And just the top 5 teams if anyone wanted to suggest Pakistan are too weak at the moment to be included (I'd disagree, but just in case):

Those 6 teams just vs each other during Brendon McCullum's era so that no one's stats are getting massaged, fwiw:

Also worth noting McCullum's England haven't had many easy series - other than the 2024 summer, where they had six tests against WI and SL, plus two one off tests vs Ireland and Zim - the other 29 matches were against Aus and Ind (best two sides in the world)/

Which leaves the Flower Era as the last time England were consistently good, and McCullum era England still have the better W/L ratio!

Does anyone else remember when they brought Peter Moores back after Andy Flower left? Wild decision, tbh (and Moores is flattered by 1 legitimately good series win against India - his other two series in this period were a loss to Sri Lanka at home and a draw against the West Indies away):

Trevor Bayliss deserves all the credit for his achievements as ODI coach, but the test team were just okay when he was in charge:

For comparison, here's how England did in the Silverwood era:

Brendon McCullum's critics say that he hasn't improved England's test match performances, but England have the second best W/L ratio (and the best win percentage) of any test team since McCullum took over as head coach:

Lmao at this bit - that's the most Rob Shearman thing I've ever heard:

Cricket's really changing things up to bring in new crowds:

Very funny and insightful - re. this bit I've screenshotted, I sometimes wonder if the bizarre attitudes to violence in the era are a result of Chibnall trying to avoid the complaints about the Doctor killing Solomon in "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"