Tests: New Zealand, Australia. Practically, if the match is in England, we do not have any chance to win against a top test country.Sin Hombre wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2023 12:42 amCricket has 3 competitive teams. Even with that, we have won zero ICC trophies in a decade.
Way more than 3 countries have including multiple times. Our cricket performance under Kohli/Rohit has been an embarrassment.
ODI: England, Australia
T20: England, Australia, West Indies, Sri Lanka
Cricket, especially in the T20 format, has more than 3 countries. Nobody won multiple times in the last decade in one format. Across formats, Australia is the best. England is good in the shorter format.
Hockey
Olympics: Netherlands, Great Britain
World Cup: Germany, Belgium, Australia
Five teams have won the title in hockey in the last decade out of about five tournaments. In cricket, 5 teams have won in about 8 tournaments. Not very much of a difference although yes, in cricket, we seem to have two teams Australia and England who have won multiple titles. That is because it is perhaps 8 tournaments in 10 years whereas in hockey it is 5 tournaments in 10 years we are looking at. That means, when you manage to build your team well, in hockey you have to be good for longer periods whereas in cricket you have more chances and can win multiple tournaments because they are closer together in time once you have a great team.
In hockey, we have never made the semis of the WC in the last decade. In the Olympics, we made one semi and one medal - a bronze, as we know.
In cricket, we made two finals of the test championships. And 2/2 in the semis for the 2015 and 2019 WCs.
Hockey has just marginally more good teams. The cricket team has performed much better. For long periods, it has held the #1 ranking or #2. Hockey has been much lower.
