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March 16, 2006
Posted by Chris on 03/16/2006 in England
It seems a fashionable moment in time to be having a crack at England. Sir Viv Richards has proclaimed the criteria for “greatness” (and to be fair, he’s one of only a handful of people that can get away with doing so) and has found England wanting.
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December 1, 2005
Posted by Ken Tinker on 12/01/2005 in England
September 12, 2005: The Ashes are England's, the crowds were celebrating in the streets, and numerous and loud were the English fans claiming their team as the world's number one Test nation. Having defeated Australia, on the back of 18 months of glory, there seemed to be some weight to their words...
December 1, 2005: Less than 3 months later, and not even England's blindly patriotic commentators seem to want to push the case of their countrymen’s world dominance. England have been worn down in Pakistan, and even with the help of some very ordinary umpiring decisions, have been made to look very average. All of this begs the question - how good ARE England?
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