ICC ODI Championship

Historical ICC ODI Champions

Team	Start	End	Total Months	Cumulative Months	Highest Rating
Australia	October 2002	January 2007	52	52	140
South Africa	February 2007	February 2007	1	1	128
Australia	March 2007	February 2008	12	64	130
South Africa	March 2008	May 2008	3	4	127
Australia	June 2008	December 2008	7	71	131
South Africa	January 2009	August 2009	8	12	127
Australia	September 2009	August 2012	35	106	134
England	August 2012	December 2012	5	5	121
India	January 2013	January 2014	12	12	124
Australia	January 2014	August 2014	8	114	117
India	September 2014	September 2014	1	13	113
Australia	October 2014	October 2014	1	115	114
South Africa	November 2014	November 2014	1	13	115
India	November 2014	November 2014	1	14	117
Australia	November 2014	-	-	118	120

The ICC recently applied its current rating system to results since 1981 providing ratings for the end of each month back to 1981 further indicating Australia's historical dominance in ODI Cricket with the most consecutive months ranked first (83) from March 2000 to January 2007, the highest number of months ranked first (173). The table only begins from 1981 as prior to this date, there is not enough data available due to the infrequency of matches and the small number of competing teams in the earlier periods.

The teams that have successively held the highest rating since January 1981 till September 2002, by whole month periods, are:

Team	Start	End	Total Months
England	January 1981	February 1981	2
West Indies	June 1981	November 1981	6
England	December 1981	December 1981	1
West Indies	January 1982	May 1987	65
England	August 1987	March 1988	8
West Indies	April 1988	May 1988	2
England	August 1988	May 1989	10
West Indies	August 1989	December 1989	5
Australia	January 1990	March 1990	3
West Indies	April 1990	April 1990	1
Australia	May 1990	May 1990	1
West Indies	July 1990	July 1990	1
Australia	August 1990	November 1990	4
Pakistan	December 1990	January 1991	2
Australia	February 1991	May 1991	4
Pakistan	August 1991	August 1991	1
Australia	October 1991	May 1992	8
England	August 1992	March 1993	8
West Indies	April 1993	April 1993	1
Australia	May 1993	July 1993	3
West Indies	August 1993	November 1994	16
India	December 1994	March 1995	4
West Indies	April 1995	May 1995	2
India	August 1995	October 1995	3
England	November 1995	December 1995	2
Australia	January 1996	April 1996	4
South Africa	May 1996	February 2000	46
Australia	March 2000	September 2002	31
Reference: Historical Rankings

The summary of teams that have held the highest rating since 1981 till present by whole month periods, are:

Team	Total Months	Highest Rating
Australia	173	140
West Indies	97	141
South Africa	59	134
England	36	135
India	21	127
Pakistan	3	131
Reference: Historical Rankings updated to 31/01/2014