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| April 11, 2006 | Tuesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 12, 1427 |
Cash boost for Australia
LONDON, April 10: Australia received US$500,000 for topping both this year's International Cricket Council (ICC) Test and One-day tables.
It was the second straight year that Australia have finished ranked as the world's best five-day and limited overs outfit.
In a statement issued from the governing body's Dubai headquarters, ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed congratulated Cricket Australia (CA) on its achievement.
“The ICC Rankings have proved to be an excellent way of measuring the relative achievements of teams in both Test and ODI cricket and for the second year in a row Australia has come out on top,” Speed said.
A record of nine wins, three draws and two defeats in Test cricket left Australia 18 points clear of its nearest rival England in the Test table.
In one-day cricket the gap to second-placed South Africa is 13 points after world champions Australia's record of 20 wins, one tie and 10 defeats in the shorter form of the game.
Australia received $250,000 for topping the Test standings and the same amount for heading the one-day rankings.
ICC Test Championship (rank, last year's rank, team, rating, last year's rating):
1 (1) Australia 131 (132); 2 (2) England 113 (110); 3 (3) India 111 (107); 4 (5) Pakistan 109 (102); 5 (7) New Zealand 101 (93); 6 (6) South Africa 98 (99); 7 (4) Sri Lanka 95 (103); 8 (8) West Indies 72 (73); 9 (9) Zimbabwe 27 (41); 10 (10) Bangladesh 5 (6).
ICC ODI Championship:
1 (1) Australia 132 (140); 2 (5) South Africa 119 (107); 3 (8) India 116 (97); 4 (4) Pakistan 114 (110); 5 (3) New Zealand 113 (116); 6 (2) Sri Lanka 105 (117); 7 (7) England 103 (103); 8 (6) West Indies 89 (105); 9 (9) Zimbabwe 42 (50); 10 (11) Bangladesh 24 (11); 11 (10) Kenya 7 (26).—AFP
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