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| creation = 2002
| creation = 2002
| total_teams = 12
| total_teams = 12
| current = {{bulleted list|ODI: {{cr|IND}} (114 rating)|Test: {{cr|AUS}} (126 rating)|T20I: {{cr|IND}} (267 rating)}}
| current = {{cr|IND}} (121 rating)
| cumulative = {{cr|AUS}} (102 months)
| cumulative = {{cr|AUS}} (107 months)
| continuous = {{cr|AUS}} (74 months)
| continuous = {{cr|AUS}} (74 months)
| highest = {{cr|AUS}} (143 rating)
| highest = {{cr|AUS}} (143 rating)
| updated = 10 March 2023
| updated = 2 May 2023
}}
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The '''ICC Men's Test Team Rankings''' (formerly known as the '''ICC Test Championship''') is an international rankings system of the [[International Cricket Council]] for the 12 teams that play [[Test cricket]] (though [[Afghanistan national cricket team|Afghanistan]] and [[Ireland national cricket team|Ireland]] are not currently ranked as they have not played enough matches recently). The rankings are based on international matches that are otherwise played as part of regular Test cricket scheduling, with no consideration of home or away status.
The '''ICC Men's Test Team Rankings''' (formerly known as the '''ICC Test Championship''') is an international rankings system of the [[International Cricket Council]] for the 12 teams that play [[Test cricket]]. The rankings are based on international matches that are otherwise played as part of regular Test cricket scheduling, with no consideration of home or away status.


After every Test series, the two teams involved receive points based on a mathematical formula involving both teams' previous rating and the result of the series. Each team's points total from matches over the last 3–4 years is divided by a figure based on their total number of matches and series played, to give a "rating".
After every Test series, the two teams involved receive points based on a mathematical formula involving both teams' previous rating and the result of the series. Each team's points total from matches over the last 3–4 years is divided by a figure based on their total number of matches and series played, to give a "rating".
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The top ranked Test team was previously awarded the ICC Test Championship mace, until the inauguration of [[ICC World Test Championship]]. From 2002 to 2019, the mace was transferred whenever a new team moved to the top of the rating list.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111005160909/http://cricketnext.in.com/news/england-presented-with-test-mace/59674-13.html cricketnext – England presented with Test mace]. Retrieved 22 August 2011</ref> The team that was top of the ratings table on 1 April each year also won a cash prize.<ref>{{cite news|title=Outcomes from the ICC Board and Committee meetings|url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/90049/outcomes-from-the-icc-board-and-committee-meetings|access-date=27 January 2016|publisher=ICC|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207162636/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/90049/outcomes-from-the-icc-board-and-committee-meetings|archive-date=7 February 2016}}</ref>
The top ranked Test team was previously awarded the ICC Test Championship mace, until the inauguration of [[ICC World Test Championship]]. From 2002 to 2019, the mace was transferred whenever a new team moved to the top of the rating list.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111005160909/http://cricketnext.in.com/news/england-presented-with-test-mace/59674-13.html cricketnext – England presented with Test mace]. Retrieved 22 August 2011</ref> The team that was top of the ratings table on 1 April each year also won a cash prize.<ref>{{cite news|title=Outcomes from the ICC Board and Committee meetings|url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/90049/outcomes-from-the-icc-board-and-committee-meetings|access-date=27 January 2016|publisher=ICC|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207162636/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/90049/outcomes-from-the-icc-board-and-committee-meetings|archive-date=7 February 2016}}</ref>


[[Australian national cricket team|Australia]] is currently the highest-ranked team in the rankings, as of an update published in January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ICC Test Match Team Rankings International Cricket Council|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/mens/team-rankings/test|work=International Cricket Council|access-date=20 January 2022|language=en}}</ref>
[[India national cricket team|India]] is currently the highest-ranked team in the rankings, as of an update published in May 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ICC Test Match Team Rankings International Cricket Council|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/mens/team-rankings/test|work=International Cricket Council|access-date=20 January 2022|language=en}}</ref>


