WELLINGTON: Australian cricket chiefs have clarified that Pakistan still top the Twenty20 world rankings, despite Australia´s victory in the T20 tri-series also featuring New Zealand and England.
Cricket Australia said this week that Australia would take the number one spot if they were unbeaten in the tri-series, a feat they achieved with a 19-run win over New Zealand in Auckland on Wednesday.
But in a statement late Thursday, it said a "clerical error" by the International Cricket Council meant the calculation was wrong and Pakistan retain the number one ranking.
When ratings points were rounded off, it said, Australia were second on 125.65, 0.19 points behind Pakistan on 125.84.
It means Australia have still not been rated the number one T20 side in the world since the shortest form of the game began in 2011.
Australia are currently ranked third in Tests and fifth in one-dayers.
Al Nassr player is "toughest opponent" for popular Premier League Hall of Fame player
Al Nassr player is back with Portugal after missing friendly against Sweden
Camp will see players prepare for upcoming series against New Zealand, England as well as T20I World Cup
From triumph to tribulation: Undertaker's WrestleMania missteps revealed
Sharing three pictures of them together, Malik captioned the post: "Happy Birthday Sana Shoaib Malik"
“I still dream to play for Pakistan,” Amir writes on X, taking back his retirement