Best SC Team to show up in England during the last year

[Xuhaib]

Given the side SL showed up with, I'm surprised people are being so harsh on saying they underperformed. One mad session aside they generally batted OK and bowled like tripe - which is exactly what we were all saying beforehand.

same can be argued for Pakistan people expecting them to bowl well and bat gash and this is just what happened.

 

[GIMH]

SL batted poorly twice, tbf, but the general point is correct. I'd probably have them & Pakistan as the best, then Bangas, then Sri Lanka A, and then India.

 

[Spark]

same can be argued for Pakistan people expecting them to bowl well and bat gash and this is just what happened.

Yeah, precisely. Really, India are the only who have seriously underperformed.

 

[smash84]

SL batted poorly twice, tbf, but the general point is correct. I'd probably have them & Pakistan as the best, then Bangas, then Sri Lanka A, and then India.

Sri Lanka A

 

[MW1304]

btw this thread is like having a beauty contest of these ladies

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[smash84]

 

[Top_Cat]

Yeah, precisely. Really, India are the only who have seriously underperformed.

With the bat, sure. With the ball, they've been as I expected; a couple of good sessions but otherwise, were always going to be up against it stopping England from topping 400 on a regular basis, even with Zaheer in the side.

 

[R_D]

With the bat, sure. With the ball, they've been as I expected; a couple of good sessions but otherwise, were always going to be up against it stopping England from topping 400 on a regular basis, even with Zaheer in the side.

na not really... i'm pretty sure with a fit Zaheer in the team and bowl doing so much... India wouldn't have let Swan and Broad take the match away from them in the last match.

With Zaheer around Ishant and Sreesanth wouldn't be bowling so much ****. Sreesanth and Ishant struggle big time against left handers.. where as Zaheer is very good against them.

I don't doubt India would probably still have lost but imo not this disgracefully.

I do think if India had prepared better... they would have been in much better position in this series.

 

[tooextracool]

Not a big fan of how the mention of Pakistan tends to constantly crop up in this subforum personally, but if we have to pick the best out of the 4 then its quite clearly Pakistan. Simply because they were the only side capable of taking the 20 wickets required to win a test match in here.

 

[BlazeDragon]

I'm going with Sri Lanka simply because of their batting.

I don't know about India but I recon SL would beat Pakistan if they face off even with their mediocre bowling. Plus this post-ashes England has been much stronger. Pakistan would struggle harder with them even with the spot fixing trio.

 

[R_D]

Not a big fan of how the mention of Pakistan tends to constantly crop up in this subforum personally, but if we have to pick the best out of the 4 then its quite clearly Pakistan. Simply because they were the only side capable of taking the 20 wickets required to win a test match in here.

Usually Pakistani and Indian fans get just as much pleasure from seeing their arch rivals getting thrashed by other teams..... so good times for pakistani fans right now

 

[Agent Nationaux]

I think if this current England team played against the same Pak team as the one they faced in 2010, we would still have the same results. Pak are capable of winning matches out of the blue, and England didn't fare against Asif and Amir that well.

 

[BlazeDragon]

I think if this current England team played against the same Pak team as the one they faced in 2010, we would still have the same results. Pak are capable of winning matches out of the blue, and England didn't fare against Asif and Amir that well.

Ehh I don't think so. The form the England players have been in after the Ashes (Cook, Bell, Trott, Prior, Peterson) is quite amazing. I think they would all do quite well.

 

[Himannv]

Pakistan the best because of their bowling, overstepping aside. Other than them, I'm fairly happy with Sri Lanka's batting despite their God awful, piss poor bowlers so I dont think we were the pits per se. India's batting, excluding the imperial brilliance of Dravid, hasn't been great although their bowlers have had a few happy times now and then.

 

[GIMH]

The bowlers have had one good innings. They had us in trouble at Lord's in the second dig but ultimately nothing came of it.

 

[Jacknife]

Ehh I don't think so. The form the England players have been in after the Ashes (Cook, Bell, Trott, Prior, Peterson) is quite amazing. I think they would all do quite well.

I think it's true that England have moved on to another level since last year, even against Bang last year a fair few players were out of form.

 

[Xuhaib]

Ehh I don't think so. The form the England players have been in after the Ashes (Cook, Bell, Trott, Prior, Peterson) is quite amazing. I think they would all do quite well.

well you ould argue their form is linked to the quality of bowling they are facing just like Swann who looked like taking a wicket every over last year is totally nullified this time around one may say he is out of forn right now but i think the more logical answer is Indian batsman are much better players of spin bowling then Pakistan.

 

[tooextracool]

Thats not really true, because Swann has bowled visibly worse in this series than he did last summer.

 

[Xuhaib]

thats because he's not been allowed India has attacked him nice and early possibly the only thing they have done right this summer.

btw this is a stupid thread its like a sack race for ther blinds all 3 sub cont sides should be ashamed of their efforts have looked like minnows for atleast 75% of the series.

 

[centurymaker]

at lords swann bowled well i thought.