ICC Rankings

As of March 2021, we transitioned to a weekly schedule for updating player rankings. Under this arrangement, women's player rankings for both ODIs and T20Is are refreshed every Tuesday, while men's rankings across all three formats—Tests, ODIs, and T20Is—are updated on Wednesdays. These updates encompass all matches concluded up to the preceding day and exclude any matches played on the day of updating. Team rankings remain updated as usual, occurring after each Test series and after every ODI and T20I match.

We've developed an all-rounder index to assess the top performers in Test and One Day cricket. This index is calculated by multiplying a player's batting and bowling points and then dividing by 1000. For instance, a player with 800 batting and 0 bowling would have a score of zero (since they don't bowl and thus aren't considered all-rounders), while someone with 600 batting/200 bowling would receive a rating of 120, and a player with 400 batting/400 bowling would achieve a rating of 160. A score exceeding 300 is regarded as world-class. Although there are more all-rounders in T20s and ODIs than in Tests, similar names often feature prominently in both formats. It's important to note that this index doesn't include fielding skills, which are currently difficult to quantify statistically.

In parallel, the ICC Team Rankings, devised by David Kendix, serve as a rating mechanism for men's teams competing in Test, One-Day International, and Twenty20 International formats, as well as for women's teams participating in One-Day International and Twenty20 International cricket. This rating is derived by dividing the points earned by the total match or series points, rounded to the nearest whole number. Analogous to a batting average, this metric employs points instead of total runs scored and incorporates match or series totals instead of dismissals. Annual updates to these rankings are executed on 1 October each year.