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