Sri Lanka lost four rating points after losing the test series 3-0 to Australia. At the start of the series they were with 96 rating points and lost four valuable rating points.
Despite losing four rating points, Sri Lanka managed to remain in the sixth position ahead of West Indies with only a single point.
Sri Lanka rose to 99 points after winning the Galle Test against New Zealand last November and went down in the second Test at the P. Sara Oval. If Sri Lanka won the second Test and the series by 2-0 they could have gone passed 100 rating points.
The next Test series for Sri Lanka will be against Bangladesh, which is currently ranked at 9th place in the ICC Test rankings. Bangladesh has so far failed to gain a single point. Even a Sri Lanka win over Bangladesh in the forthcoming Test series will not help Sri Lanka to make a change in the ratings.
In a recent report handed over to SLC by former ICC chief executive, Haroon Logart, has stated that to be below 100 rating points in Test cricket is not a good sign for Sri Lanka cricket.
Latest ICC Test Rankings
| Country | Matches | Points | Rating |
| South Africa | 29 | 3566 | 123 |
| England | 41 | 4825 | 118 |
| Australia | 42 | 4916 | 117 |
| Pakistan | 29 | 3148 | 109 |
| India | 37 | 3879 | 105 |
| Sri Lanka | 36 | 3318 | 92 |
| West Indies | 31 | 2809 | 91 |
| New Zealand | 27 | 2126 | 70 |
| Bangladesh | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
