I'm proudly South African, and living in England at the moment, which has given me the oppertunity to consider the "English Perspective"
The newspapers for a start, feature the cricket well in to the sports section, with other international matches not involving England getting little or no mention at all.
Secondly, it seems to me that English fans and players have an excuse for everything (especially their recent 5-0 whitewash), it was easy to blame Giles and Harmison, and yet none of the blame was afforded to Flintoff and (especially) Andrew Strauss.
However, when they finally win a few (re: the CB Series), no allowances are made for the Australians as they parade around thinking that they are now the Best Team in the World...
I hope the English (and on a lesser degree the other teams) realise that Australia are no longer the be all and end all of international cricket- yes, an amazing team to beat, but you still have to beat other top teams consistantly like South Africa, India and Sri Lanka..
Your thoughts? (I bet the English fans here will find some ****y excuse and resort to personal attacks to discredit this forum)...