Having whipped Australia, the Indians now look set to take on England. Is cricket headed for a new world order, asks Rob Steen in the Financial Times
When Australia’s cricket team flew to India early last month they had their sights on matching one of the game’s longest-standing records. When they flew home this week, they had been soundly beaten and captain Ricky Ponting faced fierce criticism. Even those with a poor sense of smell scented an era’s end.
A ninth consecutive victory in a Test series would have equalled England’s sequence between 1884 and 1892. Instead, Australia dominated the first two days of the opening Test but allowed India’s eighth-wicket pair to save the follow-on. Then they were drubbed in the second Test and spent the last two chasing shadows.
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