A battle for second place
As Australia and India prepare for the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, Ted Corbett, writing in the Hindu , reminds them that England have beaten them both in 2011 and that the Border-Gavaskar trophy is a contest for second place.
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
As Australia and India prepare for the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, Ted Corbett, writing in the Hindu, reminds them that England have beaten them both in 2011 and that the Border-Gavaskar trophy is a contest for second place.
England, convincing victor against both teams in the last 12 months, picked up the major team honour in the two-hour British TV sportsfest to announce BBC's Sports Personality of the Year. The programme left a trail of reminders that the Englishmen were the best cricketers in the world. First, there was Kevin Pietersen with the statement that although England respected other Test teams — “frightened of them? Think again.”
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo