Cricket

So we are now the number one test side in the world?  I think I would feel more positive about this if the opposition in the current series had not been so weak.  We've certainly got a good side now - good solid batting all the way down the list, and a potent bowling attack able to deal with pretty well any conditions, but I would really like to see us tested against first-class opposition - which I am afraid the current Indian team are not.  It's an old truism that you can only deal with the opponent you are presented with, but I've got this nasty feeling that our present exalted status is more down to the poor quality of international cricket generally than to any superhuman feats on our part.