The Cricket Thread
Nov 7th 2015 | 8:35 pm
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Nov 7th 2015 | 8:44 pm
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Neither side batted well against spin - they were just not as bad as us!
Nov 7th 2015 | 9:12 pm
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Either very good bowling or very poor batting 
Nov 8th 2015 | 7:30 pm
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Yes, the posts stopped after SA had India in trouble on day 1 and no posts about England at all, going down 2-0 to Pakistan. Meanwhile someone beat someone else by over 200 runs in only losing 8 wickets for the match.
Nov 9th 2015 | 10:43 pm
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Indeed.
Nov 9th 2015 | 11:03 pm
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Nov 10th 2015 | 2:22 pm
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Still a bit of daylight between S.A. and the rest. 
ICC rankings - Test, ODI, Twenty20 & Women rankings | ESPN Cricinfo
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Nov 10th 2015 | 9:22 pm
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Still a bit of daylight between S.A. and the rest.
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Nov 10th 2015 | 9:46 pm
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Nov 11th 2015 | 1:40 am
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Let's just see what the rankings say after SA have played India 3 more times and Australia has played NZ twice more and Windies 3 times in the next few months.
Nov 11th 2015 | 3:54 pm
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Even if we lose this series to India (I think we'll draw it), Australia would have to win everything and we'd have to get beaten by England 4 zip
Ain't gonna happen
Nov 11th 2015 | 8:28 pm
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1 Ratings haven't been updated since 5th Nov and SA and England lost and Aus and Pak both won since then.
2 Almost a case of insufficient data - SA have played fewer tests than any of the top 8 in the rankings period.
3 It will happen eventually that someone will displace SA, it's just a question of when.
Nov 11th 2015 | 9:50 pm
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Nor Springboks winning 2015 RWC.
1 Ratings haven't been updated since 5th Nov and SA and England lost and Aus and Pak both won since then.
2 Almost a case of insufficient data - SA have played fewer tests than any of the top 8 in the rankings period.
3 It will happen eventually that someone will displace SA, it's just a question of when.
1 Ratings haven't been updated since 5th Nov and SA and England lost and Aus and Pak both won since then.
2 Almost a case of insufficient data - SA have played fewer tests than any of the top 8 in the rankings period.
3 It will happen eventually that someone will displace SA, it's just a question of when.
2. So then all teams would need to play exactly the same number of tests for it to be anything meaningful. How many tests should they all play for it to be "sufficient"?
3. Sure it will, just as the ebbs and flows of all sport over time have revealed. But at this point in time they are number 1 in the rankings and have been for a fairly long time. If you don't agree with rankings then take it up with the ICC, as they run them.
