Interesting to hear you say Australia gets hammered in the subcontinent. Have you been watching cricket for long? Pretty sure Australia's recent record there involves:
- 3-0 win against Pakistan in 2002-03
- 3-0 win against Sri Lanka in 2004
- 2-1 win against India in 2004
- 2-0 win against Bangladesh in 2006
- 0-2 loss against India in 2008
- 0-2 loss against India in 2010 (would've been 1-1 but for epic last wicket stand)
- 1-0 win against Sri Lanka in 2011 (SL saved by rain in two draws)
So that's five series wins in seven, plus of course about a billion victories in ODIs. I agree with you that India has tended to beat Australia at home, often in a tightly contested matchup, but they're the only ones. Let's not pretend there's a culturally determined subcontinental "lions and lambs" thing going on that might lend legitimacy to India's poor record abroad.
Check out the dates. 2002, 2004...We are talking about the "current Aussies".
And winning against Bangladesh, seriously? That's a quiet an achievement, ain't it?
2-0 twice that shows how bad this side which beat India 4-0 are outside home. Am pretty sure some changes in the Indian side will polish the team's performance.
England, whose home conditions are similar to Aus amshed you in the Ashes. Right now in TEST cricket. It all depends on where and with whom you play.
Clarke has already started announcing that Aus is gonna get back to No.1 spot. Am pretty sure they are better and they will do better than England in Indian and Pak conditions. But winning isn't assured!
Being the No.1 ODI squad..you lost 2-0 in ODIs aswell back in "O" 10.
Repeating it yet again! No team deserves than No.1 spot. It is going to change every fortnight. South Africans truly deserve it, more than anyone else. They got the best squad in the current TEST stats. They just need to work much harder.
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the thing is that there is no team dominating cricket since the end of australian dominance.aussies record at that time was quite good even away and thats why i dont see any deserving no.1 may be saffer but they also not that good
True that!