Sri Lanka slips two places ICC Test Championship
Sri Lanka has dropped two places to fifth spot in the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship table following its drawn series with the West Indies, which concluded in Pallekele on Sunday.
The three-match series ended 0-0 after a combination of bad weather and a resurgent West Indies performance with both bat and ball deprived the home team of a single victory.
With the men from the Caribbean ranked four places below Kumar Sangakkara?s side prior to the first match, a drawn series has knocked SL down to 109 ratings points, behind England and Australia, which in turn both gain one place as a result.
The ICC Test Championship table is updated only at the end of each series so the effect that the ongoing Ashes series will have on the ladder will only be known after the fifth and final Test early in January.
Meanwhile, the West Indies has gained points for managing to avoid defeat in the series and is now placed just three ratings points behind Pakistan in seventh position.
Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship (as of Dec 5 )
Rank Team Rating
1 India 129
2 South Africa 116
3 England 112
4 Australia 110
5 Sri Lanka 109
6 Pakistan 88
7 West Indies 85
8 New Zealand 80
9 Bangladesh 7
