Sri Lanka could put Australia back at #1
An interesting statistical factoid has emerged - if Australia win their first two Super 8 games against the West Indies and Bangladesh (which they should) and Sri Lanka defeat South Africa on Wednesday, Australia will regain their #1 ODI ranking by the end of the month. The significance is the ICC one day championship "ends"on April 1. Eg - whoever is #1 at the start of April is crowned official #1 and wins $217,800 prize money.
Right now, both teams are equal on 126 points but South Africa pip Australia "when calculated to three decimal points" according to the boffins at the ICC. Maybe it's inappropriate to obsess over such minutae in the light of such sobering events of late. However, I think we should continue to celebrate cricket and anally retentive obsession with statistics to the nth decimal point is part and parcel of the cricketing experience. Any Australian cricket fan worth his salt will quote from memory Don Bradman's Test average to 2 decimal points. I'll be losing insane amounts of sleep over the next month watching Australia's games but I'll also be keeping an eye out for the Sri Lanka v South Africa result on Thursday morning. Go Team Murali!
| Posted by JC on Tue 27 Mar |  10 comments |
Whichever team wins the $217,800 should donate the money to a charity of Gill Woolmers choice.
Posted by Mike on 2007-03-27 08:05:29
Posted by Mike on 2007-03-27 08:05:29
Go Sri Lanka!
Posted by Timbo on 2007-03-27 08:44:01
Posted by Timbo on 2007-03-27 08:44:01
Whatever the case, I think Australia has found a team which can give it a run for its money. (It was also the first time I've seen Smith score runs against Australia. I had always wondered what he did that was so special to warrant a spot in the side nevermind a captaincy. Now I know.)
Posted by TA on 2007-03-27 12:07:02
Posted by TA on 2007-03-27 12:07:02
I always wondered what Smith did to warrant captaincy of the World XI. Not that it would've mattered who'd captained the side.
Posted by JC on 2007-03-27 13:03:43
Posted by JC on 2007-03-27 13:03:43
So true TA, I always wondered what Smith did to get captain after his last tour of Australia.
I just get this feeling South Africa are going to crack against Sri Lanka.
Posted by Andrew on 2007-03-27 13:20:32
I just get this feeling South Africa are going to crack against Sri Lanka.
Posted by Andrew on 2007-03-27 13:20:32
That's not what I want to hear. I want to see Vaas and Murali mowing through the Saffers!
Posted by JC on 2007-03-27 13:49:07
Posted by JC on 2007-03-27 13:49:07
I meant "choke".... I think South Africa will bow under the pressure of trying to keep their number one slot.
Posted by Andrew on 2007-03-27 16:20:34
Posted by Andrew on 2007-03-27 16:20:34
Ah, now you're talking. I would probably put Sri Lanka as slight favourites even though South Africa are #1. Will be a cracker though.
Posted by JC on 2007-03-27 17:18:52
Posted by JC on 2007-03-27 17:18:52
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