Wanted: new superheroes to rank with ageing best

[mcgillianaire]

Is there a dearth of young cricketing talent?

"According to the LG ICC rankings, of the world’s top 15 Test batsmen, only Kevin Pietersen is under 29. On the same day ten years ago, only Steve Waugh of the top eight batsmen was over 29. Eight of the present top ten bowlers are in their thirties. In September 1997, seven of the top ten were under 30. And of the top ten ranked batsmen and bowlers in one-day international cricket, only Lasith Malinga, the Sri Lanka pace bowler, is under 25." -Andy Zaltzman for The Times

Comments

[pappubahry.livejournal.com]

Firstly, I think it's 18 months - I haven't actually checked in years. Secondly, 12 months isn't more sensible, because of the inconsistency in the number of Tests played each year. In the long run, the big teams play a similar number of Tests to each other (these days, at least), but over a period as short as a year, there is big variation.

[kapitankraut.livejournal.com]

Well there you go. I'd somehow had it in mind that it was intended to be roughly even (with some variation for 5-test Ashes series and so forth) over a 12-month period unless you were Zimbabwe or Bangladesh. I guess it would be kind of unsustainable to do it that way.

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

>I think it's 18 months
Apparently, it's 3 years for Tests and 2 years for ODIs. (Link 1 (http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/faq/test_faq.html), Link 2 (http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/faq/odi_faq.html))

[pappubahry.livejournal.com]

Heh. Well, I still think of them as the PwC ratings, so I'm a bit behind the times....

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

And before their merger, the Coopers & Lybrand ratings! Did the ICC ratings takeover from the PwC ratings?

[pappubahry.livejournal.com]

Did the ICC ratings takeover from the PwC ratings?
I'm pretty sure they did. I think I would have noticed if everyone suddenly switched to a completely new rankings system.

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

You're right! (http://cricketratings.pwcglobal.com/cricket/cricket.htm)