October's cricket news
Tests: South Africa won 1:0 in Pakistan
1st Test: South Africa won by 160 runs South Africa 450 and 264/7d; Pakistan 291 and 263 Winning margin: 22.4% of loser's score. SA 15-3 Pak 2nd Test: Match drawn South Africa 357 and 305/4d; Pakistan 206 and 316/4 Computed scores: SA 662 Pak 918 Leading margin: 256, 27.9% of leader's score. SA 6-12 Pak
Overall: SA beat Pakistan 21:15
One-day: Australia won 4:2 in India
1st ODI: No result 2nd ODI: Australia won by 84 runs (6-0) 3rd ODI: Australia won by 47 runs (6-0) 4th ODI: India won by 8 runs (1-5) 5th ODI: Australia won by 9 wickets (6-0) 6th ODI: Australia won by 18 runs (5-1) 7th ODI: India won by 2 wickets (1½-4½)
Overall: Australia beat India 25½-10½
20/20: India beat Australia
Australia 166/5 (20/20 ov); India 167/3 (18.1/20 ov)
Overall: India beat Australia 2:0
One-day: England won 3:2 in Sri Lanka
1st ODI: Sri Lanka won by 119 runs (0-6) 2nd ODI: England won by 65 runs (6-0) 3rd ODI: England won by 2 wickets (D/L) (5-1) 4th ODI: England won by 5 wickets / 19 balls (5-1) 5th ODI: Sri Lanka won by 107 runs (½-5½)
Overall: England beat Sri Lanka 16½-13½
One-day: South Africa won 3:2 in Pakistan
1st ODI: South Africa won by 45 runs (6-0) 2nd ODI: Pakistan won by 25 runs (1-5) 3rd ODI: Pakistan won by 6 wickets, 11 balls (1-5) 4th ODI: South Africa won by 7 wickets, 74 balls (6-0) 5th ODI: South Africa won by 14 runs (5-1)
Overall: South Africa beat Pakistan 19-11
Overall rankings
AUS 1221 114.9 SL 1118 111.4 IND 1072 100.8 SA 1038 103.4 PAK 1034 110.7 NZ 1032 109 ENG 934 104.4 WI 864 114.9 BAN 792 106.7
Australia lost points in spite of winning the ODI series; India moved further ahead with the 20/20. South Africa head Pakistan after winning in tests and one-dayers. England's win: a surprise.
Test rankings
SL 1137 181.4 SA 1026 189.2 IND 1072 170.3 ENG 1002 170.3 AUS 1000 200 NZ 1000 200 PAK 974 189.2 WI 955 180.9 BAN 856 168.4
South Africa and Pakistan open their accounts.
One-day rankings
AUS 1270 142.6 SL 1108 129.7 NZ 1057 121.5 SA 990 136.3 PAK 972 169.8 IND 962 146.4 ENG 961 131.7 WI 928 128.1 BAN 845 127.7
Just three sides above the 1000 level now that Pakistan has been dragged down. The gulf between the teams after they've played - still a full RD between - shows the value of England's win in Sri Lanka.
Twenty-20 rankings
IND 1102 122.3 PAK 1100 125.5 SL 1048 149.3 AUS 1034 133.7 SA 1026 129.2 NZ 965 132.6 WI 962 153.6 BAN 941 131.7 ENG 939 133
India's victory over Australia confirms their status as best in the world.
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