Stuff the Poms, lets play India every second year!

[Frank Gallagher]

Who'll ride with me on this one?

India are always entertaining to play, I look forward to an Indian tour much more than an England one.

 

[Blue1980]

Who'll ride with me on this one?

India are always entertaining to play, I look forward to an Indian tour much more than an England one.

Well we play them the same regularity.

But make 5 tests here and there, 4 is just odd

 

[Frank Gallagher]

Well we play them the same regularity.

But make 5 tests here and there, 4 is just odd

Wouldn't work, there'd be minimal time to play anyone else.

 

[frankrizzo]

We have played them 5 times in just over 6 years as it is, how much more can we play them?

 

[Frank Gallagher]

We have played them 5 times in just over 6 years as it is, how much more can we play them?

In tests?

Most of us dont GAF about white ball cricket.

 

[frankrizzo]

Yup 5 test series since oct 2010, 3 in india and 2 here.

 

[Tallest]

Oh god no!
Skum team and even worse skum supporters.

 

[JG22]

BCCI wouldn't have it.

They've been humiliated every time they've come here for the last century.

 

[PhatBoy]

BCCI wouldn't have it.

They've been humiliated every time they've come here for the last century.

Last tour they drew twice, and in hindsight probably should have drawn the series save for a collapse with victory in sight in Adelaide.

Two tours before that, Clarke had to take three wickets in an over at about 6.28pm on day five to earn a series win.

The tour before that, Australia scrounged a draw seven wickets down in the final test to earn a series draw.

Realistically since 2004 only SA and England have out performed India in Australia.

 

[Frank Gallagher]

Last tour they drew twice, and in hindsight probably should have drawn the series save for a collapse with victory in sight in Adelaide.

Two tours before that, Clarke had to take three wickets in an over at about 6.28pm on day five to earn a series win.

The tour before that, Australia scrounged a draw seven wickets down in the final test to earn a series draw.

Realistically since 2004 only SA and England have out performed India in Australia.

Australia is where it matters though, win here and you earn respect, not an easy thing to do though.

 

[SilentHunter_]

No thanks.

 

[JG22]

Last tour they drew twice, and in hindsight probably should have drawn the series save for a collapse with victory in sight in Adelaide.

Two tours before that, Clarke had to take three wickets in an over at about 6.28pm on day five to earn a series win.

The tour before that, Australia scrounged a draw seven wickets down in the final test to earn a series draw.

Realistically since 2004 only SA and England have out performed India in Australia.

It was an incredibly exaggerated statement.

Although they haven't actually won a series here in 80 odd years.

One of the most incredible stats existing in the game

 

[Frank Gallagher]

It was an incredibly exaggerated statement.

Although they haven't actually won a series here in 80 odd years.

One of the most incredible stats existing in the game

And they won't anytime soon either, next time they tour they can expect a pace battery of Stark-Hazlewood-Cummins and Pattinson, added bonus with that group is 3 of them can bat allowing us to play a specialist spinner as well.

 

[Marshland]

I prefer India and England equally.

Both conditions are challenging for batting and bowling alike, and both are reasonably competitive in Aus when they feel like it.

 

[frankrizzo]

Outside of that one series in 2011 england have been bloody awful in Australia since the mid 1980's, those two 5-0 series that book ended that 3-1 win of theirs were brutal beatings.

 

[Frank Gallagher]

Outside of that one series in 2011 england have been bloody awful in Australia since the mid 1980's, those two 5-0 series that book ended that 3-1 win of theirs were brutal beatings.

England and SA will only ever beat us here when we're in transition, we'll beat them in their backyard when their at full strength though.

 

[frankrizzo]

SA have beaten us at home 3 in a row, not in any way comparable to england who have one series win here in 30 years.

 

[avishka5]

And they won't anytime soon either, next time they tour they can expect a pace battery of Stark-Hazlewood-Cummins and Pattinson, added bonus with that group is 3 of them can bat allowing us to play a specialist spinner as well.

Good lucky getting them all fit and firing at the same time. Atleast one or two of them will be injured at anyone time.

 

[baburao]

Australia is where it matters though, win here and you earn respect, not an easy thing to do though.

who said it matters in australia? only for you australians maybe. If you win in India, you will get respect and that is not easy thing to do.

winning matters everywhere.

 

[baburao]

It was an incredibly exaggerated statement.

Although they haven't actually won a series here in 80 odd years.

One of the most incredible stats existing in the game

India would have won a series in australia if your players wouldn't have cheated and steve bucknor wouldn't have given poor decisions in australia's favor.
India will definitely win a test series in australia under kohli if australians do not use unfair practices.

 

[baburao]

BCCI wouldn't have it.

They've been humiliated every time they've come here for the last century.

do you even know the meaning of humiliation? humiliation is what your australian team got before this series when they lost 6 consecutive tests in India.
India was robbed off a test series victory in australia and also have couple of drawn series in australia.
India has done reasonably well in australia as compared to other asian teams. Pakistan has not even won a SINGLE test match yet in australia.

 

[Demosthenes]

We should play both England and India less often. It's bad for Test cricket globally.

I'd rather they set up a proper international Test schedule and reduce these long bilateral series to special tours (similar to the British and Irish Lions in rugby).

It was all very well to constantly play long tours back in the days when there were half a dozen Test nations and one format, but it's just not practical any more. I love a big long meaty series between two top countries as much as anyone, but it's killing the game.

 

[PhatBoy]

Australia is where it matters though, win here and you earn respect, not an easy thing to do though.

Not as much as you used to earn.

 

[PhatBoy]

England and SA will only ever beat us here when we're in transition, we'll beat them in their backyard when their at full strength though.

Somewhat harsh to put a decade's worth of defeats to SA as being down to transition. How hard is it to just accept that they've been the better side in the majority of meetings in that period? You could argue they're still transitioning from the Kallis and Smith era (not to mention being without de Villiers and Steyn for the series win this summer)

 

[SherbertLemon]

India would have won a series in australia if your players wouldn't have cheated and steve bucknor wouldn't have given poor decisions in australia's favor.
India will definitely win a test series in australia under kohli if australians do not use unfair practices.

Hahahahahahaha k bro