Best cricket teams across all formats (based on ICC Rankings)

In April, West Indies became the first team to win the World T20 twice. However, it is a well-known fact that the Windies have a relatively poor record in the longer formats of the game. With the latest ICC Rankings being released on May 4, we take a look at the top ten teams of the cricketing world across all formats.

With the latest ICC Rankings being released on May 4, we take a look at the top ten teams of the cricketing world across all formats. The rankings are based on the ICC Rankings of the teams in all three formats of the game – Tests, ODIs, and T20Is.

Only teams that have Test cricket status – full members of the ICC –  are the ones that have been considered for this list. Hence, Afghanistan who have been quite impressive in the 50-over and 20-over formats of late, miss out on making the top ten.

To come up with the final list, we have considered the accumulative rating points of the teams in all three formats as the criterion to judge the best team.

#10 – Zimbabwe – 117 points

At the bottom of the list, we have Zimbabwe with a total of 117 points in all three formats, with an average of 39 points. The team which once had a golden era in the late nineties and the early noughties never really regained their once strong cricketing setup with a lot of exodus of good players.

In the Test format, Zimbabwe are the lowest in the rankings in tenth position with 12 points. In the ODI and the T20I formats, they are at 11th and 12th positions with 47 and 58 points respectively.

They will be hoping to gain some points in the upcoming limited-overs series against India in the month of June.