World Cup win vs Away series wins

[Agent Nationaux]

In Order to Importance:

1. Winning the WC by beating India in a Final - Ends the streak
2. Winning a Series in Aus & RSA
3. Winning a series in Aus
4. Winning a series in RSA
5. Winning WC

Don't really care about Test series against India. We have won in India and have a better head to head record against them.

 

[Daemon]

Personally,

1. Win in Aus
2. Win in England
3. Win in SA
4. WC

 

[S.Kennedy]

1. Ashes
2. India away (probably the most difficult task in world cricket right now)
3. Proteas away
4. Proteas and India home, and Pakistan home or away
5 World Cup
6 Away tests against the minnows with Sri Lanka probably topping the list
7. Home tests against minnows
8 Bilateral one-dayers, away
9 Bilateral one-dayers home
9 Twenty20 world cup
10 Champions' trophy
11. dodgy tri-nations event in dubai

Alright, alright, I'll stop now.

 

[Daemon]

In Order to Importance:

1. Winning the WC by beating India in a Final - Ends the streak
2. Winning a Series in Aus & RSA
3. Winning a series in Aus
4. Winning a series in RSA
5. Winning WC

Don't really care about Test series against India. We have won in India and have a better head to head record against them.

Your new avatar btw -

 

[ImpatientLime]

Windies haha?

I would be interested as would most in England if it wasn't the West Indian 3rd eleven we will be playing!

you miss the point.

instead of concentrating on the series at hand you'll get morons like botham treating it as an audition for the ashes.

just play the ****ing series.

 

[S.Kennedy]

you miss the point.

instead of concentrating on the series at hand you'll get morons like botham treating it as an audition for the ashes.

just play the ****ing series.

By default it is a bit of an Ashes audition considering the calibre of opposition.

 

[Burgey]

As an Aussie, I've had a good fill of Ashes wins and world cup wins. India?...just one fluke win. I'd take beating India in India, and the expected home win against India, over a world cup. This means for four years I could use this to troll 1 billion people. I don't think anywhere near 1 billion people get annoyed when Australia win a world cup as they are kind of half expected to anyways. But beating India in their fortress.... That would annoy a billion people for four years, and perhaps longer, because I could dredge it up, even after India won it back, for double troll points. I'd imagine the same would apply for Indians in reverse, but they only get to piss off 20 million people.

Pretty much this but for all away test series vs anyone not West Indies (sorry, but they've been bad a long time so I wouldn't trade one series loss to them for a WC).

 

[S.Kennedy]

Well the only thing that has alluded Australia is the World T20. Even England won that and we (traditionally) stink at T20.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah. But tbh I don't think many Australian supporters give a flying **** about that. I mean, I'm a cricket tragic and it wasnt even on my radar as an option in his discussion.

 

[Burgey]

I should clarify that by "away test series" I do include Bangladesh. Not because I hold them in particularly high regard, but because Australia beating them over there would shut ***** up.

 

[Bahnz]

As a cricket fan I'd probably prefer series wins in Australia and South Africa. But as someone who also wants to see the Blackcaps inspire a future generation of cricketers, I don't think anything would compare to a World Cup win.

 

[adub]

I'd almost forgotten other countries could actually win a World Cup

 

[Furball]

At this point I'd say World Cup. I think England have beaten everyone away in a Test series this century except Sri Lanka so although more away success would be nice we've been relatively spoiled this century. Whereas every single World Cup performance since I've started watching cricket in 1999 has been an embarassment.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Three times runners-up ('79, '87, '92). But yes we've stunk the competition out commencing 1996.

 

[Athlai]

As a cricket fan I'd probably prefer series wins in Australia and South Africa. But as someone who also wants to see the Blackcaps inspire a future generation of cricketers, I don't think anything would compare to a World Cup win.

Yeah, to the greater public it's definitely the World Cup by a fair distance.

 

[S.Kennedy]

It probably wouldn't have much significance for England, a victory, since the thing will be closed-off to Sky customers. I don't remember many non-cricketing aficionados caring much when England won the World Twenty20.

 

[Sarun]

1983 WC win was indisputably huge for India (and for wider cricketing world).

Wouldn't trade a potential upcoming 2019 win for anything else.

 

[morgieb]

We've won 4 of the last 5 World Cups. Gimme an away Ashes win or an away India win.

 

[honestbharani]

I don't expect us to win anything. As long as India compete reasonably well, and our cricket doesn't go the same way as WI, I'll remain interested. I don't think there's much danger of that happening because I think the game is in a decent state here (despite the administrators' best efforts).

As to what I'd prefer to win, yeah a series win away in Eng/SA/Aus would be great, as would a WC. I'd probably prefer the former, given the choice.

Saying that, nothing in my lifetime will ever come close to topping 2001. Beating that Australian side, from that position.. we're lucky we got to experience that. If only I'd been at the ground in Kolkata or Chennai on day 5, I'd probably never stop boring people about it.

Was there for the full Chennai test in 2001... ?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

As a cricket fan for whom tests are my preferred I'd prefer NZ to be dominant and win away, but I think a WC win would do more for the sport long-term regarding media interest, public support and playing numbers. Therefore, I'd go for the World Cup.

Here's to a baking hot summer in England in 2019 and pitches that turn square as I think with Sodhi, Santner and Williamson NZ will have the best spin attack in the tournament.