The over-lapping tours is only a problem with centrally contracted players because we need to play seven Tests a season and a certain quantity of ODIs and T20 internationals to generate the cash to pay for the contracts and by and large it works. Attendances and TV revenue/sponsorship are healthy and profitable and that has had a positive spin-off feeding more money through to the County teams which they desperately need. Kent for example would have registered a thumping loss last season but for ECB money. But not every England CC'd player is an IPL target, only KP and a few others - Bresnan, Bopara, Broad, maybe Prior and Anderson could play IPL/T20 cricket successfully. Graeme Swann entered the auction but there were no takers, although that might have been because he priced himself out of the market and there were plenty of spinners with sub-continent bowling experience on offer.
During the last IPL we toured Sri Lanka and the Aussies toured the Windies, all of whom contained plenty of players the IPL would have wanted for the whole tournament.
His make up contributes to his genius and madness in the field for sure, but I'm happy when I get the ocassional chance to spend a few hard earned £s on seeing him play and if you catch a good day, it's great stuff. Will be a shame if he feels compelled or is forced to exit the England test squad, as he offers something exciting and unpredictable to this England team. Admittedly, unlikely to be a shared view for purists.
He has just gone through 7,000 test runs for England and is on the verge of overtaking some legendary batters (Atherton, Hammond and Cowdrey are within reach). It will be a shame if we don't see that happen, for what appear to be his own selfish reasons. It's also a shame that he has made this statement at a time when our heads have been turned away from overpaid and often badly behaved sports stars. We've suddenly got a completely new set of heroes and heroines! Having said that, I hope KP bites his tongue and carries on his England career because he is a joy to watch.
Shame. Best Batsman England have. ECB should have resolved the differences and brought him back on board. Will be sorely missed, as is the only English batsman who would make it into the Indian team on merit- and the only one who can genuinely play Spin on Sub-continental pitches (as long as its not left-hand Spin of course !). A big shame, we will def lose the Test series now v India. Leaves Batting very short on experience now with likely turnout of Cook,Root,Trott,Bell,Morgan,Bairstow
Will be sorely missed, as is the only English batsman who would make it into the Indian team on merit
The same Indian Team that we demolished 4 - 0 in tests last summer when they didn't get a score over 300. Who have Suresh Raina who has a Test average of 28, Cheteshwar Pujara who has only played 5 tests, Gautam Gambhir who has not really scored any runs in ages, and an aging Tendulkar and Sehwag who appear to be a tad inconstant these days?
I think out of the current teams a line up would probably look something like this:
Shame. Best Batsman England have. ECB should have resolved the differences and brought him back on board. Will be sorely missed, as is the only English batsman who would make it into the Indian team on merit- and the only one who can genuinely play Spin on Sub-continental pitches (as long as its not left-hand Spin of course !). A big shame, we will def lose the Test series now v India. Leaves Batting very short on experience now with likely turnout of Cook,Root,Trott,Bell,Morgan,Bairstow
Glad KP isn't in there, he doesn't give a toss about the team and by all the noises coming out of he England team they are quite happy to see the back of him. Agreed, he is a very talented batsmen. But to say the rest of ou team wouldn't get into India's is just wrong. As for he short on experience, Cook and Bell both played 80 tests and Trott 34. As player's lose form or retire then yes at times some players will play who havent had experience that's just natural progression. I fell that squad has a good balance to it.
Ah , sorry, i should have qualified my judgement. KP, in my opinion, is the only England batsman who would play for India in the 1 day games. However, i believe that probably Cook, and possibly Trott and Bell would make it into their Test team. Tendulkar cant be far away from calling it a day, they have also lost Laxman,Ganguly and Dravid in the past 2 years - thats quite a loss. Would have liked Briggs instead of Panesar, but maybe the selectors thought there were too many newbies coming along anyway.
Bloke is a complete tosser - apparently when the England team were sponsored by Jaguar, all centrally contracted players (inc KP) were given a top of the range car as part of the deal. The ECB arranged a photo call at the Oval, where all players would be photographed with their Jags - all the players bar one (KP) complied - he turned up in his BMW............
