Who will be the next England player to retire?

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Who will be the next England player to retire?

James Anderson
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24%
Kevin Pietersen
8
47%
Matt Prior
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18%
Monty Panesar
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Ian Bell
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No votes
Somebody else
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6%
Who are these clowns?
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Total votes : 17

Re: Who will be the next England player to retire?

Postby hopeforthebest » Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:07 pm

from_the_stands wrote:I must admit, I'd already written off Trott. Him aside, I reckon KP will be the next to bow out, and I reckon it will be after the Sydney Test. With the IPL auction looming, KP really has reached that stage of his career where he's achieved what he wanted to as a Test player; he's played over 100 Tests, won thhase Ashes 3 times, has worn the arm band. There's nothing left for him... including friends in the England team. He'll jump off a sinking ship and land in a huge pile of IPL money. Him and Swanny will both release books slating each other, triggering the book wars, which will carry on when they go up against each other in "Strictly," "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here," and "Celebrity Masterchef," before they both join the ranks of pro wrestling and fight off in a cage match, which will be won by Swann when Andrew Strauss, (wearing a mask) sneaks into the cage on knocks KP out with a crow bar.

James Anderson will be next after KP, retiring after the India series. Having done most of the donkey work for 90 Tests now, he looks knackered. One last roll of the dice for him at home and it will be curtains, I suspect. Matt Prior won't retire, but rather will get dropped after Sydney, and be deported to a prison camp in North Korea, never to be seen from again.


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Re: Who will be the next England player to retire?

Postby from_the_stands » Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:15 pm

I'm pretty sure KP was injured in 2009. He might have played in the first couple of Tests, but wasn't there for the win at the Oval.
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Re: Who will be the next England player to retire?

Postby hopeforthebest » Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:52 pm

from_the_stands wrote:I'm pretty sure KP was injured in 2009. He might have played in the first couple of Tests, but wasn't there for the win at the Oval.


playing two games counts FTS, he was at the Oval for the celebrations.
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Re: Who will be the next England player to retire?

Postby from_the_stands » Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:24 pm

If it counts, then it also means that that low life, John Terry is a European cup winner, even though he didn't play in the game that counted. Either way, my point is that there is nothing left for KP in the Test arena. He's not going to break Sachin's record and he isn't going to get the arm band back. He's probably missing the buzz of the IPL and as such, will be riding off into an Indian sunset sooner rather than later.
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Re: Who will be the next England player to retire?

Postby DeltaAlpha » Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:40 pm

I agree with fts. KP's achieved what he set out to achieve - fame, 'celebrity status' and cash. Nothing more he can gain from playing tests for England.
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Re: Who will be the next England player to retire?

Postby Alviro Patterson » Tue Dec 24, 2013 7:11 pm

Sooner KP retires the better, it's time to give the next generation a chance and there are plenty of deserving players waiting in the wings.
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Re: Who will be the next England player to retire?

Postby SaintPowelly » Tue Dec 24, 2013 7:41 pm

Alviro Patterson wrote:Sooner KP retires the better, it's time to give the next generation a chance and there are plenty of deserving players waiting in the wings.


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Re: Who will be the next England player to retire?

Postby from_the_stands » Sun Feb 09, 2014 7:43 am

Well, he didn't exactly retire, but was rather pensioned off, or to put it more accurately, was given a golden kick in the @rse.
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