Might as well been our last WC

[epitaph]

Originally Posted by anon4567
Look at the positives: We overtook Scotland in 1999, overtook Kenya and Zimbabwe in 2004-5. Our win against India in 2007 was only our 5th win against a g8 team. We have come a great distance since then. We have slowly, but surely improved, and I think if we keep up our WC form we are more than capable of overtaking West Indies in ODI ranking.

Agreed. It's silly to say we haven't improved in ODIs. Technical level of players, the mental aspect (though that still needs a lot of work), performance, and results all improved.

Test is where we're having trouble. We're improving at snail's pace.

With more and more better, technically decent players emerging, our T20 form should improve a little, but we won't be producing a bunch of big hitters anytime soon, and more importantly, experiences from leagues like the IPL are paramount for T20 success. Our players will only get such experience once we establish ourselves as a good ODI team. And to establish ourselves as such, we've to perform like a "top 9" team continuously for 2 years.