He's a bloody South African ffs. Should never have played for England. Forget about him. Move on.
Agree 100%
If we are unable to produce enough English players good enough to compete then we should just be putting out a crap, but English team.
The same goes for the other national sports teams.
The fact that other nations do it is no excuse either in my opinion.
Does that mean that none of the following shouldn't have been allowed to play for England because they weren't born here? Or do you draw the line somewhere?
Adam Hollioake Albert Trott Allan Lamb Amjad Khan Andrew Strauss Basil D'Olivera Ben Hollioake Ben Stokes Billy Murdoch Bob Woolmer Boyd Rankin Chris Jordan Chris Lewis Chris Smith Colin Cowdrey Craig Kieswetter Derek Pringle Dermot Reeve Devon Malcolm Donald Carr Douglas Jardine Ed Joyce Edward Wynyard Eoin Morgan Errol Holmes Freddie Brown Gary Ballance Gavin Hamilton George Emmett Geraint Jones Gladstone Small Graeme Hick Gubby Allen, Ian Greig Jade Dernbach Jason Gallian John Ferris Jonathan Trott K.S. Duleepsinhji (‘Duleep’) KP Lord Harris Matt Prior Michael Lumb Minal Patel Mike Denness Nasser Hussain Nawab of Pataudi Neil Radford Neil Williams Neville Tufnell Nick Compton Norman Cowans Norman Mitchell-Innes Owais Shah Paul Parker Paul Terry Pelham Warner Phil Edmonds Phillip DeFreitas Ranjitsinhji Richard Young Robin Jackman Robin Smith Roland Butcher Sam Robson Sammy Woods Ted Dexter Tim Ambrose Tony Greig Usman Afzaal Wilf Slack
That's 71 players in all (and I might have missed a few too) who have played for England and weren't born here.
So I know next no nothing about Cricket, but whenever this bloke's name comes up on Sky Sports News I've become accustomed to hearing some whinging from him about how hard done by he is.
He's a bloody South African ffs. Should never have played for England. Forget about him. Move on.
Agree 100%
If we are unable to produce enough English players good enough to compete then we should just be putting out a crap, but English team.
The same goes for the other national sports teams.
The fact that other nations do it is no excuse either in my opinion.
Does that mean that none of the following shouldn't have been allowed to play for England because they weren't born here? Or do you draw the line somewhere?
Adam Hollioake Albert Trott Allan Lamb Amjad Khan Andrew Strauss Basil D'Olivera Ben Hollioake Ben Stokes Billy Murdoch Bob Woolmer Boyd Rankin Chris Jordan Chris Lewis Colin Cowdrey Craig Kieswetter Derek Pringle Dermot Reeve Devon Malcolm Donald Carr Douglas Jardine Edward Wynyard Eoin Morgan Errol Holmes Freddie Brown Gary Ballance Gavin Hamilton George Emmett Geraint Jones Gladstone Small Graeme Hick Gubby Allen, Ian Greig Jade Dernbach Jason Gallian John Ferris Jonathan Trott K.S. Duleepsinhji (‘Duleep’) KP Lord Harris Matt Prior Michael Lumb Minal Patel Nasser Hussain Nawab of Pataudi Neil Radford Neil Williams Neville Tufnell Nick Compton Norman Cowans Norman Mitchell-Innes Owais Shah Paul Parker Paul Terry Pelham Warner Phil Edmonds Phillip DeFreitas Ranjitsinhji Richard Young Robin Jackman Robin Smith Roland Butcher Sam Robson Sammy Woods Ted Dexter Tim Ambrose Tony Greig Usman Afzaal Wilf Slack
That's 68 players in all (and I might have missed a few too) who have played for England and weren't born here.
It honestly wouldn't surprise me if there was a bullying culture within the England team, at the moment it very much is a boys club. However, KP really needs to take a look at himself, from the extracts I've read he doesn't do himself any favours. Over the text scandal to the South Africans, he says sorry but then goes on to whinge how it wasn't his fault as he was being made fun of by a parody twitter account, allegedly by someone in the dressing room. Boo hoo, poor Kev.
anyone else picked up he said about Andy Flower "He had it in for me ever since I tried to get rid of him". No shit sherlock!!
