The update also put South Africa and India within one rankings point behind England.
[4] It marked the end to their era of dominance in ODI cricket which included three consecutive World Cup wins, two ICC Champions Trophy wins and finishing nine of the past eleven years with the number-one ranking.
[5][6] The annual update also put South Africa at the top of the ICC T20I Championship rankings, replacing England.
[7] However, the T20I rankings would change significantly as a result of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 at the start of the following season.
Bangladesh were scheduled to tour Zimbabwe in August 2012, but the tour has been postponed to April 2013 as the pitches at both Queen's Park Oval, Bulawayo and Harare Sports Club, Harare are being relaid.