England is now the best team in the world of test cricket. It stood in the podium after the hat-trick victory against the mighty Indians who were trashed like the minnows. What is the secret behind the success of the present England team? What made them actually to attain the No:1 spot?
The England team started its series of victories in Test cricket before the world cup and the Ashes are the one worthy remembering. Though they had a great league stage world cup matches, they were knocked out later. However their domination in the test cricket prevailed and it was again proved through the victory against the Sri Lankan team followed by the massive victory against the mighty Indians. The team is completely balanced and it is not dependent on a particular player, the entire 11 is contributing to the match with a good strength in the bench too. Probably the county matches are the prime reason behind the success rate in the English team, where as the Indian players are purely focusing on short time matches like that in IPL which gives them more money.
England Team - Formidable Test TeamHaving a look at the squad and the players form one can easily say how formidable they are against the opponent and particularly in their home turf.
- Strauss and Cook are now the best opening test pair.
- Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pieterson, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan form a mighty middle order with great form.
- Stuart Broad ,Tim Bresnan,Graeme Swann have an impressive bowling attack combined with effective batting skills in the low order when the team has given away their batting line up.
- Anderson is in form with his ball and troubling the opponents with swing combined with the pace.
- Matt Prior too is a regular contributor to the team.
- Bopara, Tremlet, Finn give a mighty back up to the squad.
