By English Cricket
March 24 2005

England risk losing second place to India in the ICC LG Test rankings. India only need to win the third and final test in its series against Pakistan to achieve this feat.

England will need to fight off their toughest challenge to their second place ranking in the LG ICC Test rankings, as third placed India have been in good form in the test series against their neighbours Pakistan. Indian need to win their 3 test series by lead of two tests to achieve this feat, and 1-0 lead going into the final test (started yesterday) means they are well placed to achieve their highest ranking since the inception of ranking system in May 2001. England have held onto second position since beating West Indies in the Caribbean and wins at home to New Zealand and West Indies and further victory in South Africa have seen them consolidate that position.

		Team	Matches	Points	Rating
	1	Australia	45	5933	132
	2	England	49	5396	110
	3	India	39	4209	108
	4	Sri Lanka	35	3613	103
	5	Pakistan	31	3145	101
	6	South Africa	46	4574	99
	7	New Zealand	31	2891	93
	8	West Indies	37	2717	73
	9	Zimbabwe	28	1141	41
	10	Bangladesh	35	220	6