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Australia have dropped to fifth place in the Test rankings after losing the Ashes series to England , who edged closer to second-placed South Africa on the latest official list issued on Friday (January 7, 2011). Third-placed England went into the series with 112 ratings points and have added three to their tally following their comprehensive 3-1 victory in Australia, the International Cricket Council said in a statement. England now trail South Africa by two rating points after Graeme Smith and his men drew the three-match home series against table-topper India 1-1. For Australia, their first Ashes defeat on home soil in 24 years cost three ratings points and dropped them behind Sri Lanka. South Africa started against India on 116 ratings points and gained just one while the drawn series cost India one point but they continue to lead on 128. New Zealand have an opportunity to rise to the sixth place if they can beat Pakistan in the two-Test series that started i

India leads the latest ICC Test Championship ranking made on August 29, 2010 India achieved Rating score of 127 playing 31 Matches to earn 3944 Points to grab the top position of test cricket while South Africa held second position securing rating score of 119 playing 29 matches favouring 3463 points. Then, Sri Lanka achieved rating score of 115 playing 23 Matches to earn 2635 points placing them as third in ranking while Australia became fourth achieving rating score of 113 playing 34 Matches to earn 3830 points. England achieved rating score of 112 playing 39 Matches to earn 4355 points and Pakistan gained rating score of 83 playing 23 Matches to earn 1918 points and West Indies took rating score of 79 playing 21 Matches to earn 1668 points. New Zealand also did some comparable score of 78 playing 25 matches achieving 1946 points. But the least scorer Bangladesh pictured them with very unexpected rating score of 7 playing 19 matches and achieving very negligible 131 points onl