Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2014?

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Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2014?

Australia
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Bangladesh
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England
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India
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New Zealand
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Pakistan
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5%
South Africa
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Sri Lanka
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West Indies
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Zimbabwe
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Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2014?

Postby from_the_stands » Sat Dec 21, 2013 1:55 pm

Who will it be? :dunno
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Re: Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2

Postby SaintPowelly » Sat Dec 21, 2013 1:57 pm

Probably England, although it has started already.
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Re: Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sat Dec 21, 2013 2:29 pm

England seem the most likely, though we won't be playing many away Tests in 2014, so home conditions may give us a fighting chance against india. Hopefully we'll have too much for SL in May.
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Re: Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2

Postby DiligentDefence » Sat Dec 21, 2013 2:33 pm

I have a real worry that the West Indies could fall apart completely.
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Re: Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2

Postby SaintPowelly » Sat Dec 21, 2013 3:42 pm

DiligentDefence wrote:I have a real worry that the West Indies could fall apart completely.


I think once you get Ramaul,Roach and Gayle back in the side, they will be better.
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Re: Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2

Postby DiligentDefence » Sat Dec 21, 2013 3:46 pm

SaintPowelly wrote:
DiligentDefence wrote:I have a real worry that the West Indies could fall apart completely.


I think once you get Ramaul,Roach and Gayle back in the side, they will be better.

A fully fit Rampaul and Roach for a prolonged period would be good. I don't think Gayle is interested.
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Re: Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2

Postby andy » Sat Dec 21, 2013 7:14 pm

Zimbabwe, purely for the fact that i think they will completely drop out of test cricket again...domestic games constantly being forfeited due to strikes, and players not being paid etc..
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Re: Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2

Postby Durhamfootman » Sat Dec 21, 2013 9:40 pm

Arthur Crabtree wrote:England seem the most likely, though we won't be playing many away Tests in 2014, so home conditions may give us a fighting chance against india. Hopefully we'll have too much for SL in May.

which is why I went for SL

it seems to me that Bang, Zim, and WI haven't got far enough to fall to experience the biggest decline. (is Zim a test nation?)
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Re: Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2

Postby dan08 » Sat Dec 21, 2013 10:11 pm

Durhamfootman wrote:
Arthur Crabtree wrote:England seem the most likely, though we won't be playing many away Tests in 2014, so home conditions may give us a fighting chance against india. Hopefully we'll have too much for SL in May.

which is why I went for SL

it seems to me that Bang, Zim, and WI haven't got far enough to fall to experience the biggest decline. (is Zim a test nation?)

Zimbabwe still play Test cricket. They beat Pakistan a few months ago.
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Re: Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2

Postby alfie » Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:00 am

Bit hard to guess given the way teams are going up and down lately...

I mean only a few weeks ago the leading candidates for a rotten 2013 were probably the Australian team who had lost seven and drawn two of their last nine matches...what a difference a month can make :)

West Indies can't have far to fall , can they ? If SA were to lose this Test Mini-Series to India (possible at time of writing ) and then get turned over by Australia , who have a fair record against them even when not at their best , it would probably be them , on the "further to fall" principle...

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Re: Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2

Postby Chris de Burgh » Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:38 pm

SL
Been in a downward spiral for a while now and losing Dilshan hasn't helped their cause. Plus the shambolic way the board has been run in SL gives them little hope for optimism imo
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Re: Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2

Postby ddb » Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:57 pm

What are the reasons for India?
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Re: Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2

Postby Alviro Patterson » Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:23 am

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Re: Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2

Postby shankycricket » Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:28 am

ddb wrote:What are the reasons for India?

I think we'll be fine. Looking forward to the summer battle with England. Should be close. Hopefully, a couple more senior Eng players would've retired by then..... :hide
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Re: Which Test team will experience the biggest decline in 2

Postby shankycricket » Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:29 am

SaintPowelly wrote:
DiligentDefence wrote:I have a real worry that the West Indies could fall apart completely.


I think once you get Ramaul,Roach and Gayle back in the side, they will be better.

Gayle? In Test cricket? :lmaoagain
Didn't he play the India tests and looked as much of a Test player as Darren Sammy?
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