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Topic: ICC Test Championship

	The Ashes Cricket Series Since 1877 - 334 Not Out
		This week's opening npower Test between England and Pakistan at Lord's (17th to 21st May) will be the curtain raiser to the first Championship of Test cricket.
		An ongoing Test Championship, that tracks the fortunes of each side and provides a talking point for enthusiasts is one way of rekindling interest and adding context to all future Test series," he added.
		ICC will be responsible for administering and updating the Championship table at the conclusion of each Test series All Test* series now follow the ICC 10 year tours programme, introduced in February 2001 A Test* series is defined as a minimum of two matches.
	www.334notout.com /ashes/icc15may2001.htm (704 words)

	ICC Test Championship
		The ICC Test Championship is a notional competition run by the International Cricket Council in the sport of cricket for the 10 nations that play Test cricket.
		By analogy to cricket batting averages, the points for winning a Test match are greater than the team's rating, increasing the rating, and the points for losing a Test match are always less than the rating, reducing the rating.
		As of 13 June, 2004, Australia leads the ICC Test Championship with 127 points, with South Africa in second place (112 points) and England third (107 points).
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/i/ic/icc_test_championship.html (598 words)

	rediff.com: cricket channel - The ideal ICC Test Championship
		The Championship runs on a rolling league basis, with the position of a team calculated based on the results of the most recent series (a minimum of two Test series applies), home and away, between each of the teams.
		I am sure that even the strongest critics of the ICC cannot fault them on their intention for introducing the Test Championship and the 10-year schedule to go along with it.
		And as the championship draws to an end, there is a do-or-die situation for the teams, as they are aware that if they do not finish on the top, they do not get another shot at the championship till the next season.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2002/mar/05col1.htm (1728 words)

	ICC relaunches Test championship
		The International Cricket Council relaunched its World Test championship on Wednesday after conceding that the concept had failed to catch the imagination of supporters.
		ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed told a news conference at Lord's: "I don't think it has caught on as much as I would have liked it to happen.
		Australia, the world's outstanding Test side, will continue to top the table ahead of South Africa but, under the new rating system, their lead will be extended.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2003/may/22roll.htm (753 words)

	ABC Sport - Cricket - Australia top ICC Test Championship
		Arrangements are being made for the ICC Test Championship mace to be transferred from South Africa to Australia.
		ICC president Malcolm Gray, himself an Australian, is due to present the trophy to the Australian Cricket Board later this month.
		The new system, agreed by the ICC board at its Johannesburg meeting during the World Cup in South Africa on March 22, rewards teams for their performances in every Test match played as opposed to looking solely at series results.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/s854094.htm (343 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The opening matches of the two Test series in Australia and in South Africa proved once more why the two host nations are one-two in the ICC Test and One-day championship rankings.
		The ICC Test championship ranking clearly shows the gap that exists between Australia and South Africa and the rest of the world.
		Ever since the ICC Test championship was put in place in June last year, Australia and South Africa have retained the one-two position leaving the rest of the countries to fight out for the next eight places.
	www.dailynews.lk /2002/11/16/spo03.html (818 words)

	The significance of the new Test Match Cricket international ranking system \| Samizdata.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The ICC Test Championship reflects performances in all Tests completed since a given date (currently 1st August 1999), in contrast to the previous system which included some series played in 1996/97 yet excluded some more recent series.
		Test Matches, by their nature, come in clutches of five day games, called "series", which resemble months-long military campaigns, not one-off decisive battles.
		However, the ICC rankings system is open to the charge that it gives equal weight to series contested several years ago as it does to series played recently.
	www.samizdata.net /blog/archives/003565.html (1869 words)

	UKMIX - Forums - View topic - ICC Test Championship Table
		West Indies currently lies seventh in the ICC Test Championship with an average of 0.88.
		The International Cricket Council has announced a relaunch of its Test Championship in the light of South Africa's elevation to top spot last year at a time Australia were universally regarded as the best side in the world.
		ICC calculated some pts from 199 and 2000 Test series, gave 3 addition pts to India, which have now moved up to 5th position.
	www.ukmix.org /forums/viewtopic.php?t=8292 (4229 words)

	Test and One Day Cricket Championship Table
		The number of points earned by a team for any given Test or series depends on two factors: the result (won, drawn/tied or lost) and the rating of the opponent against whom the result was achieved.
		The Test Championship has been introduced to add interest, context and excitement to the game at the highest level.
		The adoption of a co-ordinated 10 year calendar of future tours by all ICC members has created the long term structure on which to base the Test Championship.
	www.abcofcricket.com /News/icc/icctable/icctable.htm (711 words)

