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Days of Grace · 12-01-2013, 06:28 PM

Yes, it is a bit surprising. Man-for-man, the Invincibles were a better team, but unfortunately for them they beat a fairly weak England team, a minnow India, and a near-minnow in South Africa in the 1940s.

The Australian team of the late 1950s beat a very highly rated England team.

12-01-2013, 06:28 PM	#17 (permalink)
Days of Grace International Regular Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Takasaki, Japan Posts: 3,844	Yes, it is a bit surprising. Man-for-man, the Invincibles were a better team, but unfortunately for them they beat a fairly weak England team, a minnow India, and a near-minnow in South Africa in the 1940s. The Australian team of the late 1950s beat a very highly rated England team. __________________ Greatest Ever Test XI (according to my ratings): Hobbs, Hutton, Bradman (c), Headley, Lara, Sobers, Gilchrist (wk), Hadlee, Marshall, Steyn, Muralitharan 12th man: Imran Khan Favorite XI: Grace (c), Trumper, Richards, Lara, Compton, Gilchrist (wk), Cairns, Jessop, Warne, Bond, Trueman