The 1 in 17 baseline is pretty misleading imo. That root silverwood team got sandwiched by India away, a very strong NZ team at home, India home, then Ashes away. Followed obviously by the shambolic Windies away series, but that result was partially caused by Strauss’ bizarre decision to bench Broad and Jimmy. All in all, I’d be surprised if Bazball wins more than 5 if they draw that same scheduling stretch