	Indiantelevision.com > Breaking News > ICC, LG extend association to produce player rankings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The International Cricket Council (ICC) and LG have joined hands to produce and promote the LG-ICC Test Championship- the LG-ICC One-Day International Championship and the first ever official player rankings, the LG-ICC Player Rankings.
		The deal encompasses the LG-ICC Test Championship launched in May 2001, the LG-ICC ODI Championship launched in October 2002.
		ICC CEO Malcolm Speed said that he was delighted that LG's enthusiasm for cricket had helped the ICC to introduce official rankings for individual players alongside the well-established team tables.
	www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k5/jan/jan183.htm (436 words)

	Netguruindia News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The decision was taken at the executive committee meeting of the ICC.
		The final details of the Test championship will be decided later after a meeting with Wisden, Gray added.
		Speaking about the new ranking system, Gray said the rankings would be updated after each series victory around the world and the trophy would be handed on from one country to the next when a nation lost the top spot.
	www.netguruindia.com /news/Feb01/13/SPO5.html (237 words)

	BBC SPORT \| SPORTS TALK \| Is the ICC Test Championship fair?
		The ICC Test Championship is based on a league system used by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanak since 1996.
		The ICC test ranking is a bit of a joke.
		The Asian Test Championship and the one-off tests Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka have had to settle for were all legitimate competitions.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/sports_talk/1333538.stm (968 words)

	DNA - Sport - India, Pathan move up in ICC Test rankings - Daily News & Analysis
		It was the first time India has reached that high in the four-and-a-half year history of the official ICC Test Championship race since it was launched in May 2001.
		In the LG ICC Test Player Rankings the news is just as good for India with Irfan Pathan once again capturing the headlines.
		Marvan Atapattu's side have slipped one place to seventh in the LG ICC Test Championship table and that has to be a major disappointment for a team that was fourth in the list as recently as July.
	www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?NewsID=1003514 (665 words)

	agencyfaqs! > news & features > media newslets > India and England go head-to-head in LG ICC Test ...
		India and England will be going head-to-head for second place in the LG ICC Test Championship table when their three-match series starts on Wednesday in Nagpur.
		So it really is all to play for and a look at the LG ICC Test Rankings for players only serves to whet the appetite even more as, between them, the two sides have seven players in the top 25 positions in the bowling list and five players in the batting table.
		The match marks the 100th Test for spin wizard Muttiah Muralidaran and he has a golden chance to celebrate the landmark by moving back to the top of the LG ICC Test Rankings for bowlers.
	www.agencyfaqs.com /media/media_newslets/Media/7477.html (895 words)

	Cricket-Online: Australia remain on top (ICC ratings)
		Australia’s 1-0 series win over Sri Lanka is good enough to ensure that it will remain well clear at the top of the ICC Test Championship table when the ratings undergo their annual update later this month.
		The 1-0 series outcome means that, ahead of the update, the ratings and positions in the official table of both sides remain unchanged with Australia in first place with a rating of 127, while Sri Lanka are seventh on 94.
		Australia’s lead in the official Test table is so commanding that there is no danger of them losing top spot when the ratings are updated but there could be changes lower down the table.
	www.cricket-online.org /news.php?sid=4169 (418 words)

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		It will be his third as an ICC match referee, with his last appointment being the series between the West Indies and South Africa in the Caribbean in March and April this year.
		Russell Tiffin of Zimbabwe will be the ICC on-field official for the second Test in Port Elizabeth starting on November 16, and England's George Sharp will take the final match at Centurion.
		In the ICC Test Championship Standings this series pits second placed South Africa against eighth placed India.
	www.dispatch.co.za /2001/11/02/sport/ICC.HTM (336 words)

	Drawn series takes New Zealand into fourth place on ICC Test Championship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The ICC is disappointed to note media comments about the ICC Test Championship attributed to the England team captain after the Auckland Test.
		The role of the Championship in helping to place Test match cricket and team performances into context has been welcomed by team captains, players and followers of the game around the world since its introduction last May.
		The next series in the Championship are between West Indies and India in the Caribbean, beginning in Guyana on 11th April and Pakistan's rearranged series at home to New Zealand, starting in Lahore on 1st May.
	www.icricketer.com /references/ref5_04apr02.shtml (256 words)

	rediff.com: cricket channel - ICC Test Championship in jeopardy
		The International Cricket Council discussed the future of its ten-year Test championship programme, which has failed to take off due to reservations from some member countries and abandoning of a couple of tours.
		At its Executive Board meeting in London, the ICC deliberated at length on ways to salvage the championship, which has run into trouble after its inception last year, sources said.
		The Test championship envisaged the ten Test-playing countries facing each other at least twice, once each at home and abroad, and points were to be awarded for every series win.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2002/jun/27icc.htm (238 words)

	ICC rewards Australia -DAWN - Sport; June 1, 2005
		“Cricket Australia is honoured to receive this cheque from the ICC to reward the Australian teams position on the ICC Test and ODI Championship tables over the past 12 months,” Sutherland said in a statement.
		It is the first time the ICC has made a financial payment to recognise the achievement.
		The Test Championship was introduced in May 2001 with the ODI table formed in October 2002.—AFP
	www.dawn.com /2005/06/01/spt9.htm (202 words)

