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  3. 1/54 We've had a curious month of international ODI cricket. Bangladesh (22.04) crushed what was probably at best a West Indies [
  4. 2/54 Images ] A team in West Indies, and Sri Lanka [ Images ] (54.76) suddenly switched off after winning the home ODI series against
  5. 3/54 Pakistan (45.08).¶India (68.56), however, continue to top the Rediff ODI Rankings, with South Africa [ Images ] (64.66) and
  6. 4/54 Australia [ Images ] (62.35) behind. India's acid test will be the Champions Trophy [ Images ] next month in South
  7. 5/54 Africa.¶Table A shows the current ODI rankings.¶TABLE A: CURRENT ODI RANKINGS (as on August 14, 2009)¶Team WI TI ODI
  8. 6/54 RBI=¶WI * 0.80 + TI * 0.20 diff: 7.7.09 -> 14.8.09 Ranking¶India 60.70 100.00 68.56 +2.56 1¶South Africa 62. ...
  9. 7/54 64.66 -0.80 2¶Australia 65.44 50.00 62.35 -1.97 3¶New Zealand [ Images ] 54.99 62.50 56.49 -0.21 4¶Engl ...
  10. 8/54 Images ] 46.69 75.00 52.35 +0.05 5¶Sri Lanka 47.63 83.33 54.76 +3.41 6¶Pakistan 50.10 25.00 45.08 +0.30 7& ...
  11. 9/54 Indies 36.78 0.00 29.42 -0.95 8¶Bangladesh 16.83 42.86 22.04 +6.50 9¶Zimbabwe 14.66 0.00 11.73 +0.55 10&pa ...
  12. 10/54 corresponding Reliance Mobile ICC ODI rankings (as on August 12, 2009) are South Africa (127), India (126), Australia (119),
  13. 11/54 England (111), New Zealand (110), Pakistan (109), Sri Lanka (104), West Indies (78), Bangladesh (56) and Zimbabwe (24).¶The
  14. 12/54 real difference between South Africa (126.67) and India (126.38) is just about 0.3, but South Africa have had a more favourable
  15. 13/54 rounding off.¶Details¶The Rediff ODI rating, now published regularly over the last seven years, is a judicious combination
  16. 14/54 of every team's weighted index (WI) and tournament index (TI).¶The WI, based on the most recent ODI encounters between every
  17. 15/54 pair of teams as shown in Table B, is essentially a weighted average that considers the 'opposition strength' (because wins
  18. 16/54 against strong opponents must be rewarded more) and the 'home-away-neutral' factors (because teams usually win more at home, and
  19. 17/54 lose more playing 'away').¶The TI factors in a team's performance in tournaments and series (and thereby seeks to better
  20. 18/54 reward wins in 'big' matches).¶TABLE B: ODI SCORECARD (as on August 14, 2009; used to compute WI)¶ ¶ Aus Ban Eng ...