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Byolante posted:KP is no more a oval office than half the England dressing room and less of one than a quarter. No way is Pietersen less of a oval office than any of our good English lads. You wouldn't catch him administering 20 of Her Majesty's finest punches to the face of a passing homophobe. He'd probably just call the police, or do something equally cowardly and foreign.
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Oct 7, 2017 04:36
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And then he would tweet about it.
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Oct 7, 2017 05:01
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Byolante posted:KP is no more a oval office than half the England dressing room and less of one than a quarter. absurd statement
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Oct 7, 2017 06:40
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Byolante posted:KP is no more a oval office than half the England dressing room and less of one than a quarter. He is Shane Warne levels of oval office, without the benefit of having been one of the best bowlers ever ever and having genuinely achieved the status of "National Treasure".
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Oct 7, 2017 09:39
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He's friends with Piers Morgan which should tell you all you need to know.
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Oct 7, 2017 09:55
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jazzyhattrick posted:No way is Pietersen less of a oval office than any of our good English lads. You wouldn't catch him administering 20 of Her Majesty's finest punches to the face of a passing homophobe. He'd probably just call the police, or do something equally cowardly and foreign. As if Pietersen would be caught dead in a nightclub in Bristol. Like he told Hampshire when they asked him if he could possibly take time out of his busy schedule to, you know, actually turn up for the county he was supposed to play for, he lives in Chelsea now don't you know.
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Oct 7, 2017 10:09
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Nic maddinsons moustache is worse than warners
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Oct 8, 2017 13:44
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KP was one of the greatest talents to ever play for England and they fired him for looking out a window
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Oct 9, 2017 05:14
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Seams posted:KP was one of the greatest talents to ever play for England and they fired him for looking out a window I don't know what it is about cricket, but there sure is a lot of shafting of good players and persisting with bad ones.
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Oct 11, 2017 02:05
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Fanatic posted:I don't know what it is about cricket, but there sure is a lot of shafting of good players and persisting with bad ones. "Face does/doesn't fit" "Father played/didn't play with the Head Selector" "Good bloke/Top lad" "Too much/not enough of a oval office" "Is great at his position, but doesn't swear at the opposition enough." And those are just the English/Australian reasons. You want stories of real talent being wasted, imagine all the young Indian players who don't even get considered because they play for the wrong state, or their fathers don't have enough cash to bribe their way onto representative teams.
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Oct 11, 2017 06:20
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BrigadierSensible posted:"Face does/doesn't fit" "Smashing them in the nets mate"
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Oct 11, 2017 06:54
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BrigadierSensible posted:"Face does/doesn't fit" Back when Ray Illingworth was 'England Cricket Supremo' selecting a new player was as simple as grabbing his lucky pin and the Leeds & Bradford phone book.
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Oct 11, 2017 12:35
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Pietersen was a bellend and he wasn't consistently good enough anymore to make it worth putting up with all his poo poo, I'm glad he died.
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Oct 11, 2017 19:27
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Apparently Stokes has been filmed doing an impression of Harvey Price, severely disabled son of Katie Price, and has written to them both to apologise as well as giving a statement to that effect. Kamikaze few weeks for the lad career wise.
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Oct 11, 2017 20:16
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Bacon Terrorist posted:Apparently Stokes has been filmed doing an impression of Harvey Price, severely disabled son of Katie Price, and has written to them both to apologise as well as giving a statement to that effect. Kamikaze few weeks for the lad career wise. He's a rich white man, being a prick to disabled people won't set him back at all
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Oct 11, 2017 21:08
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poo poo, it might get him invited to high paying political events.
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Oct 11, 2017 21:45
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In Australia he'd get a spot on breakfast TV
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Oct 11, 2017 22:20
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Glen 'people end up disabled because they were bad in a former life' Hoddle has been back working as a football pundit for years now with no comment.
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Oct 11, 2017 23:09
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One of the weirdest examples of team make up being decided by factors outside of how good a player is was Clarke batting Maxwell at three when Alex doolan was dropped in the uae because Steve Smith (who had established himself in the team by this point) didn't swear enough at the Pakistani batsmen in the field.
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Oct 12, 2017 00:31
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biglads posted:Back when Ray Illingworth was 'England Cricket Supremo' selecting a new player was as simple as grabbing his lucky pin and the Leeds & Bradford phone book. Replace Leeds with NSW and you have described most of the last 30 years of Australian selections. Burn Down Canberra posted:One of the weirdest examples of team make up being decided by factors outside of how good a player is was Clarke batting Maxwell at three when Alex doolan was dropped in the uae because Steve Smith (who had established himself in the team by this point) didn't swear enough at the Pakistani batsmen in the field. The funniest bit about that was when Smith came out in the newspapers afterwards and said "Nah, I wasn't being friendly, I really was swearing at them Micheal."
