South Africa
Played 6 Won 4 Lost 1 Drawn 1
Australia
Played 5 Won 3 Lost 2
India
Played 5 Won 1 Lost 4
New Zealand
Played 7 Won 3, Lost 1, Drawn 3.
England
Played 6 Won 3 Lost 2 Drawn 1
Pakistan
Played 7 Won 2 Lost 1 Drawn 4
Sri Lanka
Played 6 Won 3 Lost 2 Drawn 1
West Indies
Played 6 Won 1 Lost 4 Drawn 1
Just goes to show the current ranking format is shit!! India ahead of NZ, England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka??
Editted to Add:
If one was to apportion points for series results (3 for series win, 1 for series draw) and individual test results (2 for Test win, 1 for Test draw) for the past two years as quoted above this is how the teams would stack up in order:
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This is good to a point, but I'm not sure it properly acknowledges that Australia and India have played two less test series than Pakistan and New Zealand. Having said that, India at 3 having only won one test series in the last 5 is absurd.
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