England beat India to become world number one Test side

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After destroying India by an Innings and 242 Runs


RANKINGS AS THEY STAND
England 124
India 119
South Africa 118
Sri Lanka 108
Australia 100
Pakistan 93
West Indies 89
New Zealand 78
Bangladesh 9


ENGLAND SINCE MAY 2009
Beat West Indies 2-0 (home)
Beat Australia 2-1 (home)
Draw 1-1 with South Africa (away)
Beat Bangladesh 2-0 (away)
Beat Bangladesh 2-0 (home)
Beat Pakistan 3-1 (home)
Beat Australia 3-1 (away)
Beat Sri Lanka 1-0 (home)
Lead India 3-0 (home)


We might not be World #1 at Football at the minute but Cricket will do for now

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/14516554.stm

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India are an embarrassment to cricket just like all other asian teams in general are only good when the wickets are spinning. That being said fair play to England i still think they themselves are an average team at best and are just the best of a realy really really really bad bunch of teams at the moment

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England captain Andrew Strauss says his team still need to improve if they are to succeed on their winter tours.

The world number #1 side play three Tests against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi before two matches in Sri Lanka.

"It's very different out there in the heat and humidity, so we need to keep adapting our skills," said Strauss.

"Winning away from home is more difficult. That's an area of the world where we still need to improve, and it's going to be a big challenge."

England wrapped up a 4-0 series whitewash over India with an innings-and-eight-run win over the tourists at The Oval on Monday.

Strauss's men are unbeaten in their last nine Test series, and England have not tasted a series defeat at home since 2008 - against South Africa.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/14619983.stm

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India were just awful, Dravid was the only player who looked like he had any fight in him, and maybe Dhoni, they were just all over the place in all 4 tests