Brodlach wrote:You clearly love fishing
In all seriousness what would this playing groups ‘claim to fame’ be amongst the other great sides
The Taylor era had the historic West Indies victory
The Steve Waugh side had the series win in India
Not sure the Smith/Cummins era has has had a moment in test cricket where we think they significantly overachieved.
I’m not saying they aren’t the number one side but let’s be real if it was the 90’s India would have a claim to the title given the last two home and away series. We all know if the neutral test was played in Dubai or Sri Lanka, India probably would have won.
Also don’t recall an Australian team drawing a home series against such a low ranked side in my lifetime. Iirc there was a drawn series with NZ in the mid 2000’s but don’t think that compares.
The fact is they haven’t conquered the next best team home or away in India. They haven’t conquered an average arch enemy side on their soil England. They failed and embarrassed the nation in South Africa. They have had a few slip ups at home, 2 x lost series to India and drawn series with West Indies.