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Who says ranking is farce?


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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article6942221.ece This guy does, and here is my response. Why should beating Auz/SA in Auz/SA be the benchmark? some one commented - when India plays on indian pitches, they have 'unfair' advantage as they grew up there. Same applies to Auz or any team, home advantage has been there for every team to take. As for bouncy pitches. - Spin is as much within the rules of cricket as is Pace bowling. You cant say a team/batsmen is better than others just because they have mastered one skill. In fact - consider this - relatively speaking - a batsmen has more time to judge and play spinner than a pace bowler. So if SA/Auz/Eng cant play spin then that is more embarrassing. As of now India/SL/Pak have very much potent (if not better) allround bowling (pace+spin) as compared to SA/Aus/Eng, who can perform on pace/slow pitches alike. As for Batting wickets - thats for the both teams playing to take advantage of. And why should always batsmen be tested on 'bowler' friendly wicket, why can not we test Bolwers on batsmen friendly wicket? Ranking - as everyone has pointed out - ranking was not designed in 2000 to conspire India/SL to reach on top. It worked for Aus/SA for 9 years, and now working for India.
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