If England wins the current test cricket series against India, it’ll be the undisputed number 1 test nation.
Australia has been beaten at cricket by England a lot in recent years and yet many Australians won’t face up to the fact that there’s only one reason for this. It’s the same reason Australia hasn’t done very well in the football World Cup or at rugby union: Our teams are not as good at cricket/football/rugby as the other teams.
Got it? No? The other teams have better and more skilful players than our teams*.
The common Australian delusion that our players automatically possess the greatest natural gifts and physical prowess on the planet and, therefore, deserve to win is insular as it’s adolescent. It’s also demonstrably not the case. Worse, it holds us back.
As Mr C. Evans has recently demonstrated, success comes from guts, determination, skills (natural and acquired) and bloody hard work. When we face the truth that it’s not bad luck but lack of talent that’s seen us bested in the test arena we will begin to win again.
* Messrs Genia and Cooper excepted.
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