ICC boost for Pakistan

Pakistan got a morale-booster ahead of their opening Test match against England tomorrow as they displaced the hosts from second place in the latest ICC rankings for the longer version of game.

Pakistan got a morale-booster ahead of their opening Test match against England tomorrow as they displaced the hosts from second place in the latest ICC rankings for the longer version of game.

Pakistan, who have a series of recent victories against England, India and Sri Lanka, are now just 10 rating points behind leaders Australia in the annual update of the rankings.

They close to within three points of the top side if they can clean-sweep the four-Test series beginning tomorrow.

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But if England win the series, it will move back above Pakistan while a 4-0 home success would drop Pakistan into fourth place, below India.

The new table no longer reflects series concluded before August 1, 2003. That benefits Pakistan as it means losing series against Australia (3-0) and SA (2-0) no longer count.

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