by sussexpob » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:34 am
The away stats indicate a completely flawed picture of the last 5 years achievements, should you add in a minuscule amount of supporting information. To take it simply, in the last 5 calendar years (which is the period suggested, yet weirdly the stats clearly dont include series in this period probably because it doesnt support certain bias) if we were to compare India and England's test match performances with regards to the current strengths of teams based on the ICC rankings......
England have beaten the top ranked team away (India) in a series, have beaten the 2nd ranked team away in a series (SA), have not lost a test to the 4th ranked team (NZ, ENG are ranked 3rd, 3 drawn tests), and had no victories against the 5th ranked team (Australia).
In contrast, India have lost their only series in South Africa, lost their only series in England, lost their only series in New Zealand, and lost their only series in Australia...... with 1 test victory in 14 matches, and at least 3 drawn test by memory they were well behind in (didnt South Africa come within a boundary of beating them in that 1st test in SA, for instance? And Australia have them 7 down and nowhere near targets in 2nd innings twice in the OZ series before time ran out?)
I know which is more impressive.
India do very well away to the three worst teams, which is where all but 1 victory in these stats come from.
I know which effort is more historically prestigious
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