The September quarter saw little change at the top of the rankings. Sri Lanka edged into second spot ahead of South Africa while Zimbabwe reclaimed tenth position from Kenya. There were a number of tournaments involving the smaller cricket nations with two new teams entering the rankings for the first time.
New Caledonia sent a team to the South Pacific Games in Samoa and unfortunately struggled to match the other island nations. Most painful would have been the 510 run loss to eventual tournament winners Papua New Guinea. The other debutante was Mali who competed at the North West Africa Championships in The Gambia. Like New Caledonia, Mali struggled to stay in touch and was also on the end of two big defeats. Championship winners Nigeria recorded comfortable wins in all three games helping them climb three places on the rankings.
Other tournaments included a quadrangular series in Ireland featuring the West Indies, Ireland, Scotland and Netherlands; and the European Third Division Championships which were won by Croatia in a nail-biter against Spain. The Croatians now play off against Israel for the right to play in the Second Division Cmapionships next year.
Teams highlighted in yellow are those who played matches in this quarter.
Rank
Team
Points
Rk +/-
Pt +/-
1
Australia
5306
0
0
2
Sri Lanka
4165
1
65
3
South Africa
3979
-1
-341
4
New Zealand
3860
0
0
5
India
3520
0
-160
6
Pakistan
3512
0
0
7
England
3478
0
124
8
West Indies
3158
0
154
9
Bangladesh
2314
0
-65
10
Zimbabwe
1819
1
122
11
Kenya
1748
-1
0
12
Ireland
1696
0
72
13
Netherlands
1360
0
24
14
Scotland
1326
0
100
15
Namibia
1196
0
0
16
Canada
1100
0
-40
17
UAE
928
0
0
18
Bermuda
729
0
-117
19
Denmark
725
0
62
20
USA
639
0
0
21
Uganda
580
0
0
22
Italy
471
0
0
23
Oman
462
0
0
24
PNG
462
0
9
25
Cayman I
451
0
0
26
Nepal
445
0
0
27
Hong Kong
395
0
0
28
Kuwait
388
0
0
29
Singapore
378
0
0
30
Fiji
378
0
2
31
Argentina
352
0
0
32
Guernsey
337
0
0
33
Afghanistan
316
0
0
34
Bahrain
308
0
0
35
Malaysia
299
0
0
36
Saudi Arabia
294
0
0
37
Germany
294
0
0
38
Botswana
290
0
0
39
Tanzania
280
0
0
40
Mozambique
257
0
0
41
Norway
240
0
0
42
Bahamas
226
0
0
43
Maldives
225
0
0
44
Zambia
224
0
0
45
France
206
1
0
46
Cook I
197
1
0
47
Sierra Leone
196
-2
-20
48
Gibraltar
196
0
0
49
Nigeria
192
3
33
50
Japan
190
-1
0
51
Ghana
167
-1
-6
52
Tonga
158
-1
-10
53
Israel
156
0
0
54
Belize
149
0
0
55
Greece
146
0
0
56
Vanuatu
145
0
0
57
Panama
143
0
0
58
Thailand
139
1
0
59
Morocco
134
-1
-6
60
Austria
131
0
0
61
Jersey
130
0
0
62
Malawi
115
0
0
63
Mexico
103
2
0
64
Spain
101
-1
-6
65
Belgium
100
-1
-3
66
Qatar
99
0
0
67
Puerto Rico
99
0
0
68
Indonesia
94
1
0
69
Bhutan
89
1
0
70
Slovenia
88
2
0
71
Costa Rica
87
2
0
72
Isle of Man
87
4
9
73
Mali
86
new
-14
74
Croatia
83
6
21
75
Portugal
80
-4
-9
76
Suriname
80
-1
0
77
Myanmar
74
0
0
78
New Caledonia
74
new
-26
79
Malta
73
-5
-8
80
Gambia
68
4
13
81
Cyprus
65
-13
-29
82
Switzerland
65
-3
0
83
Finland
62
-5
-8
84
Iran
60
-3
0
85
Samoa
60
2
25
86
Brunei
58
-4
0
87
Rwanda
57
-4
0
88
Turks & Caicos
46
-3
0
89
Chile
36
-3
0
90
Luxemborg
30
-2
0
91
Lesotho
24
-2
0
92
Brazil
23
-2
0
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