Having grown up in the late 80s I had become ritually acustomised to England getting utterly annihilated by West Indies, Australia, South Africa etc. I remember listening to the winter tour in SA before the ashes in 2005 and thinking that a few things had changed and would stay changed. We’ve steadily improved since then and apart from the insane decision to give flintoff the captaincy ahead of Strauss and the serous lack of prep for the ashes in 2007 I’d say we’ve been improving ever since.
Now we are handing out the beatings. How nice is that? After slaughtering Australia we’ve hammered India twice and I dont think it’s over yet. Who the **** do you drop for the next test?? Tremlett? Bresnan? Anderson? Swann? Broad? 😀
My 4 year old was watching with me today, he thinks we’ve always been the best at cricket. 🙂