107 to win with 6 wickets intact...

[janzman]

...31 runs later we've lost all 6... and the match by 75 runs...how how how can this be so.England simply accepts that we will lose a spinning contest in the sub continent conditions in the same way we accept that we will win in speed and swing friendly conditions when we play host to India,Pakistan and currently Sri Lanka
.It is not possible to be No.1 test cricketing nation with that philosophy.
The best is... any competition...anywhere in the world...anytime...and that at the moment is South Africa with an emerging..(as ever)..Australia

[janzman]

...and WI...

[jno]

most teams are finding it hard to succeed away from home these days. Even SA only won 1-0 in NZ, hampered by the weather and their own conservatism.