Best test series of all time?

[Gollum]

2020-21 BGT can never be beaten.

 

Distant second will be 2005 Ashes. 

 

[Lone Wolf]

12 hours ago, Lord said:

We don't rate our home series highly.

 

2017 BGT, 2024 Eng series, 2016 Eng series were all epic

2017 BGT has a legit shout.. it was epic.  

2016 and 2024 are standard 4-5 match test series.. where one odd game is close or a home team drops an odd game.

[putrevus]

16 hours ago, Lord said:

Karun, Sai still failed with the bat. As did Pope,Stokes with occasional flashes

Stokes is an allrounder so he did alright.Other three don't belong in international cricket. Pope is on very short leash, he is not going to play for long.

[vvvslaxman]

9 hours ago, Gollum said:

2020-21 BGT can never be beaten.

 

Distant second will be 2005 Ashes. 

 

2021 BGT has to be divided into two parts

 

With Kohli

Without Kohli

 

I understand we took the lead before bowled out for 36. But pink ball turned that test into a farce. 

 

First one was a nightmare. But in this 5 test series INdia could have potentially won all of them

[Lord]

5 hours ago, putrevus said:

Stokes is an allrounder so he did alright.Other three don't belong in international cricket. Pope is on very short leash, he is not going to play for long.

 

Pope was the captain in last game. He's clearly being backed

[putrevus]

27 minutes ago, Lord said:

 

Pope was the captain in last game. He's clearly being backed

Nair was also backed over Eswaran , it doesn’t mean much. Even they scored some runs in this series.

 

 

Pope had 100 and other two  scoring two fifties.

[Gollum]

Pope is sasta Ian Bell. At least Bell turned it around in second half of his career. Pope will score 1 decent to good knock every test series and do a missing act in others, like post-2016 Rahane. 

Edited August 7, 2025 by Gollum

[KV244]

7 hours ago, Gollum said:

Pope is sasta Ian Bell. At least Bell turned it around in second half of his career. Pope will score 1 decent to good knock every test series and do a missing act in others, like post-2016 Rahane. 

Pope should not be compared to Ian Bell because Ian Bell played on difficult England Pitches. While Pope is playing on Flat England Pitches and Still is inconsistent Batsman.

[KV244]

Best Test Series of all time is 2020-21 BGT

[vvvslaxman]

Border says "i was lucky enough to stay awake and watch the match"

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH_I2k02RT4&ab_channel=FoxCricket