A little under two weeks ago we had a preview of the test series between Pakistan and England. Our belief was like that of many that whilst this Pakistan side were indeed improving England the world number 1 rated side would have to much for the young, inexperienced and on paper overmatched Pakistan team how wrong we were.
England great and former captain Geoffrey Boycott summed up many an England fan thoughts when he told BBC Test Match Special: "I've seen some poor performances in 25 years of playing and 23 years of commentating and that's as bad as I've seen.
England may be the number ranked test nation in the world, but on this evidence it would seem as though they have a lot of work to do if they want to emulate the great Australian side that contain amongst others Warne and McGrath, which dominated world cricket for a decade or so. That Australian team were able to win all over the world and in all different conditions.
This England team seem to be lost playing the spin of Saeed Ajmal the combination of Andrew Strauss, Kevin Pietersen, Eoin Morgan and Ian Bell have scored 162 runs at an average of 10.1 so far in this series and to put that kindly that is simply not good enough.
Since their series victory in Sri Lanka in 2001, England have beaten only Bangladesh in Asia, being held or defeated in seven other Test series. In a era when there is no real dominate force in the test arena this may be able to be overcome, however if this current England team wants to go down as one of the great teams of all time, they must improve greatly in the sub continent.
Although the series is now over the England team will want to finish the series on a high with a win in the 3rd and final test. They will want some confidence as a team and individuals as they head to Sri Lanka next for another test series. The reign of the Captain Andrew Strauss could very much depend on how England’s winter unfolds
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England great and former captain Geoffrey Boycott summed up many an England fan thoughts when he told BBC Test Match Special: "I've seen some poor performances in 25 years of playing and 23 years of commentating and that's as bad as I've seen.
England may be the number ranked test nation in the world, but on this evidence it would seem as though they have a lot of work to do if they want to emulate the great Australian side that contain amongst others Warne and McGrath, which dominated world cricket for a decade or so. That Australian team were able to win all over the world and in all different conditions.
This England team seem to be lost playing the spin of Saeed Ajmal the combination of Andrew Strauss, Kevin Pietersen, Eoin Morgan and Ian Bell have scored 162 runs at an average of 10.1 so far in this series and to put that kindly that is simply not good enough.
Since their series victory in Sri Lanka in 2001, England have beaten only Bangladesh in Asia, being held or defeated in seven other Test series. In a era when there is no real dominate force in the test arena this may be able to be overcome, however if this current England team wants to go down as one of the great teams of all time, they must improve greatly in the sub continent.
Although the series is now over the England team will want to finish the series on a high with a win in the 3rd and final test. They will want some confidence as a team and individuals as they head to Sri Lanka next for another test series. The reign of the Captain Andrew Strauss could very much depend on how England’s winter unfolds
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