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Originally Posted by mr chris
Hopefully the next series will be a tighter one.
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I hope so too. 
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Originally Posted by mr chris
I look forward to the one day series now, hopefully England can try and salvage some sort of pride in the last 2 matches and the one dayers.
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Again, I also hope that the last two Tests are tight and tough encounters. If there is a Test that I think England can win then it will be at Sydney. It's not all doom and gloom for the Test side. The long term future for England looks good with a young and exciting batting line up that will only get better with experience. They have a world class spinner who should be an integral part of the England team for the next decade. Not to mention they have a world class pace attack when Simon Jones is fit and they have age on their side. So yeah, there are plenty of positives for England. 
However, I can't say much though in terms of England's one day team. They are poor and that is being generous. One of their most consistent and best one day players Marcus Trescothick is back in England. Steve Harmison can't bowl for some strange reason with a white ball. The only sides below England in the ICC One Day world rankings are Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, and Kenya. Hardly encouraging for England on the one day front. If England want to be considered the best cricket nation then they will have to seriously address the ills of their one day game. At the moment England are just simply not good enough and lack the disciplines required and skill of one day cricket. 
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