England finally reap the rewards of the hardwork they have shown in odis in past 1 year or so.
The question most would ask at this stage is do they deserve to be no.1 in odis? I think they do. Atleast they are the most deserving out of the rest. England have played 20odis in the last 1 year and only lost 5, which was in india. A record which is by miles better than all other teams that have played in the same period.
Now since they are no.1, they would need to keep that going. As people say, its easier to reach no.1 but hard to stay there.
England effectively have a chance to be called no.1 in all formats if they manage to win the final test against SA, and win with a gd margin in Odis, and t20. So its no more about tests, its about CRICKET
Also to add, SA hold the same chance of getting to no.1 in all formats if they manage to win the games with the required margin. At the end of this tour, one of these teams will be no.1 in tests, odis, and t20
England No.1 In Odis.
posted on 9/8/12
jpb I agree that in odis the pinnacle is WC, but u hv to agree the wc doesnt tell the full story. many people say would India have won if the wc was in australia or england? So I think that is why rankings help
posted on 10/8/12
Australia aren't that bad, we lost 4-0 to England in a 5 match series. Last time England played in Aus they lost 6-1 in a 7 match series. England have also lost 5-0 to India in recent memory, conditions seem to have a bigger impact on the results than any differences in skill between the teams.
posted on 10/8/12
I remember us stuffing you dunc The other matches are beginning to be a long time ago.
Just think, we lead the way in everything
posted on 10/8/12
NURSE!!! NURSE!!! HE GOT OUT AGAIN!!
posted on 10/8/12
"NURSE!!! NURSE!!! HE GOT OUT AGAIN!!"
Australian's have a sense of humour after all!
posted on 10/8/12
Dunc doesn't know how close to the truth that is
Too much artillery fire me thinks pmsl but what can man do ?
I was surprised to hear that we were nr 1 in ODIs. It wasn't that long ago we could even play the game.
Cricket is in a good place these days. Everybody has a chance of winning something, even Australia lol
posted on 10/8/12
Australia are doing very well in the Olympics, Duncan, you must be proud.
posted on 10/8/12
It's ok, I am born and bred in Scotland
posted on 15/8/12
Wtf ?
posted on 15/8/12
We have just won more than ten of these matches in a row bud, against some good opposition. That said, this was a surprise to me too given we were pretty poor at this format not so long ago.