End-of-November followups, part 4: English cricket on the upswing

The fortunes of the English cricket team appear to be good at the moment; following the Ashes triumph over the Aussies, they're doing well in a one-day international series against world #1 South Africa. (Or maybe SA is only ranked #1 in Test cricket; I don't know.) And since I don't know much about cricket, I don't know why it seems so much easier to take wickets in ODIs than in Test cricket. I'll try to research this.

England is ahead 2-1 in the best-of-five ODI series.

Anderson leads rout of South Africa

Reference resource: One-Day International Cricket (one possible reason for more wickets being taken is the placement of the fielders)