	LivePakistan.com - Draw means India will have to wait to overtake England in LG ICC Test Championship table - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		India’s failure to take the last West Indies wicket in the first Test in Antigua means it cannot now overtake England and move into second place in the LG ICC Test Championship table — at least for the time being.
		That is because the LG ICC Test Championship table rewards sides for success against opponents that are highly-rated by comparison.
		The England — Sri Lanka Test series finished with a 134-run win for the visitors at Trent Bridge on Monday and Muttiah Muralidaran, whose 8-70 (11-132 in the match) sealed that success, has unsurprisingly maintained his hold on top spot in the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers.
	www.pakistanwomen.com /news/wmview.php?ArtID=1516 (769 words)

	:: VivaCricket :: News: Being number one means whopping payout for Aussies
		The introduction of official tables for both forms of the game has enabled the ICC to identify and reward the best performing nations and Cricket Australia becomes the first member board to benefit for its teams holding top spot in both tables on 1 April 2005.
		Australian Test and one-day international batsman Simon Katich, also on hand at the cheque presentation in Brisbane, said the Australian team was looking forward to the next five months of cricket.
		The first hat trick in test cricket was taken by the demon Australian fast bowler, F. Spofforth, against England in Melbourne in January 1879.
	www.vivacricket.co.za /html/news2371.shtml (586 words)

	India fourth in ICC Test Championship table (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		India are placed fourth in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings, released Thursday with 111 points - 19 points less than Australia.
		The Proteas lost the first Test to Sri Lanka by an innings and 153 runs at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in Colombo.
		Shaun Pollock, 13th in the Test bowling rankings, is set to return for the second Test, and may replace fellow seam bowler Andre Nel, who dropped three places to 17th after taking one for 114 in the first Test.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Sports/20060804/411846.html (280 words)

	:: VivaCricket :: News: ICC Championship places up for grabs in Windies series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Its two previous Tests in the West Indies in June 1997 resulted in a defeat and a draw.
		This is the second Test series to count towards the re-launched ICC Test Championship.
		The ICC Test Championship reflects performances in all Tests completed since a given date (currently 1 August 1999), in contrast to the previous system which included some series played in 1996/97 yet excluded some more recent series.
	www.vivacricket.co.za /html/news1306.shtml (544 words)

	LivePakistan.com - Shared series sees Sri Lanka move up LG ICC Test Championship table - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Sri Lanka’s feat of drawing the three-match Test series with England 1-1 has seen it move up one place in the LG ICC Test Championship table.
		That means the gap between England and Australia, which tops the LG ICC Test Championship table, has been extended to 19 points and it also means the margin between England and third-placed India is now just one rating point.
		The latest LG ICC Player Rankings will be released after the conclusion of the ongoing West Indies — India Test match in Antigua.
	www.pakistanwomen.com /news/wmview.php?ArtID=1512 (558 words)

	Cricket-Online: ICC ODI Championship Preview
		South Africa’s 3-0 series victory over West Indies has helped it strengthen its hold on second place in the ICC Test Championship Table and it will now be targeting similar success in the official One Day International table.
		If it can continue this winning form in its next Test series in New Zealand in March, it is likely to reduce the gap to leaders Australia to single figures.
		Darrell Hair from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and Aleem Dar from the Emirates International Panel will stand in alternate matches alongside officials appointed by the home board.
	www.cricket-online.org /news.php?sid=3897 (357 words)

	Cricinfo - Victory could put England third in Test Championship
		A 2-0 series win for England in Bangladesh could lift it to third in the ICC Test Championship table for the first time since November 2001.
		With Australia also recently playing its first Test against Zimbabwe it will mean that all 10 of the ICC's Full Members have played Test Match cricket against each other.
		England was third in the official Test ratings when they were first launched in May 2001 but since being overtaken by Sri Lanka in November 2001 and then New Zealand, has occupied either fourth or fifth place.
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /srilanka/content/story/132943.html (448 words)

	India a point behind Pak in ICC Test table (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Dubai: India have benefitted from the forfeited Oval Test between England and Pakistan, as Rahul Dravid's men are now just a point behind their sub-continental rivals, who have swapped places with the English to drop to the third spot in the latest LG ICC Test Rankings issued here.
		Meanwhile, England's cricketers have a chance to dethrone Australia from the top spot in the ICC Test Championship table if they win the forthcoming Ashes series by three clear Tests.
		LG ICC Test Championship table: 1.Australia (130), 2.England (119), 3.Pakistan (112), 4.India (111), 5.Sri Lanka (103), 6.South Africa (94), 7.New Zealand (92), 8.West Indies (72), 9.Zimbabwe (28), 10.Bangladesh (2).
	thatscricket.oneindia.in /news/2006/08/23/2308icc-Test-ranking.html (694 words)

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