GOOD…GOOD…GOOD. So England lost at their own home. A place where England does ‘well’…. Like all other teams. Except they only lost to India in ’07 and lose to Australia every year because Australia plays them every year or two or four. Exactly a year after they took the no.1 from India they have lost it. JUST A YEAR. Same July- August last they lost and what not the commentators at ESPN and SKY were mouthing off and now just exactly after a year same time they have been HUMILIATED. In the one year they held the top spot they lost 5-0 to India in ODIs (remember its still a 100 overs unlike t20) and somehow drew 1-1 to Sri Lanka Lost 3-0 to Pakistan ranked No.5. Does a Top ranked team lose like that? So IS IT a Top ranked Team? NO for Godsssake! The only team to have held the No.1 spot for such less time. India held that spot for 3 YEARS playing a variety of opposition. They beat South Africa in South Africa and would have won that series had it not been for a single...a single Jacques Kallis- Mark Boucher partnership. Well Australia held the spot for 74 months when the ratings were conveniently introduced when they playing well and playing England every other year. So the India born Hashim Amla and Philander do it for South Africa. I hear Kevin Peterson was not playing… you mean to say you need one South African to beat another South African.
Re: ONLY LESS THAN A YEAR!
by Inzy Bhai on Aug 22, 2012 06:54 AM
It is shocking that you are gloating about a good Eng team going down to a top class South African side. There is absolutely no shame in that & Eng are still No. 2 in test rankings. BTW India are no. 5 & below Pakistan for your information. If KP is in the side when they tour India then Eng will definitely thrash India in India in the tests at least. Further your post is full of inaccuracies. India held the no. 1 spot for less than 2 years. We became no. 1 in Dec 2009 & lost it in Aug 2011. And Amla is certainly not India born though his forefathers may have been from India. He is fully & completely South African & Durban born. He has nothing to do with India & claiming he is from India does not give us any advantage. He is what he is thanks to the South African system. If he had been in India a talent like him would have disappeared into oblivion long ago. South Africa persisted with him & today he is a top rated batsman. India were never worthy of the number 1 Test status. Let's be brutally honest about it. We have never ever won a series in Australia or South Africa & probably never will. The Indian team is frankly pure rubbish. The bowling is third rate & only a notch above Zimbabwe. All top sides have superior bowling attacks which India sorely lacks. The less said about our fielding the better. We are no athletes which is a must today. Winning in India is no yardstick for being a top test side, we have to win abroad & consistentl
Re: Re: ONLY LESS THAN A YEAR!
by Vineet Srivastava on Aug 22, 2012 09:56 AM
so if England is such a better side then why they cant hold the position for longer duration & if we r such a bad side then also we held it for more period than the english team held it... u r saying winning in home is no yard stick but english failed in home as well as away but u still say that they r better ... chk ur stats dear ... by the way India is no. 5 'coz they hv not played a test since a long time our bowling is worst (as per u) but we were no. 1 then praise the team as a whole & not as a bowling or batting unit... its a team game ... mind you ...
Re: Re: ONLY LESS THAN A YEAR!
by Vineet Srivastava on Aug 22, 2012 09:56 AM
so if England is such a better side then why they cant hold the position for longer duration & if we r such a bad side then also we held it for more period than the english team held it... u r saying winning in home is no yard stick but english failed in home as well as away but u still say that they r better ... chk ur stats dear ... by the way India is no. 5 \'coz they hv not played a test since a long time our bowling is worst (as per u) but we were no. 1 then praise the team as a whole & not as a bowling or batting unit... its a team game ... mind you ...
Re: Re: ONLY LESS THAN A YEAR!
by Vineet Srivastava on Aug 22, 2012 09:56 AM
so if England is such a better side then why they cant hold the position for longer duration & if we r such a bad side then also we held it for more period than the english team held it... u r saying winning in home is no yard stick but english failed in home as well as away but u still say that they r better ... chk ur stats dear ... by the way India is no. 5 'coz they hv not played a test since a long time our bowling is worst (as per u) but we were no. 1 then praise the team as a whole & not as a bowling or batting unit... its a team game ... mind you ...
