The ICC ranking is flawed

The ICC ranking is flawed in one respect I guess. It rejects results from the previous year altogether. So when Aus had their worst period and SA had a great one, by cancelling that year itself, Aus moved on to number 1 ranking. Looking at form-wise, this seems a little bit ridiculous. On the other hand, SA, just by losing those precious positive results, lose their coveted position which I suppose is a harsh one. Instead what I propose is that ICC should consider a weekly or monthly update of results instead of the whole yearwise update that is done now. It will ensure that one bad series will not ensure the collective losing of points. If one loses a series to a lower-ranking team, it will only lose that number of points which the points system already takes care of. I hope the ICC looks into it.

Sri Lanka was no.1 team at the beginning of World T20, they lost only one match and won that championship.  After that SL or India didn't play any T20 internationals BUT their rankings have changed!! Sorry, doesn't make any sense

Wow is this true? Does the "counter" reset yearly? I wasn't aware of that! Do you have some citations for that I could read up on?

www.icc-cricket.com/about/38/rules-and-regulations

I am looking to see IF there is a mathematical equation    :-\

Bloody hell, this is one long ass list, have you found something somewhere?

Because if it's "resetting the counter" as OP implies, then that's totally flawed method IMO.

Also, the home/away factor HAS to weigh in somewhat, surely.

Whaddaya think? ........

"Despite reaching the semi-final stage in their defence of their World Twenty20 title in Bangladesh last month, the West Indies have dropped two placings in the T20 rankings to seventh, with Australia (fifth) and New Zealand (sixth) slipping ahead of them. "

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I too agree that this is completely flawed.Believe it or not,i propose a change at the top,yup the head of ICC.We need new systems,not these primitive ones.The ICC chief is tilting everything,including the ranking system in India's favor.We don't need a biased head,we need someone with good cricket sense.
P.S: I am an INDIAN.