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Who is the worse number 1 side to rise to the top of the rankings during last year?
- Thread starter smash84
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Makes much more sense than the ICC rankings, now 
Jacknife
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SL? Which test did they win at home?
Jono
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India lost to England and Australia going in as underdogs with the bookies.
England were the favourites vs. Pakistan. They were the more "hyped" number 1 team. There were doubts over India even when they were number 1, people were arguing constantly.
With England, everyone accepted they were number 1. No one thought a whitewash against Pakistan was even a possibility.
England were the favourites vs. Pakistan. They were the more "hyped" number 1 team. There were doubts over India even when they were number 1, people were arguing constantly.
With England, everyone accepted they were number 1. No one thought a whitewash against Pakistan was even a possibility.
Lostman
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SL hasn't won at home in 2 years, SL are solely road warriors now...
Furball
Evil Scotsman
If the rankings reflected consistency South Africa wouldn't have a shot of being number 1.
Quaggas
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Quaggas
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And why is that? Consistency doesn't necessarily have to mean winning everywhere. India's ranking was built on simply not losing a test series since SL in 08, that's 3 years without losing a test series before they played England and lost. So while they were't hammering down the wins, they weren't losing as much as other teams, which kept them at the top. I remember when we faced the likes of NZ and WI we'd lose points for getting 1-0 results in a 3 match series, simply because the difference in rating points was so huge that anything less than a clean sweep would cost us points. And now that England are # 1 they're points are gonna take a huge hit, especially when they lose to low ranked teams like Pakistan (before this series anyway).
As far as SA is concerned they're stuck at the same place they were 2 years ago, they neither win too much, but they don't lose too much either, most of their scorelines are 1-1. Which keeps them at the same place they were probably at the start of the series. So until they string a bunch of wins together they probably won't move forward, or they can wait till teams ranked above them start losing matches all of a sudden like England just did.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
What? They lost games to England, Australia, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka at home in the last 5-6 years.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
And the West Indies. I think every side bar Bangladesh who's visited South Africa in the last 5 years has won at least one Test.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
They haven't won enough series on a consistent basis IMO. India, despite their flaws, were deserving of their number 1 status. England deserve it just now. South Africa have been nowhere near as consistent as the last 2 holders of the spot.
Quaggas
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OK. I was thinking series.
Quaggas
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So what?
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They shouldn't be losing tests to sides like West Indies, Sri Lanka, etc. at home if they want to be #1.....
ftr, they did whitewash New Zealand the last time they toured.
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They haven't lost series on a consistent basis either, IIRC the last time they lost a series was early 2009 against Australia. Since then no one's beaten them in a series yet, however that's counter balanced by the fact that they haven't won many series against decent ranked opposition, SL is the first team they've beaten in a series in a long time. So they haven't moved up or down from where they were about 2 years ago.