| Well no surprises here. South Africa is
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| | Pakistan will surely have a tough time.
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| at the top and Australia second. New
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| | India though very smart on paper don't
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| Zealand is at No. 3 (and if you know that
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| | have figures to prove, though they are
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| this rating doesn't even include their
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| | expected to make the last 8 surely.
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| 2007 performances, I'd say they are the
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| | S.No. Country
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| dark horse this time) . And minnows
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| | 1 South Africa
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| Bangladesh's time has also come. I am
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| | 2 Australia
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| sure they may surprise this time.
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| | 3 New Zealand
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| The laggards include India and Pakistan.
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| | 4 Enqland
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| And some important cricket nations like
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| | 5 Sri Lanka
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| West Indies and Zimbabwe come way down
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| | 6 Ireland (rating based on only 3 matches
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| after Bangladesh who're riding an
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| | they played)
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| unprecedented 13 wins in 14 matches into
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| | 7 Pakistan
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| the world cup. Netherlands is another
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| | 8 India
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| surprise at No. 11 as some of their
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| | 9 Canada
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| players have an astounding record and if
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| | 10 Bangladesh
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| they play as per their record they may
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| | 11 Netherlands
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| spring a surprise match win...
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| | 12 West Indies
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| Ireland's ranking is not much relevant as
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| | 13 Zimbabwe
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| they've played only 3 matches. The real
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| | 14 Bermuda
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| competition seems to be between the Top 4
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| | 15 Scotland
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| - South Africa, Australia, New Zealand
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| | 16 Kenya
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| and England. Jayasuriya is capable of
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| | *These rankings are based on Teams who've
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| squeezing in Sri Lanka if he tries hard
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| | played 5 matches or more. These rankings
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| enough as he's riding on his huge come
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| | are prepared solely by myself based on
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| back form in 2006. And if you remember
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| | owned algorithms.
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| he's done it alone once earlier too!
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