Gooch hails England's current crop
Manchester: England's batting coach Graham Gooch is looking forward the longevity of the five-day fold serving England's stay at the helm of the Test rankings well for the foreseeable future.
With Ashes victory, triumph in the World Twenty20 and resounding winners over World Cup champions and former holders of the Test mace India as their most recent accolades, this is arguably the most prolific English unit - and a young one, at that - since the turn of the century.
Eleven of the first-choice setup are still in their 20s, while only Graeme Swann, Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott are 30 years or above.
"The ages of the group of players they currently have in the England dressing room is such that those players could be around for a while, so if they keep performing and looking for ways to improve, which I'm sure they will, then the current crop will be there for a number of years yet and that's exciting," said Gooch.
"I think England are playing consistent cricket and they can be rightly proud of their performances but achieving number one status is only a landmark and I don't think there will be lot of back-slapping going on in the England dressing room."
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