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Should Ian Bell be worrying about his place? Recent test scores: India: 7 WI: 0,0,1,143,11 NZ: 1 With one notable exception, that is not even dodgy, that is rabbit-esque.

Lovely stuff. Exactly the sort of batting we are used to seeing* with England. :claps2: :claps2: *when they're playing in a limited over World Cup group game and bowling against Holland, Ireland or Bangladesh.

Yes it is cyclical. But whereas SA and Australia oscilate between being the best and say 4th at worst, we rarely trouble #1 and are usually at 3 or 4, sometimes a good deal lower. Australia were probably at their poorest in that fairly recently series in Aus where we beat them 3-1, and I...

Yes, it is indeed all about money. Nothing to do with the level we play out. And there isn't a sane cricket follower out there who genuinely believes England are the third best test team in the world.

I always find it utterly cringeworthy that we deem to give "lesser" nations the odd three test match series as a warm up for bigger challenges to come, yet as is the case with New Zealand, quite often these teams are MILES better than our own bags of piss. It won't be long before the likes of...