Australian cricket chiefs have clarified that Pakistan still tops the Twenty20 world rankings, despite Australia's victory in the T20 tri-series also featuring New Zealand and England.
Cricket Australia said this week that Australia would take the No. 1 spot if it were unbeaten in the tri-series, a feat it achieved with a 19-run win over New Zealand in Auckland on Wednesday.
But in a statement late Thursday, it said a "clerical error" by the International Cricket Council meant the calculation was wrong and Pakistan retained the No. 1 ranking.
When ratings points were rounded off, it said, Australia was second on 125.65, 0.19 points behind Pakistan on 125.84.
It means Australia has still not been rated the No. 1 Twenty20 side in the world since the shortest form of the game began.
Australia is currently ranked third in Tests and fifth in one-dayers.
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