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Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre; 66-foot) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails (small sticks) balanced on three stumps. Two players from the batting team, the striker and nonstriker, stand in front of either wicket holding bats, while one player from the fielding team, the bowler, bowls the ball toward the striker's wicket from the opposite end of the pitch. The striker's goal is to hit the bowled ball with the bat and then switch places with the nonstriker, with the batting team scoring one run for each of these swaps. Runs are also scored when the ball reaches the boundary of the field or when the ball is bowled illegally.

The Laws of Cricket are maintained by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), while the sport is governed by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Internationally cricket is played in three fromats: Test cricket, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I). Domestic-level cricket is also played in three similar formats: First-class cricket (FC), List A cricket (LA) and Twenty20 (T20). The most successful side playing international cricket are Australia, who have won ten men's ICC trophies and fourteen women's ICC trophies, including six men's ODI World Cups as well as seven women's ODI World Cups and seven women's T20 World Cups.

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Current international cricket

3 – 13 October 2026: United States Tri-Nation Series
5 – 14 October 2026: Men's T20 World Cup Asia sub-regional qualifier A
8 – 14 October 2026: Men's T20 World Cup Asia sub-regional qualifier B
9 – 19 October 2026: Oman Tri-Nation Series

Current domestic cricket

10 September 2026 – April 2027: CSA 4-Day Series (FC)
7 October 2026 – 30 March 2027: Sheffield Shield (FC)
11 October 2026 – 3 March 2027: Ranji Trophy (FC)

ICC rankings

Men's Test rankings

ICC Men's Test Team Rankings
Team	Matches	Points	Rating
South Africa	23	2,860	124
Australia	31	3,787	122
New Zealand	22	2,326	106
India	29	3042	105
England	36	3,658	102
Bangladesh	25	1,878	78
Sri Lanka	19	1,916	77
West Indies	27	2,008	74
Pakistan	23	1,623	71
Zimbabwe	13	217	17
Source: ICC Men's Test Team Rankings, 31 October 2026 See points calculations for more details.

Afghanistan and Ireland do not currently have a rating due to not having played the required amount of Tests (8) within the three-year cycle.

Men's ODI rankings

ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings
Team	Matches	Points	Rating
India	36	4,112	115
New Zealand	35	3,809	109
South Africa	34	3,547	104
Pakistan	36	3,693	103
Australia	35	3,568	102
Sri Lanka	43	4,091	95
Afghanistan	31	2,926	94
England	38	3,530	93
Bangladesh	41	3,304	81
West Indies	37	2,924	79
Zimbabwe	21	1,315	63
Ireland	20	948	47
Scotland	28	1,260	45
Netherlands	32	1,446	45
United States	30	1,228	41
Namibia	30	1,034	34
Nepal	37	1,108	30
Oman	30	589	20
United Arab Emirates	32	499	16
Canada	26	307	12
Source: ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings, 30 October 2026 See points calculations for more details.

Women's ODI rankings

ICC Women's ODI Team Rankings
Team	Matches	Points	Rating
Australia	31	5,085	164
England	29	3,653	126
India	33	4,114	125
South Africa	36	3,614	100
New Zealand	24	2,312	96
Sri Lanka	24	2,133	89
Pakistan	26	1,902	73
West Indies	29	2,085	72
Bangladesh	24	1,725	72
Ireland	25	1,120	45
Scotland	9	393	44
Netherlands	5	208	42
Thailand	7	248	35
Zimbabwe	25	349	14
United Arab Emirates	8	81	10
Papua New Guinea	12	37	3
Source: ICC Women's ODI Team Rankings, 28 October 2026

Men's T20I rankings

ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings
Team	Matches	Points	Rating
England	41	11,021	269
India	75	20,071	268
Australia	38	9,868	260
New Zealand	54	13,320	247
South Africa	53	12,881	243
Pakistan	62	14,883	241
West Indies	60	14,155	236
Bangladesh	55	12,220	222
Sri Lanka	52	11,489	221
Afghanistan	43	9,428	219
Ireland	29	5,942	205
Zimbabwe	61	12,248	201
United States	20	3,650	183
Nepal	44	7,968	181
Netherlands	24	4,311	180
Namibia	41	7,358	179
Scotland	23	4,116	179
United Arab Emirates	57	9,961	175
Oman	44	6,698	152
Canada	26	3,864	149
Source: ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings, 30 October 2026 See points calculations for more details.

Women's T20I rankings

ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings
Team	Matches	Points	Rating
Australia	30	8,753	292
England	38	10,504	276
India	52	13,779	265
New Zealand	34	8,444	248
South Africa	43	10,588	246
West Indies	36	8,572	238
Sri Lanka	45	10,702	238
Pakistan	41	8,675	212
Ireland	42	8,520	203
Bangladesh	43	8,371	195
Scotland	38	6,373	168
Thailand	65	9,961	153
Papua New Guinea	32	4,542	142
Netherlands	49	6,855	140
United Arab Emirates	49	6,704	137
Zimbabwe	46	5,507	120
Uganda	54	6,056	112
Namibia	46	5,043	110
United States	28	2,741	98
Tanzania	38	3,607	95
Source: ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings, 25 October 2026