==Current rankings ==
==Current rankings ==
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! Start
! Start
! End
! End
! Total Months
! Total months
! Cumulative Months
! Cumulative months
! Highest rating
! Highest rating
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| {{cr|AUS}} || June 2003 || July 2009 || 74 || 74 || 143
| {{cr|AUS}} || June 2003 || August 2009 || 74 || 74 || 143
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| {{cr|SA}} || August 2009 || November 2009 || 3 || 3 || 122
| {{cr|SA}} || August 2009 || November 2009 || 3 || 3 || 122
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| {{cr|PAK}} || August 2016 || October 2016  || 2 || 2 || 111
| {{cr|PAK}} || August 2016 || October 2016  || 2 || 2 || 111
|-
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| {{cr|IND}} ||  October 2016 || April 2020  || 43 || 66 || 130
| {{cr|IND}} ||  October 2016 || May 2020  || 43 || 66 || 130
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| {{cr|AUS}} || May 2020 || January 2021 || 8 || 91 || 116
| {{cr|AUS}} || May 2020 || January 2021 || 8 || 91 || 116
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| {{cr|IND}} ||  December 2021 || January 2022 || 1 || 70 || 124
| {{cr|IND}} ||  December 2021 || January 2022 || 1 || 70 || 124
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| style="background:gold;" | '''{{cr|AUS}}''' || January 2022 || ''Present'' || 15 || 102 || 128
|{{cr|AUS}} ||  January 2022 || May 2023 || 16 || 107 || 128
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|colspan=6|<small>''Reference: ICC Rankings''</small>
|colspan=6|<small>''Reference: ICC Rankings''</small>
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! Highest Rating
! Highest Rating
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| {{cr|AUS}} || 98 || 143
| {{cr|AUS}} || 107 || 143
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| {{cr|IND}} || 70 || 130
| {{cr|IND}} || 72 || 130
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| {{cr|SA}} || 42|| 135
| {{cr|SA}} || 42|| 135
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! Start
! Start
! End
! End
! Total Months
! Total months
! Cumulative Months
! Cumulative months
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| {{cr|AUS}} || January 1952 || May 1955 || 41 || 41  
| {{cr|AUS}} || January 1952 || May 1955 || 41 || 41  
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! Team
! Team
! Total Months
! Total months
! Highest Rating
! Highest rating
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| {{cr|AUS}} || 334 || 143
| {{cr|AUS}} || 350 || 143
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| {{cr|WIN }} || 235 || 135
| {{cr|WIN }} || 235 || 135
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==ICC Test Championship (2002–2019)==
==ICC Test championship (2002–2019)==
The rankings system was called '''ICC Test Championship''', until the inauguration of [[ICC World Test Championship]] in 2019. From 2002 to 2019, the top-ranked Test team was awarded with the ICC Test Championship mace and the top team at each April 1 cut-off (until 2019) was also awarded a cash prize, the winners of which are listed below.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/101213.html |title=Waugh receives ICC Test trophy |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=18 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/183562|title=David Richardson presents ICC Test Championship mace to Misbah-ul-Haq|work=[[International Cricket Council|ICC]]|date=21 September 2016|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> The mace is now awarded to the winners of the ICC World Test Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/2171371 |title=Details of WTC prize money announced |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref>
The rankings system was called '''ICC Test Championship''', until the inauguration of [[ICC World Test Championship]] in 2019. From 2002 to 2019, the top-ranked Test team was awarded with the ICC Test Championship mace and the top team at each April 1 cut-off (until 2019) was also awarded a cash prize, the winners of which are listed below.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/101213.html |title=Waugh receives ICC Test trophy |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=18 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/183562|title=David Richardson presents ICC Test Championship mace to Misbah-ul-Haq|work=[[International Cricket Council|ICC]]|date=21 September 2016|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> The mace is now awarded to the winners of the ICC World Test Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/2171371 |title=Details of WTC prize money announced |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref>


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== Calculations ==
== Calculations ==
Each team scores points based on the results of their matches over the last 3–4 years. A series must include at least two Tests.


The rankings table gives the total points from all series played in the 12–24 months since the May before last, plus all the series played in the 24 months before that, for which the matches played and points earned both count half. Each May, the matches and points earned between 3 and 4 years ago are removed, and the matches and points earned between 1 and 2 years ago switch from 100% weighting to 50% weighting. For example, at May 2014, the matches played between May 2010 and May 2011 were removed, and the matches played between May 2012 and May 2013 switched to 50% weighting. This happens overnight, so can result in teams changing positions in the ranking table despite no one playing.
===Qualifying matches===
Matches that qualify are those played as part of a series consisting of at least two Tests.


