Arthur Crabtree wrote:...Don't want to get involved in another go around textgate...
Of course not - Pietersen's apologists would wish them away if they could.
In fact, they happened and they trump all other arguments.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:...Don't want to get involved in another go around textgate...
Arthur Crabtree wrote:...But I'm not so sure this is all over. That will only happen if the ECB gives a justifiable reason why they acted as they did....
yuppie wrote:Yep, what would the ECB have done with Warne? Seriously makes you wonder
D/L wrote:yuppie wrote:Yep, what would the ECB have done with Warne? Seriously makes you wonder
It may do some. Others may fail to see the relevance and realise that it's all rather hypothetical.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Wouldn't have been an issue as he's have failed the beep test anyway.
(Not that I'm against players being fit.)
Arthur Crabtree wrote:...All the people involved in this seem to have made peace with each other. The players anyway.
On the second day, as the final picks of the trialists were being made, the leg-spinner had to be the first choice. A kid so talented, surely he would be fast-tracked to a county? Names were called out, and Inzy, as I’d come to know him, had not made the cut. I overheard Pietersen saying that he had vouched for him vehemently, but the other coaches had vetoed it on account of his lack of fitness. He just could not understand how such an obvious talent, such a stand-out diamond in the rough, begging to be polished, could be ignored in this country. He’s still no closer to understanding English cricket today.
Read more at http://www.alloutcricket.com/cricket/bl ... iWeGwiE.99
bhaveshgor wrote:good article here.
http://www.alloutcricket.com/cricket/bl ... ick-rejectOn the second day, as the final picks of the trialists were being made, the leg-spinner had to be the first choice. A kid so talented, surely he would be fast-tracked to a county? Names were called out, and Inzy, as I’d come to know him, had not made the cut. I overheard Pietersen saying that he had vouched for him vehemently, but the other coaches had vetoed it on account of his lack of fitness. He just could not understand how such an obvious talent, such a stand-out diamond in the rough, begging to be polished, could be ignored in this country. He’s still no closer to understanding English cricket today.
Read more at http://www.alloutcricket.com/cricket/bl ... iWeGwiE.99
Can't believe counties take fitness into account at youth cricket. Surely fitness could be improved, but batting skill or bowling skill cannot be massively improved.
I can't stand losing anything, not even tiddlywinks
I think there was a widespread feeling that the team had lost connection with the supporters
There have been quite significant changes in the team, a younger group and fresh faces and that often leads to a change in the atmosphere
a sea change in all the personnel involved in managing the team and that has injected a completely fresh and dynamic approach
Paul Downton is an experienced Test player a man of great judgment, an outstanding individual who has already impressed everybody since he took over the job.
"He's received the most repulsive amount of abuse over social media and the like for no good reason. We are lucky to have a man of his calibre in that role. He has carried out his activities quietly, thoughtfully. He has spoken to a great number of people and he has impressed everybody
he and his family are very much the sort of people we want the England captain and his family to be
Alastair is an Ashes-winning captain and we don't have too many of those
It seems that there may still be restrictions on what people may say about the reasons for Pietersen's sacking.
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