I do however agree with him regarding the having a go at fielders for making any mistake in the field and making them apologise. That's absolutely toxic and is not an enjoyable environment to play sport in.
anyone else picked up he said about Andy Flower "He had it in for me ever since I tried to get rid of him". No shit sherlock!!
I do however agree with him regarding the having a go at fielders for making any mistake in the field and making them apologise. That's absolutely toxic and is not an enjoyable environment to play sport in.
This is probably the only thing I do agree with KP on. Too many times Swann, Anderson & Broad do it.
Having said that, it does sit rather comfortably with KP as he rarely had to bowl. And he loved to integrate the new recruits because he saw it as a way of building his own little "team". What he then said about those youngsters behind their backs might be another thing.
He's now on Five Live, and flat down refusing to say exactly what he said to the South Africans, claiming he doesn't remember messages he sends. Absolute rubbish.
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A big shame, we will def lose the Test series now v India.
Leaves Batting very short on experience now with likely turnout of
Cook,Root,Trott,Bell,Morgan,Bairstow
I think out of the current teams a line up would probably look something like this:
Cook
Sehwag
Trott
Bell
Tendulkar
Kohli
Prior
Would have liked Briggs instead of Panesar, but maybe the selectors thought there were too many newbies coming along anyway.
Fan or not, it seems interesting.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/kevinpietersen/11142212/Kevin-Pietersen-exclusive-interview-The-truth-about-Englands-bullying-culture.html
cryingacting school as Oscar.It's because you're an arsehole and no one wants to play on a team with you, Kevin.
If we are unable to produce enough English players good enough to compete then we should just be putting out a crap, but English team.
The same goes for the other national sports teams.
The fact that other nations do it is no excuse either in my opinion.
Adam Hollioake
Albert Trott
Allan Lamb
Amjad Khan
Andrew Strauss
Basil D'Olivera
Ben Hollioake
Ben Stokes
Billy Murdoch
Bob Woolmer
Boyd Rankin
Chris Jordan
Chris Lewis
Chris Smith
Colin Cowdrey
Craig Kieswetter
Derek Pringle
Dermot Reeve
Devon Malcolm
Donald Carr
Douglas Jardine
Ed Joyce
Edward Wynyard
Eoin Morgan
Errol Holmes
Freddie Brown
Gary Ballance
Gavin Hamilton
George Emmett
Geraint Jones
Gladstone Small
Graeme Hick
Gubby Allen,
Ian Greig
Jade Dernbach
Jason Gallian
John Ferris
Jonathan Trott
K.S. Duleepsinhji (‘Duleep’)
KP
Lord Harris
Matt Prior
Michael Lumb
Minal Patel
Mike Denness
Nasser Hussain
Nawab of Pataudi
Neil Radford
Neil Williams
Neville Tufnell
Nick Compton
Norman Cowans
Norman Mitchell-Innes
Owais Shah
Paul Parker
Paul Terry
Pelham Warner
Phil Edmonds
Phillip DeFreitas
Ranjitsinhji
Richard Young
Robin Jackman
Robin Smith
Roland Butcher
Sam Robson
Sammy Woods
Ted Dexter
Tim Ambrose
Tony Greig
Usman Afzaal
Wilf Slack
That's 71 players in all (and I might have missed a few too) who have played for England and weren't born here.
You should not be able to be picked by a nation just because you have lived there for x years.
Surely you should have some 'sensible' ancestral link to the nation that you represent?!?
I do however agree with him regarding the having a go at fielders for making any mistake in the field and making them apologise. That's absolutely toxic and is not an enjoyable environment to play sport in.
Having said that, it does sit rather comfortably with KP as he rarely had to bowl. And he loved to integrate the new recruits because he saw it as a way of building his own little "team". What he then said about those youngsters behind their backs might be another thing.
Do agree with him that bowlers shouldn't behave like that to their fielders, but apart from that think he's a complete idiot.