A busy international schedule of eight ODI series and up to 50 individual matches will be played between today's launch of the ICC ODI Rankings and the opening game in the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa.

During that period the new ICC Rankings table will reflect the impact and outcomes of the following fixtures:

India v West Indies:	7 ODIs from 6 to 24 November
Zimbabwe v Pakistan:	5 ODIs from 23 November to 1 December
South Africa v Sri Lanka	5 ODIs from 27 November to 6 December
Bangladesh vWest Indies	3 ODIs from 29 November to 3 December
Zimbabwe v Kenya:	3 ODIs from 8 to 15 December
South Africa v Pakistan	5 ODIS from 8 to 18 December
Australia, England, Sri Lanka	14/15 ODIs from 13 to 22 December and 9 to 27 January
New Zealand v India	7 ODIs from 26 December to 14 January

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