ICC Associate Team Rankings

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The Associate Team Rankings is an international ODI and T20I rankings system of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for its associate nations. Currently, the top 8 associate teams, out of total 96, have temporary ODI status, which means matches played against fellow associates with same status and full-members will be recognized as an official ODI game, and also allows them to feature in the main rankings table. The rest of the associate teams will have no official ODI rankings but will be ranked according to their performances in the leagues they're competing in, which are part of Cricket World Cup qualification. Meanwhile, all associate members of ICC are granted T20I status and thus feature in the main rankings table.

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ICC Associate Team Rankings
Administrator International Cricket Council
Creation2005
Number of teams96
Current top rankingFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (ODI & T20I both)
Last updated on: 24 November 2024.

History

In late 2005, the International Cricket Council ranked the top non-Test nations from 11–30 to complement the Test nations' rankings in the ICC ODI Championship. The ICC used the results from the 2005 ICC Trophy and WCQS Division 2 competition (i.e. the primary qualification mechanisms for the 2007 Cricket World Cup) to rank the nations.

These rankings were used to seed the initial stage of the global World Cricket League. Teams ranked 11–16 were placed into Division 1; teams 17–20 were placed into Division 2; teams 21–24 were placed into Division 3; the remaining teams were placed into the upper divisions of their respective regional qualifiers.

In 2005, six associates were assigned One Day International status, based on their performance at the preceding World Cup Qualifier. In 2017, Afghanistan and Ireland were both promoted to "Full" (test-match) status, [1] leaving only four associate nations with ODI-status: after mid-March 2018 these were Scotland, Netherlands, UAE, and Nepal. [2] Netherlands, as winners of the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship, have qualified for a place in the 2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. In May 2009, the ICC added a rankings table for the associate and affiliate members containing both global and regional placings. [3] In 2016 this changed to maintain a global list only for the top teams and a set of regional lists for the remaining teams.

ODI Rankings

The global rankings of 20 associate teams according to ICC are published in the table below. These teams are part of exclusive one-day leagues organized by ICC for Cricket World Cup qualification. Teams that have One Day International status are now included on the main ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings and are listed in the order they appear on that table. [4] The other teams are ranked by their finishing position in the most recent leagues & qualifying tournaments, part of 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualification.

Reference: ICC Rankings (As of 24 Nov 2024)
Division Rank NationRegionRegional rankRating
League 2

(ODI Status)

1Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Europe 151
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Europe242
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Americas 133
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Americas231
5Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Asia 130
6Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal Asia226
7Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Africa 126
8Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Asia310
Challenge League 9Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Africa2N/A
10Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey Europe3
11Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea EAP 1
12Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Europe4
13Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Asia4
14Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Asia5
15Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Asia6
16Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Africa3
17Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Europe5
18Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Africa4
19Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Asia7
20Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Asia8

T20I Rankings

Since all associate members of ICC are granted T20I status since 1 January 2019, [5] all teams feature in the main table.

Regional Rankings

ICC has five developmental regional bodies for promotion and improvement of cricket. Here, all 96 associate teams are ranked respective to their regional association. [6]

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "Big day for associate nations as ICC ODI rankings include Nepal, Scotland, UAE, Netherlands". DNA India. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  3. ↑ "Ireland Top Latest ICC Associate ODI Rankings". Cricket World. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  4. ↑ Grunshaw, Tom (2021-05-03). "Nepal, Netherlands gain in annual rankings update". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  5. ↑ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  6. ↑ "ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings". icc. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
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