New Zealand are the big movers of the March 2004 rankings moving up five places to third after good series wins over Pakistan and South Africa. Sri Lanka climbed three places despite losing their series against Australia 3-2 because Australia's lead over Sri Lanka in the rankings meant they were expected to win more strongly. Despite this, Australia still increased its overall ranking thanks to a clean sweep over India and Zimbabwe in the VB Series.
Eleven new nations joined the table following two World Cup qualifying tournaments for affiliate nations, one in Africa and the other in the Americas. Botswana and Bahamas won the respective tournaments and proceed to the next stage of regional qualifying.
Rank
Team
Points
Rk +/-
Pt +/-
1
Australia
4964
0
30
2
England
3988
0
0
3
New Zealand
3669
5
926
4
Sri Lanka
3666
3
245
5
India
3599
-2
-251
6
South Africa
3565
-2
-238
7
West Indies
3465
-2
-254
8
Pakistan
3154
-2
-434
9
Zimbabwe
2273
0
-39
10
Bangladesh
1753
0
19
11
Kenya
1701
0
0
12
Netherlands
1479
0
-59
13
UAE
1342
0
-18
14
Scotland
1315
0
47
15
Bermuda
1228
0
0
16
Ireland
1203
0
0
17
Namibia
1165
1
66
18
USA
1112
2
111
19
Denmark
1092
0
0
20
Canada
1016
-3
-151
21
PNG
959
0
0
22
Hong Kong
774
0
0
23
Fiji
585
0
0
24
Singapore
480
0
0
25
Malaysia
418
0
0
26
Uganda
339
0
0
27
Argentina
338
0
0
28
Gibraltar
277
0
0
29
Nepal
232
0
0
30
Germany
214
0
0
31
France
204
0
0
32
Israel
198
0
0
33
Norway
123
0
0
34
Botswana
120
new
20
35
Bahamas
117
new
17
36
Austria
110
-2
0
37
Greece
110
-2
0
38
Mozambique
109
new
9
39
Panama
107
new
7
40
Ghana
105
new
5
41
Portugal
104
-5
0
42
Belize
103
new
3
43
Spain
102
-6
0
44
Switzerland
100
-6
0
45
Belgium
99
-6
0
46
Sierra Leone
99
new
-1
47
Finland
98
-7
0
48
Malawi
96
new
-4
49
Malta
93
-8
0
50
Rwanda
91
new
-9
51
Croatia
88
-9
0
52
Turks & Caicos
88
new
-12
53
Suriname
85
new
-15
54
Gambia
80
new
-20
55
Luxemborg
73
-12
0
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