{| class="wikitable" style="border-width:0 0 0 0;text-align:center;"
===Time period===
|-
{{ICC rankings time period}}
| style="border-width:0 0 0 0" |
| colspan="2" style="width:100px;border-width:0 0 0 0" | May 2010
| colspan="2" style="width:100px;border-width:0 0 0 0" | May 2011
| colspan="2" style="width:100px;border-width:0 0 0 0" | May 2012
| colspan="2" style="width:100px;border-width:0 0 0 0" | May 2013
| colspan="2" style="width:100px;border-width:0 0 0 0" | May 2014
| colspan="2" style="width:100px;border-width:0 0 0 0" | May 2015
|-
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| style="border-width:0 0 0 0" | Between May 2013 and May 2014:
| style="border-width:0 0 0 0" |
| colspan="4" style="border-color:black;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background:#b7e690;" | Results that were achieved during<br>this period have 50% weighting
| colspan="3" style="border-color:black;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background:#CCCCFF;" | Results that were achieved during<br>this period have 100% weighting
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| style="height:10px;border-color:black;border-width:0 1px 0 0" |
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|-
| style="border-width:0 0 0 0" | Between May 2014 and May 2015:
| style="border-width:0 0 0 0" |
| style="border-width:0 0 0 0" |
| style="border-width:0 0 0 0" |
| colspan="4" style="border-color:black;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background:#b7e690;" | Results that were achieved during<br>this period have 50% weighting
| colspan="3" style="border-color:black;border-width:1px 1px 1px 1px;background:#CCCCFF;" | Results that were achieved during<br>this period have 100% weighting
|}


===Find the points earned from a series===
Each time two teams complete another series, the rankings tables is updated as described below, based on the ratings of the teams immediately before they played.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/874363.html |title=Understanding the ICC rankings system |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=12 May 2015 |access-date=5 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/resources/topical/test_championship/test_championship.htm|title=World Championship for Test Cricket|access-date=5 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027060001/http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/resources/topical/test_championship/test_championship.htm|archive-date=27 October 2014}}</ref>
Each time two teams complete another series, the rankings tables is updated as described below, based on the ratings of the teams immediately before they played.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/874363.html |title=Understanding the ICC rankings system |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=12 May 2015 |access-date=5 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/resources/topical/test_championship/test_championship.htm|title=World Championship for Test Cricket|access-date=5 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027060001/http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/resources/topical/test_championship/test_championship.htm|archive-date=27 October 2014}}</ref>


===Step 1. Find the series points for each team===
====Step 1. Find the series points for each team====


* Award 1 point to a team for each match won.
* Award 1 point to a team for each match won.
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* Award {{sfrac|1|2}} bonus point to each team if the series is drawn.
* Award {{sfrac|1|2}} bonus point to each team if the series is drawn.


===Step 2. Convert these series points to actual ratings points===
====Step 2. Convert these series points to actual ratings points====


====If the gap between the ratings of the two teams before the series was less than 40 points====
'''If the gap between the ratings of the two teams before the series was less than 40 points'''


The ratings points for each team equals:
The ratings points for each team equals:
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The difference between winning and losing a single match is therefore 100 points. Also, whether the outcome of a match is a win & lose or a draw, the total rating points earned by the two teams from that match will be the sum of the two teams' ratings before the series began. The total rating points earned from a series will therefore equal the sum of the two teams' ratings before the series began multiplied by (the number of matches + 1).
The difference between winning and losing a single match is therefore 100 points. Also, whether the outcome of a match is a win & lose or a draw, the total rating points earned by the two teams from that match will be the sum of the two teams' ratings before the series began. The total rating points earned from a series will therefore equal the sum of the two teams' ratings before the series began multiplied by (the number of matches + 1).


====If the gap between the ratings of the two teams before the series was at least 40 points====
'''If the gap between the ratings of the two teams before the series was at least 40 points'''


The ratings points for the stronger team equals:
The ratings points for the stronger team equals:
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For both teams, the difference between winning and losing a single match is still 100 points. Also, whichever of the three outcomes happens, the total rating points earned by the two teams from that match will be the sum of the two teams' ratings before the series began.
For both teams, the difference between winning and losing a single match is still 100 points. Also, whichever of the three outcomes happens, the total rating points earned by the two teams from that match will be the sum of the two teams' ratings before the series began.


===Step 3. Update the ranking table===
===Update the ranking table===


For each team:
For each team:
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