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One Day International

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This article is about the format for men's international cricket. For the women's format, see Women's One Day International.

ICC ODI Rankings vte

Rank Team Matches Points Rating

1 England 44 5,405 123

2 India 52 6,102 117

3 New Zealand 32 3,716 116

4 Australia 39 4,344 111

5 South Africa 31 3,345 108

6 Pakistan 35 3,490 100

7 Bangladesh 34 2,989 88

8 Sri Lanka 39 3,297 85

9 West Indies 43 3,285 76

10 Afghanistan 28 1,549 55

11 Ireland 24 1,256 52

12 Netherlands 5 222 44

13 Zimbabwe 27 1,121 42

14 Oman 12 479 40

15 Scotland 16 419 26

16 Nepal 9 161 18

17 United Arab Emirates 15 259 17

18 Namibia 9 152 17

19 United States 14 185 13

20 Papua New Guinea 14 0 0

Reference: Cricinfo Rankings page,ICC ODI rankings 29 December 2020

Matches is the number of matches played in the 12–24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that. See points calculations for more details.

A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50 (used to be 60 overs until 1983), with the game lasting up to 8 hours.[1][2] The Cricket World Cup, generally held every four years, is played in this format. One Day International matches are also called Limited Overs Internationals (LOI), although this generic term may also refer to Twenty20 International matches. They are major matches and considered the highest standard of List A, limited-overs competition.

The international one day game is a late-twentieth-century development. The first ODI was played on 5 January 1971 between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[3] When the first three days of the third Test were washed out officials decided to abandon the match and, instead, play a one-off one day game consisting of 40 eight-ball overs per side. Australia won the game by 5 wickets. ODIs were played in white-colored kits with a red-colored ball.[4]