Will Englands T20 WC win break barriers
England's historic win in 2010 World Cup exposed a major weakness in international cricket and that is the fact that how weak are England and other teams in international cricket especially in major tournaments like World Cup where there is a huge amount of pressure.
One major thing which has been exposed in England's T20 World Cup triumph is the fact that their century old Ashes rivalry is nothing but a hype because this is only the second time ever in World Cup history that this teams have ever met in a final. If the ashes was a fierce battle between two equal teams than England and Australia should have met in World Cup finals more often than the two they have managed so far in 23 years.
Another important thing to be noted is that since India's historic win in 1983 World Cup, no other team other than Aussies and teams from the sub continent have won the World Cup. During this period as many as 9 World Cups have been played with the Aussies winning four of them, India and Pakistan two each while Sri Lankas solitary triumph came in 1996 ODI World Cup. The other international teams which includes the highly rated South Africans, former champions West Indians and New Zealand never ever came close to a World Cup triumph. While Aussies were always rated highly and lived up to their reputation, subcontinent teams have over performed over the years as they made as many as 7 consecutive finals between 1992 ODI World Cup till 2009 T20 World Cup. In addition to this one team from the sub continent has always made into the semi finals of every edition from 1983 ODI World Cup to 2010 T20 World Cup.
Another important point to be taken into consideration is that England'swin came in T20 World Cup, a tournament in which there is hardly an pressure when compared to ODI World Cup and Indian Premier League. The big question mark is will England's T20 World Cup triumph break the shackles for them and other teams or will it end up as being a lone exception.
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