England do not need to prove themselves on the sub continent to be declared the best test side in the world - a 2 clear test margin against the current "best" side in the world is enough - we all know that. Actually and I am looking at this through blue and red tinted specs, I see nothing in sub continent cricket to get excited about at all - home or away. As was said earlier, it IS cyclical - Eng have been in their trough - I was in Aus in 2007 and it was painfull but at least they were trying and they never gave up trying - my beef with this awful set of Indian cricketers is that they simply dont care and that to my mind is unacceptable. IMHO its time for Fletcher to get the brush out and go for a clean sweep - I dont want to hear about injuries or inexperience or any of those smoke and mirror excuses - they came and they are not preparaed ot interested - and by the by, I dont think it would matter which Indian side had turned up in the Uk, the England team is head and shoulders the superior of any Indian test team - Indian cricket in 2011 it seems to me is driven and besotted by the IPL. I rather suspect the the one day final in Bombay a while ago will be the last thing Indian cricket fans have to celebrate for in some years to come.
Its a great shame with respect to Indians who have commented here that more of the "fair weather" supporters who were more than vocal when India were winning the WC havent sen fit to come on this thread, eat some humble pie and admit that at the moment the team and Indian cricket in general is in the toilet and being absolutely dominated by the English.
England do not need to prove themselves on the sub continent to be declared the best test side in the world - a 2 clear test margin against the current "best" side in the world is enough - we all know that. Actually and I am looking at this through blue and red tinted specs, I see nothing in sub continent cricket to get excited about at all - home or away. As was said earlier, it IS cyclical - Eng have been in their trough - I was in Aus in 2007 and it was painfull but at least they were trying and they never gave up trying - my beef with this awful set of Indian cricketers is that they simply dont care and that to my mind is unacceptable. IMHO its time for Fletcher to get the brush out and go for a clean sweep - I dont want to hear about injuries or inexperience or any of those smoke and mirror excuses - they came and they are not preparaed ot interested - and by the by, I dont think it would matter which Indian side had turned up in the Uk, the England team is head and shoulders the superior of any Indian test team - Indian cricket in 2011 it seems to me is driven and besotted by the IPL. I rather suspect the the one day final in Bombay a while ago will be the last thing Indian cricket fans have to celebrate for in some years to come.
Its a great shame with respect to Indians who have commented here that more of the "fair weather" supporters who were more than vocal when India were winning the WC havent sen fit to come on this thread, eat some humble pie and admit that at the moment the team and Indian cricket in general is in the toilet and being absolutely dominated by the English.