Kane Williamson and the Black Caps have moved up two places to the top of the T20 rankings.

New Zealand has climbed to the top of the ICC rankings for Twenty20 cricket for the first time.

Although they were beaten in the recent World T20 semifinals, Kane Williamson's side gained 12 points following the annual update of the rankings, vaulting two places to join India on 132 points.

But they edge ahead of India when ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point, doing better than MS Dhoni's side by 0.21 of a point.

West Indies, who won the World T20 crown, slipped to third in the rankings. The main reason is that its results from the 2012-13 season, which included victory in the World T20 in Sri Lanka in Lanka 2012, have now been dropped from the calculations.

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New Zealand lies second behind Australia in the one day cricket rankings, reflecting their positions in the World Cup last year.

Australia now has 124 points, after dropping two points, and leads New Zealand by 11 points.

South Africa has swapped places with India to move into third position, while the West Indies has exchanged places with Pakistan to push the 1992 World Cup winners out of the top eight.



England went up two places to sixth.

In the latest calculations, results from 2012-13 have been dropped, while those from 2014-15 have been reduced to a weighting of 50 per cent.



The rankings cut-off date for the 2019 World Cup is on September 30 next year. The host, England, and the seven next highest-ranked sides at that date will qualify directly for the cup, while the bottom four ODI ranked sides will join the top sides from the ICC World Cricket League in the a qualifier in 2018 to fight for the two remaining positions.

T20 WORLD RANKINGS

Rank Team Points



1(+2) New Zealand 132(+12)



2(-1) India 132(+6)



3(-1) West Indies 122(-3)



4(+1) South Africa 119(+4)



5(-1) England 114(-1)



6(-) Australia 110(-2)



7(-) Pakistan 104(-3)



8(-) Sri Lanka 98(-7)



9(-) Afghanistan 78(-3)



10(-) Bangladesh 74(-)

ODI WORLD RANKINGS

Rank Team Points

1(-) Australia 124(-2)

2(-) New Zealand 113(-1)



3(+1) South Africa 112(-)



4(-1) India 109(-4)



5(-) Sri Lanka 104(-)



6(-) England 103(+2)



7(-) Bangladesh 98(+1)



8(+1) West Indies 88(+2)



9(-1) Pakistan 87(-)



10(-) Afghanistan 51(+4)



11(+1) Zimbabwe 47(+2)



12(-1) Ireland 42(-4)



