So from the end of 2011 we've done the following: drawn a series in Australia, drawn a series in Sri Lanka, beaten the West Indies in the West Indies, drawn a series with England, drawn a series in Pakistan and had comprehensive home wins over India and the West Indies. most of those series results, especially the away ones have contained at least one very special performance bouncing back from a big defeat.
In that time we've lost to South Africa both home and away and lost to England in England. I feel like I'm missing a series in there somewhere?
My point is, We keep saying we are on the verge of something special. Is it time to say we are in the midst of something special with this test team? A result in England next year would top it off nicely but even then, winning series away in test cricket these days is very very tough.
As it seems like South Africa are coming back to the pack a bit, it feels to me like we're in an era of a number of pretty good sides all capable of pushing each other without one stand out side that we will all still talk about in 20 years.
Was the disasterous Bangladesh tour in there somewhere?