Pakistan's hopes of automatic World Cup qualification toughened as they plummeted to their lowest-ever rating of 86 after losing the five-match ODI series 1-4 against England. Pakistan are in serious danger of failing to qualify automatically for the World Cup 2019 as they are now eight points behind eighth-ranked West Indies.
Pakistan had started the series on 87 points and this is their lowest-ever points tally since the current rankings system was introduced in 2001. Australia has moved from 123 points to 124 points, and in doing so, has opened up an 11-point advantage over New Zealand. The series result against Pakistan has seen England move to 107 points in fifth position — three behind India and South Africa, who are at 110 points each with India ranked ahead of Proteas on decimal points.