Herman's ODI Ratings

ODI Team Ratings - a mathematical approach

Having published my test ratings since 1996, many people started asking for ODI ratings, and I started those in february 1997.

These ODI ratings are calculated just like the Test ratings, with one big difference : the number of runs is divided by the number of overs, not wickets. If a side is bowled out, the full complement of alloted overs is deemed to have been used. If a side reaches its target within the alloted overs, or if for any other reason 50 overs have not been bowled, a correction using the Duckworth-Lewis method is made.

You will find here a more detailed explanation on how these ratings are calculated

The ratings should be read as : number of runs scored, resp. conceded, against average opposition, over 50 overs. The rating is the difference between the two, and indicates by how many runs a team would win or lose an ODI against average opposition. The column 'matches' indicates the number of matches that are counted for the sides (in fact the number of overs batted + bowled, divided by 100). Remember that last year's matches count for half, the year before for a quarter and so on.

In the past I included matches between full members and top associates, but I have now changed this and only official ODIs are included in these ratings.

However, Namibia, USA, UAE and Hong Kong have now less than half an ODI in the ratings, so they are no longer shown. Afghanistan have played their first ODI in 2009.

team	batt	bwl	rating	matches	start/yr
South Africa	275	214	+61.9	28.4	+57.4 (2)
Australia	272	221	+51.4	38.9	+63.1 (1)
Sri Lanka	264	216	+48.8	31.4	+39.2 (4)
India	288	244	+43.7	38.8	+46.3 (3)
New Zealand	261	222	+38.8	30.8	+35.0 (6)
Pakistan	257	226	+31.0	30.6	+30.5 (7)
England	269	249	+19.2	32.1	+35.3 (5)
West Indies	239	227	+12.2	25.6	+9.9 (8)
Bangladesh	217	245	-28.2	27.6	-17.1 (9)
Ireland	210	253	-43.0	16.9	-40.3 (10)
Zimbabwe	214	260	-46.0	24.5	-46.8 (11)
Netherlands	180	289	-108.5	12.9	-96.4 (12)
Canada	183	295	-112.1	14.3	-105.9 (14)
Afghanistan	181	293	-112.5	6.6	-99.5 (13)
Scotland	176	297	-120.8	7.7	-110.8 (16)
Kenya	169	302	-133.0	16.3	-108.9 (15)
Bermuda	170	347	-177.1	2.3	-163.9 (17)
Overall avg	243	243

Here are the ratings in previous years.

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Written : 1997-02-06 - Last Modified : 2011-04-03