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Oct 12, 2017 03:16
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Shmoses posted:In Australia he'd get a spot on breakfast TV 
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Oct 12, 2017 10:05
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Ireland's first test match will be against Pakistan next summer
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Oct 12, 2017 15:53
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How much will they swear at them?
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Oct 12, 2017 21:49
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:Ireland's first test match will be against Pakistan next summer Eoin Morgan to play test cricket for Ireland??? I really need to stop trying to formulate these theories for the sake of entertainment...
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Oct 12, 2017 22:34
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gregbest90 posted:Eoin Morgan to play test cricket for Ireland??? I really need to stop trying to formulate these theories for the sake of entertainment... he'll never get a red ball contract for England so why the hell not. And it also makes sense for teams coming to England to play what they would deem warm up matches against Ireland rather than some lovely three day game against Cambridge University
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Oct 12, 2017 23:20
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I thought he'd decided he didn't want to play red ball any more anyway.
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Oct 12, 2017 23:23
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I think I asked before but can you play different formats for different countries at roughly the same time?
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Oct 13, 2017 00:13
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Nope. Switching to Ireland would require Morgan to give up his ECB central contract which would be a pretty silly financial decision if nothing else. Especially considering that him not playing tests means the ECB let him play as much IPL, Big Bash, Caribbean League etc. as he wants.
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Oct 13, 2017 00:22
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Dirk Nannes was an Australian First Class player with some Dutch blood. He ended up playing for Holland at a World Cup or Champions Trophy or something and made a splash. The next year he played a few 20/20 games for Australia. I don't know how the legalities of that went, if he had to renounce his chance to play for Aus to play for the Netherlands, and then do it again when Aus decided they wanted him.
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Oct 13, 2017 02:12
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Morgan played some ODIs for Ireland before declaring for England so I'm pretty sure he's not allowed to go back to play for Ireland again.
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Oct 13, 2017 02:23
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Boyd Rankin went back to playing for Ireland after playing for England
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Oct 13, 2017 02:26
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racing identity posted:Boyd Rankin went back to playing for Ireland after playing for England Good catch. Really I want to know how the hell he got picked for England, I saw him a few times for Warwickshire and his only skill was being really tall. e: he played in an Ashes test 
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Oct 13, 2017 02:32
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The International Cricket Council has confirmed plans for a Test championship and one-day international league. Nine teams will play six series of Test matches over two years - three at home and three away - culminating in a world Test league championship final in 2021. A 13-team ODI league, introduced from 2021, will now be used to qualify for the World Cup. The ICC has also given the go-ahead for a trial of four-day Test matches. http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21006055/test-odi-leagues-approved-icc-board
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Oct 13, 2017 06:29
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Cool.
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Oct 13, 2017 06:38
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:he'll never get a red ball contract for England so why the hell not. And it also makes sense for teams coming to England to play what they would deem warm up matches against Ireland rather than some lovely three day game against Cambridge University Yep; that and Ireland can finally consistently play teams other than bloody Afghanistan. I think part of their decline has to be attributed to an anaemic schedule. Yes, I get that quite a few folks are retiring. But still.... racing identity posted:Boyd Rankin went back to playing for Ireland after playing for England Exactly, he was in 13/14 Ashes squad. Imagine stepping on to play and seeing Rankin, Plunkett and Finn rock up. Utter fuckery. gregbest90 fucked around with this message at 08:02 on Oct 13, 2017 |
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Oct 13, 2017 08:00
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gregbest90 posted:Yep; that and Ireland can finally consistently play teams other than bloody Afghanistan. I think part of their decline has to be attributed to an anaemic schedule. Yes, I get that quite a few folks are retiring. But still.... Could be worse, what's Saj Mahmood up to nowadays?
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Oct 13, 2017 12:01
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quote:“As soon as you step on that line it’s war,” Warner said on ABC Grandstand. “You try and get into a battle as quick as you can. I try and look in the opposition’s eyes and try and work out ‘how can I dislike this player, how can I get on top of him?’ Starting to think Warner's not right in the head tbh
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Oct 15, 2017 17:56
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Scylo posted:Starting to think Warner's not right in the head tbh He's got to be hosed in the head to think that moustache was a good idea.
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Oct 15, 2017 19:16
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Julio Cruz posted:He's got to be hosed in the head to think that moustache was a good idea. I would have thought that most of the responses to Warner sledges would be "look in the mirror you oval office"
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I imagine that Warner is like a dog in that when he sees his reflection he assumes it's a window with some ugly oval office standing behind it.
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