West Indies move closer to the bottom of the table

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC-Lowly ranked West Indies have experienced an 11 point slide and are in danger of replacing Bangladesh at the bottom of the table in the ICC test team rankings.

Bangladesh are breathing down the necks of the West Indies test side, trailing them by just eight points according to the latest ICC test rankings, which included the annual update, released on Tuesday.

West Indies have retained their eight position, but have dropped from 79 points to 65.

The gap between the Caribbean side and ninth-ranked Bangladesh has been slashed from 29 points to just eight points.

The ICC says with the annual update the results from 2012-13 are no longer included in the calculations and outcomes from the 2014-15 series are weighted at 50 per cent.

Meantime, the Australians have opened up a six-point gap over India at the top of the rankings while India now lead third-placed Pakistan by just one point.