Jan 16, 2011

West Indies Cricket Team Gain In Rankings/ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

West Indies Cricket Team Gain In Rankings

CaribWorldNews, LONDON, England, Mon. Dec. 13, 2010: The West Indies cricket squad has moved up one spot in the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship table.

The Windies are now are number 7, one slot up from number eight after a superb performance against Sri Lanka in the Asian nation.

Though the three-match series ended 0-0 after a combination of bad weather, it marked a resurgent West Indies performance with both bat and ball.

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. Both gained one place as a result.

The West Indies is now placed just three ratings points behind Pakistan in seventh position.

Sri Lanka has dropped two places to the fifth spot in the table following its drawn series.

Meanwhile, West Indies-born umpire, Billy Doctrove, is among the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC umpires named for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, which begins in Dhaka on February 19th.  The Dominica-born Doctrove is also a former international football referee. He is also President of the Dominican Football Referees Association, and President of the Windward Islands Cricket Umpires Association.

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