Ex-Number One England

[wizzy]

P_R India were coming off a worldcup high/no.1 ranking in tests/were plauged by injuries/trinities @ their last legs and were expectedly caught offguard..Eng were whitewashed by Paks..don't remember India not winning a single test in any of their overseas series whilst they were @ top.

[P_R]

Heck Broad bowled well in that disaster tour in abidhabi. Teasing lines, breaking partnerships..
Here he was doing nothing. Everyone had so much time to play him

[Plum]

Pre AshesnA? Earlier that year, they beat who? A match fixing Pakistan and Australia who dominated that series. They were lucky to win that Ashes 2009. 2010la yaaru> New zealandA? Oh yeah Bangkadesh> Sorry you dont get #1 for beating Bangladesh

[P_R]

A match fixing Pakistan

Spot fixing = match fixing-A?
Pak even won one of the matches, didn't they?
That one match alone they were not seththa paambus?
Possibly that one match alone the bookies didn't finance the throwing?
Or they did finance the throwing but England sucked so bad, that they lost even then?

And Pak were formidable contestants in English conditions because their bowling was strong. They were let down by their batsmen.

and Australia who dominated that series.

Unselected. It was a more than even contest.

The series where they were dominated but managed to draw is the tour to SAfrica right after that. adhai chonnAlAvadhu oru nyAyam irukku.

[ajithfederer]

Plum ipdi ellam nottai sonninganna India were never #1 to start with/

[P_R]

Plum ipdi ellam nottai sonninganna India were never #1 to start with/

appadinnu naan sollalappA

[Plum]

Irukkattum. I am not ticket buyer for India - my only interest in india cricket is Sach, Rah, VVS, aduppadi, varadhukutty. Convenient point mattum eduthukittu badhil sonnA epdi? You said England were spiritual #1 for more than one year. When? How? I didn't claim about this spiritual ramdev nithyananda #1 and all for india. Your ball to play.

India were numeric #1 for more than 2 years. For a team that has been mediocre for 70 years , that was huge. Ivlo dhaan enga claim. Adhuvum on back of koyandhayapaya bowling attacknu naangale solrom. You are the one who bought ticket for great bowling batting of this England. You are the british overhyping feller here. We are DTE

[P_R]

Convenient point mattum eduthukittu badhil sonnA epdi?

Pray, what is the 'incovenient' point I ignored?

You said England were spiritual #1 for more than one year. When? How? I didn't claim about this spiritual ramdev nithyananda #1 and all for india. Your ball to play.

More than comprehensively answered.
Very conservatively speaking, IMO they entered the Ashes 2009/10 as the top test team in the waeld. And they hung on till they lost in Dubai. More than one year.

We also didn't win outside home. You also didn't win outside home (Aus is home only for you; plus they were seththa paambus), therefore both are same-nu solla pArkkureenga. appadiyE vachchukkunga-nu solREn.

You are the one who bought ticket for great bowling batting of this England. You are the british overhyping feller here.

enna overhype-u? Their victories everywhere were pretty much bowling led. Anderson, Broad and Swann. And now they've lost because those guy did not deliver.

We are DTE

appadinnA?

Dobell konjam overA pongittAn 'naalum. 10 innings defeat out of 20 wins. Effecting such comprehensive routs in Ashes ellAm reasonable grounds for euphoria.
Atherton, Stewart keezha paththu varusham pichchai eduththuvanukku dhaan adhellAm puriyum. unakku puriyAdhu, nee South Indian.

[Plum]

Spot fixing = match fixing-A?
Pak even won one of the matches, didn't they?
That one match alone they were not seththa paambus?
Possibly that one match alone the bookies didn't finance the throwing?
Or they did finance the throwing but England sucked so bad, that they lost even then?

And Pak were formidable contestants in English conditions because their bowling was strong. They were let down by their batsmen.

Spot fixing was found. But given the circumstances, given that Pak were formidable contestants and outstanding in bowling, how do you explain 169 for Stuart Broad? Surely he is not that talented with the bat? He has never been able to replicate that. Even Strauss conceded that it is hard to evaluate that match performances with normal parameters now. Even Kapil had a outlier 175 but that was against Zimbabwe. Anyway, even assuming this is speculation and not true, the batsmen simply caved in against a high quality attakc barring that outlier century by Broad and some decent effors by Trott. After that, the first quality attack Cook and co faced is current series - and what happened?

[Plum]

IMO they entered the Ashes 2009/10 as the top test team in the waeld. And they hung on till they lost in Dubai. More than one year.

Disingenuous.

Spiritually:
1. England #1 claims - can start at the point of Ashes series(end of the series when they showcased a outstanding performance). Ends at end of India tour in 2011. Less than a year. After that, they twiddled thumbs at home until the Dubai tour. Ok, even if you include that tour about 1.25 years as "Spiritual Baba
Ramdev Swami Nithyananda #1"
2. Actual #1 numerically - less than one year
3. More importantnly, spiritually they lost the #1 in the very first series after becoming #1

India - numeric #1 as 2 years. Atleast, showed "Spiritual Baba Ramdev Swami Nithyananda #1" credentials in retaining that ranking atleast 2-3 times against a Strong South African team. And away from home at that, once. Atleast, they fought for their ranking for about a year. Your boys?
Winston Churchill, John Major, Maggie Thatcher, Prince Charles, Faramasivan, Frabhu Ram, do you hear me Frabhu Ram? Your boys took one hell of a beating