West Indies slump, New Zealand rise in rankings

Fri, May 2, '14

There has been more backward movement for the West Indies cricket team in the latest rankings released by the ICC.

Despite reaching the semi-final stage in their defence of their World Twenty20 title in Bangladesh last month, the West Indies have dropped two placings in the T20 rankings to seventh, with Australia (fifth) and New Zealand (sixth) slipping ahead of them.

Beaten finalists India have taken over from Sri Lanka as the top side in the game’s shortest format despite the Sri Lankans having beaten them in the final of the World T20.

That loss was the only setback for the Indians in T20s in the past 12 months.