by from_the_stands » Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:48 pm
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, has won the 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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