Consistency: Why South Africa has been the best Test side over the last 5 years

FEATURE: South Africa are number one. Horray. Depending on how you measure these things, however, there is a case to be made we have been the best Test side over the past five years; certainly if you use consistency as your measure that holds true. In the article below I look at the performance of the ‘big four’ Test teams – Australia, India, South Africa and England – over the past five years, using the ICC Rankings as a guide and see what that says about each of them in turn.

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