 Zimbabwe 37 12 Netherlands 17 13 Kenya 0
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