In the moments after the first Test ended on Friday, in the warm verging on searing, given the conditions glow of a remarkable victory over Pakistan... it would be right up there, he said. Definitely top three.
There is no better illustration of the team's transformation than that when he turned up they were at a no ebb rather than simply a low one... England had lost 13 of their past 30 Tests when the Kiwi took over.
Curiously they have done this without significantly improving one basic statistic: England had lost 13 of their past 30 Tests... and now are in a place where a week of ludicrous overachievement and general wonder is merely right up there.
Pope was happy to help with the process of elimination. I can think of Islamabad, Hyderabad and Trent Bridge, he said. Probably those are ones that we really look back on.
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