Have teams that play Australia go on to win the next series with another country?

[fineleg]

I have seen this happen. India plays Aus - loses the series. Will win the series against the next opponent (or atleast compete quite well). I have seen it happen to other teams that play with Aus as well. They may lose the series against Aus, but will compete very well in their next series. Their game will be lifted up a few notches. (You can exclude the total minnows from this, I'm talking abt Ind, Pak, SL, NZ, SA etc) Is this just my thinking or does stats prove this, or do you folks feel this is the case also?

[Guest Hiten.]

OMG.... I was discussing with one of my friend about Pak series (after the end of Aus series). When i asked him about the chances of Team India in the series vs pak. He said don't worry we will maul pakistan easily. When i asked him why does he think that, he said whenever a team who plays vs Aus, their standard rises automatically near Aus's standard. Brilliant observation, both of y'all

[fineleg]

Playing Aus in Aus will be the toughest of them all. Who are we playing after our tour to Down Under!?? http://content-www.cricinfo.com/india/content/match/schedule.html?team=6;team=1832;team=1854;team=1863;future=1 Does NOT list anything!!??

[zubinpepsi]

South Africa at home

[bharat297]

I think we're playing the Saffies ... should be a nice contest. I got that view too. The good thing is we are playing Australia quite a lot over the next 2 years so hopefully our standard of cricket rises.

[fineleg]

Says a lot about the way Aussies play their cricket. True champions. Do you folks have a link to the dates/venues of Ind vs SA series?

[King]

I'd be interested to know if any team that beats Pakistan go on to beat the next opponent or the other way around?

[Guest Hiten.]

South Africa at home

aaah....thats good... easy team to win over (atleast in TESTS) :two_thumbs_up: saalo proteas... tumne humari tests mein maari thi... ab hum tumhari maarenge

[chanakya]

aaah....thats good... easy team to win over (atleast in TESTS) :two_thumbs_up: saalo proteas... tumne humari tests mein maari thi... ab hum tumhari maarenge

Not really these guys aren't playing spin that badly these days. We might have to prepare a seaming track to get them out :D

[Guest Hiten.]

Not really these guys aren't playing spin that badly these days. We might have to prepare a seaming track to get them out :D

lol...does not matter if they can play spin properly or no.... Kumble kaunsa ball spin karta hain...:cantstop:

[Chandan]

We had lost 2-0 to SA after we lost 3-0 to Australia in 99-00. So??? Think again!

[fineleg]

We had lost 2-0 to SA after we lost 3-0 to Australia in 99-00. So??? Think again!

Thanks for that datapoint. I am not saying this is a 100% guarantee. But this has been my feeling, and seems like some other folks seem to feel this way as well. Thats all. BTW - its not like we'll win the next series. But even if we competed better than we otherwise would have, that is an improvement as well.