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The ICC Test Championship is an international competition run by the International Cricket Council in the sport of cricket for the 9 teams that play Test cricket. The competition is notional in the sense that it is simply a ranking scheme overlaid on all international matches that are otherwise played as part of regular Test cricket scheduling.
In essence, after every Test series, the two teams involved receive points based on a mathematical formula. The total of each team's points total is divided by the total number of matches to give a 'rating', and the Test-playing teams are ranked by order of rating (this can be shown in a table).
Current rankings
Main Test table
| Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India | 32 | 4001 | 125 |
| 2 |  England | 21 | 2469 | 118 |
| 3 |  South Africa | 32 | 3759 | 117 |
| 4 |  Sri Lanka | 23 | 2486 | 108 |
| 5 |  Australia | 27 | 2692 | 100 |
| 6 |  Pakistan | 23 | 2132 | 93 |
| 7 |  West Indies | 23 | 2039 | 89 |
| 8 |  New Zealand | 19 | 1485 | 78 |
| 9 |  Bangladesh | 11 | 144 | 13 |
| Reference: ICC Rankings, 16 July 2011 | ||||
- Note: Zimbabwe has suspended its participation in Test cricket twice; first from June 10, 2004 to January 6, 2005 and then from January 18, 2006. They were scheduled to resume Test cricket in November 2007, but have yet to resume playing.
[edit] Historical Rankings
[edit] ICC Test Champions
| Team | S | End | Total Months | Highest Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | June 2003 | July 2009 | 74 | 143 |
| South Africa | August 2009 | November 2009 | 4 | 122 |
| India | December 2009 | Present | 19 | 130 |
| Reference: ICC Rankings | ||||
- Note: The ICC provides ratings for the end of each month back to June 2003. This table lists the teams that have successively held the highest rating since that date, by whole month periods.
[edit] ICC Test World Rankings
Since ICC officially began ranking teams, Australia has dominated. However from 2009, five teams (Australia, South Africa, India, Sri Lanka and England) have competed for the top positions. From December 2009, India has been in the first place without losing it.
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