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Did England deserve the title of second best in the world.

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Shane Warne

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a massive zebra said:
We are the best England side to play test cricket since the mid to late 80s, but we have only beaten sides that are going through a similar phase as we had in the 90s. Christ, the myth that New Zealand are a tenacious side seems to be rubbished with every match.... and the Windies can't even get a side out at the mo.

The only team we beat of any worth were SA, but before our series with them in the winter they had sacked their coach and lost back to back series home and away. Had there been another test in the series, I doubt Smith would have declared to set us a target and the way they improved (the one day series highlights how the 2 teams form changed over the winter) i'd have felt a tad bit unsure of even coming away from there with a draw.

Before last years 'heroics' we hardly looked like a side that could win home or away. We struggled to draw with SA (weather was the major factor) and were beaten by Sri Lanka where the result didn't reflect their dominance.

Yes we beat the West Indies twice where at no point did they set us a target to win, and the same can be said of the New Zealand series.... we only beat SA 2 - 1 due to the arrogance of their captain.

The last year seems to have proved how poor test cricket is at the moment, and how far everyone is behind Australia.... not necessarily how much we have improved.
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GREAT post.

Absolutely spot on.
 
King_Ponting

King_Ponting

International Regular
England deserve there second place ranking. However it can be said that the gap between 1st and second is larger than the gap between 2nd and 8th
 
aussie

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
Monty said:
two words for the the english rank
totally undeserved
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you clearly haven't been watching this england team over the last year have you.

Do you have any sensible reasons why u think so????? :dry:
 
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