I think hes getting at that they played the better cricket than England in 3/4 games but the 1-1 scoreline doesn't show that.
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The problem here is that a similar rationale could be applied to the last Ashes series because Australia had most of the top run-scorers and wicket-takers. Fact is they still lost and as a team they were worse.
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They played better cricket, they didn't play winning cricket. The series scoreline reflects that.
I disagree. A 2-2 scoreline would accurately represent how well the teams played over the series. Maybe others are happy to take the scoreline at face value but I'm not.
It doesn't reflect how well the teams played, which is important as far as I'm concerned. The scoreline suggests England were just as good as SA when they weren't.
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I see it differently. In my view, England were the better side and their contributions mattered more. The Aussie batting fell in a heap when it really mattered and the bowling mainly stopped England at 400 when they were threatening 600. I don't believe for a second they were evenly matched. On paper you could make the case but when a team effort was needed, OZ looked worse than England.
Aus dominated in two games, and England dominated in two games with one game that could of gone either way (England slightly in front) that was rained out. I'd say that's pretty evenly matched.