Originally Posted by
davethecue:
“Could I have a pound on that 
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yep but just off to the bank to get a loan
joke aside being number 1 right now not even that great, not sure I would want to be number 1 out of bunch of bad team or teams that all got weakness and strengths.
far better being number 2 or 3 than being number 1 and then getting humiliated.
it is pretty clear england are not number 1, got the potential yes but they are long way off from being a clear number 1 side.
at the moment the rankings are a cycle teams go up and teams go down.
england right now are on the way up alongside india and then england will go down, india goes up, india goes down, Australia/England or some other teams goes up.
this cycle will never change unless teams can win away now.
Australia will never win away or anywhere the ball moves until they change the wicket in Australia and start preparing spicier deck their, they are literally flat track bullies and the india of the 80/90s.
Englad need to win in Asia and away from home.
india needs to win outside Asia.
same goes with the rest of the teams.
till teams away from home, number 1 ranking is meaningless the rankings were not created for home advantages being so huge.
If anything I want india to be world number 1 so ICC and media around the world can stop using the rankings, although ICC know ranking crap and want something else to make Test cricket special and more important.