Eng vs NZ, thrilling match ends in a draw.

anilhites informed us that if Eng loses india will be the no. 2 side in tests. So this means India is still no.3.

NZ should have declared earlier, 481 are too many runs to chase and given that pitches dont deteriorate in pitches outside subcontinent NZ bowlers needed more overs than they got.NZ must be very disappointed,beating England would have been great.Yes that means England will be no 2 in rankings.

yes of-course thanks a lot for the response.

NZ surprised everyone by winning ODI series in SA and now they have done so well against England in this series where most people predicted that NZ will be whitewashed.Thanks a lot for your response.

Yes, NewZealand has indeed surprised all by putting up a commendable effort against the English team.

NewZealand has always been tough to beat at home. Even Australia has lost on a couple of occasions to NewZealand when they went there to play. So, England had it coming their way and the series result though surprising was not totally unexpected.

Actually graph of England has been falling since they became no 1, they lost to Pakistan 3-0 in UAE then managed a 1-1 draw against SL ,lost to SA at home 2-0 and now they have drawn the series in NZ too.But even after not being in great form they outplayed India as form of India was worse with senior players not performing and lack of experienced spinners.I agree that this is beauty of cricket,in current scenario apart from SA no team has clear edge over another.So its hard to expect outcome of a series. Thanks a lot for your response.

I think England were little overconfident after beating India and they took NZ a little easy. Sill they still eke out a draw from the claws of defeat. Prior, Bell played beautifully. I think England will be soon battling for no 1 status. This team under Cook is looking very promising. You will not see this team losing any series in near future.

That's the advantage when your experienced players are in good form.So many times it has happened that there is someone to save the day for England this time it was prior.Good lesson for senior players in India, Sehwag and Gautam in particular.Thanks a lot for your response.

I think Prior batted well. I find Prior a high class cricketer. Just because he had played a match saving innings here tonight, I am not saying this. I have seen numerous time Prior has taken England out of trouble. He is like ODI MS Dhoni. What Dhoni is doing for India in ODI, he is doing the same thing for England in test. Bell, Root, Prior and Cook are all in the range of 27-30 years old, so they can serve England for another 5 years easily. It's going to be very tough for Austrailia to win Ashes either at home or in England. I also feel that they can even beat SA in SA or England. India has to settle with 3rd ranking. India will remain third till the end of november because Australia has little chances of winning Ashes and hence England will only stretch his lead.