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Allow the supposed lesser teams (NZ and SA in particular) the opportunity to play a flood of longer series (at least 4 tests long) and I guarantee that they can put up a better show than India and in particular England can.

On what basis? Ticket sales? TV rights?

You don't want competitive series then. You just want to flog a horse that is already dead by the end of the 2nd test.

cough Hobart 2011

Tell me, why do the Poms deserve 5 tests when they tour? Do the usual dead rubbers at the MCG/SCG add anything to what is already a foregone conclusion?

You mean the series where you had to roll out highways to negate our seam attack?

The amount of pampering the Poms get with 5 test tours is atrocious. 3 or 4 tests are more than enough when they tour.

Or you're just scared of being shown up at home.

Hardly a gold standard. Try somebody like Hayden instead.

Southee has always been known to can give it a good tonk.

Kohli?

They never have (50+ batsman or 25- bowler) in the contemporary era. While the rest of the world churns out Pontings and Tendulkars and Laras and Warnes and Muralis and Wasims and Steyns, England's best lot have been the and Vaughans and Cooks and Andersons who are subpar at best, and if...

As long as England can't produce champion batsmen and bowlers (say 50+ avg with the bat and 25- with the ball) like the other nations, they will always be struggling.

The Poms losing the plot here. This constantly happens to them against the other big two nations.

Then again, the Ashes - especially the ones in Australia - aren't really competitive either.

Look up the result of the 2019 semi final.

We would have won against India 9 times out of 10 if the pitch wasn't rigged to suit a coin toss.

Give us fair playing conditions and it's game on. But no the ICC have to favour the big-3, from pitches to the silly 2019 tied game rule and whatnot.

Gutted as I believe if we could get past this hurdle we can dispose off Aus or SA easy.

**** this. Rigged pitch. Rigged toss. India are cheating their way to a WC final.

Maxwell being too risky. He needs to be deft, not slog his way to victory.

No heart FFS. Look at Afghanistan - they are putting their heart and souls into it. Our lot will only turn up if an IPL or T20 is on the line. Disgrace.

Are we knocked out if we lose this?

Where will the 2027 50-over World Cup be held?

Well that ended well.

Way to go Starcers. Takes it down to 180 to win.

Calling it early: Australia to come back from behind and win this. MoTM: Labuschagne for an unbeaten 160*

Let's not be 2 down by stumps FGS.

Pity Warner missed out on this game tbh.

He's a 3rd spinner. Pretty sure he won't get a game in England of all places.