1) Home crowd support 2) Familiarity with the pitch and the conditions 3) Preparation of the pitch according to their strength.
Home hype will always give a boost. The biggest advantage is having the wicket set up for your liking. All teams do it, despite their protestations to the contrary.
@ Noeticc. "All teams do it, despite their protestations to the contrary." Enough said really.
Are you deliberately punting up for the 'Most Obnoxious Y! A Cricket User' award?
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.