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Which test team is currently the best in 2024?
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Owzat
U19 Captain
aussies should have lost to England, England are a bit too gung ho/bazballsy for their own good, great when your bowlers can keep you in the game and usually helpful conditions to eg Anderson, but seems to be unravelling
many will pinpoint X, Y or Z, name and blame eg Bairstow, but fact is you can't go to India, biff, bash, bosh and expect to build a total with no substance.
Three centuries granted, but take away each of 1-7s HS and apart from Crawley who got to fifty FOUR times then got out before he reached 80 the rest averaged 22 or less from their other 9 innings..... bazballs may well work for players like Duckett and Crawley, think it doesn't really with the rest and they don't know whether to stick or twist
aussies were lucky to survive in the Ashes, gifted a win in the 1st Test thanks to a dopey declaration and then England not being able to polish off their lower order in the 2nd innings, fortunate with the rain - fortunate if it saves you, unfortunate if it doesn't, happens for you sometimes, against you other times.
so on balance India who have a strong home record, and yet in spite of being spin central produced also Bumrah, Siraj and Shami with a decent batting line up that if not undone by swing is usually as strong as any side.
can't see past India, be a laugh to see if anyone voted England, would have thought kiwis might have been the third or simply go with 4-5 and "Other"
Red_Ink_Squid
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HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
Moral champions
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
Little evidence to suggest otherwise
Coronis
International Coach
Actual results don’t save test cricket
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
If we look at latest record, India did draw in Eng and SA and have the strongest home record, so they have the edge for now but if they lose in Aus it will switch.
Aus will have to beat jndia in India for it to switch
all that will show is a level of parity
by the way this admission must be really hard for you
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Not really. No team is really well ahead of the others.
other than the team that’s undefeated at home for twelve years and undefeated elsewhere other than NZ. This all must by very difficult for you.
edit: won every series at home.
PlayerComparisons
International Vice-Captain
England haven’t won a test series since 2022 apparently. At least they’re doing very well in white ball cricket.
TheJediBrah
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Coronis
International Coach
#bazball
Slifer
International Captain
I disagree. Australia has to beat India by at least 2 tests for me to put them ahead of India. Why? Because Australia drew at home to WI. India ain't doing that anytime soon. So India the best atm imo, until they are heavily beaten by any team.
TheJediBrah
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Unless Australia white wash India next year and it doesn't prove anything
They should be beating them at home
They should be beating them at home
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
I suspect had India toured England under the Stokes leadership and lost their premier fast bowler to injury, they'd have been staring down the barrel of a 4-1 defeat.
Home conditions are so key in current Test Cricket and India's are more alien to the other strong nations. They're probably the current number 1, but they're never going to win a WTC in England straight after an IPL unless they meet SL in the Final.
Home conditions are so key in current Test Cricket and India's are more alien to the other strong nations. They're probably the current number 1, but they're never going to win a WTC in England straight after an IPL unless they meet SL in the Final.