Ashes Cricket

[London424]

suthol said:

It would appear that KP has been signed for $1.6M ( A or US wasn't mentioned ) and Johnson $1.2M

( if our tabloid TV news is to be believed )

Wasn't the highest, but highest for an overseas player.

[speedy_thrills]

I find it fascinating that the way England chooses to solve a batting problem is to fire their best batsman. Sure, he might be a complete prick but would you prefer middle of the road an easy to manage over picking people on talent or merit? Either way every run Pietersen makes can only hurt England now, if there was ever a moment to do something inspired…

It’s much more comfortable watching New Zealand play at the moment.

[unrepentant]

speedy_thrills said:

I find it fascinating that the way England chooses to solve a batting problem is to fire their best batsman.

Yeah, because that's the situation.

I'll bet you right now that when we next play the Kiwi's we'll beat them easily.

[SydneyBridge]

Just watching Beefy being interviewed on itv. My all time greatest sporting hero and definitely the KP of his day, hugely talented but a bit more popular in the dressing room perhaps.cant believe he retired 20 years ago

[spikeyhead]

SydneyBridge said:

Just watching Beefy being interviewed on itv. My all time greatest sporting hero and definitely the KP of his day, hugely talented but a bit more popular in the dressing room perhaps.cant believe he retired 20 years ago

I watched one of his last games, for Lavinia the Duchess of Norfolks !! against the Aussies at Arundel. What I most remember about the day is the sing song in a Littlehampton curry house at midnight with an assortment of cricket fans and a rugby team from St Albans. The food was poor.

Here's the scorecard. Seems like Lavinia could put a decent team together back then

http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/1...

Meanwhile, the Saffers are taking a bit of a pasting from the Crims.

[GloverMart]

SydneyBridge said:

Just watching Beefy being interviewed on itv. My all time greatest sporting hero and definitely the KP of his day, hugely talented but a bit more popular in the dressing room perhaps.cant believe he retired 20 years ago

Thanks for the heads up. Enjoyed that; he went to my secondary school a few years before me and I was there with his younger brother. He also played for my football team too!

[Cheib]

Hadn't realised that Kirsten is going to be KP's IPL coach....interesting given that he distanced himself from the England job very visibly. Maybe it is just family commitments or maybe there's more to it!

[unrepentant]

graphene said:

Hopefully not the obituary of his international batting career:

Not the obituary? You think he's going to do a Keppler and go back and try and qualify for SA?

[BlackLabel]

So bottler Trott and the ECB made up the mental illness thing just so Trott could abandon his team mates and run away mid tour.

http://m.foxsports.com.au/cricket/former-england-c...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-2...

[anonymous-user]

BlackLabel said:

So bottler Trott and the ECB made up the mental illness thing just so Trott could abandon his team mates and run away mid tour.

http://m.foxsports.com.au/cricket/former-england-c...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-2...

He/they might have thought it was stress related rather than burnout at the time? Perhaps he's trying to cover up his fragile mental state by saying to himself and others it was just burnout. It sounds a complex issue, I expect selectors will be very cautious about picking him.

Edited by el stovey on Tuesday 18th March 10:18

[hornetrider]

I saw the interview the other night, in my view Michael Vaughan has it absolutely bob on.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/internati...

[captainzep]

hornetrider said:

I saw the interview the other night, in my view Michael Vaughan has it absolutely bob on.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/internati...

Not sure I agree. The "Switch hit" discussion/podcast on Cricinfo sheds some interesting light, particularly after Dobell got the first interview.

[Amirhussain]

hornetrider said:

I saw the interview the other night, in my view Michael Vaughan has it absolutely bob on.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/internati...

I agree.

[captainzep]

There have been questions asked for some time amongst the traditional cricket journos concerning the business interests of some big name pundits and what is churned out within their 'opinion pieces'.

Vaughan's involvement in the company that manages Root, Bairstow and other evolving Eng top six challengers casts a slightly different light on some of his media work. Try Googling "Vaughan" and "Root", look at the quotes and comment without immediately thinking "media management" or "marketing". Try reading Vaughan's piece alongside George Dobell's Trott-interview article.

[speedy_thrills]

unrepentant said:

speedy_thrills said:

I find it fascinating that the way England chooses to solve a batting problem is to fire their best batsman.

Yeah, because that's the situation.

I'll bet you right now that when we next play the Kiwi's we'll beat them easily.

Actually they will meet soon as well .

[johnfm]

unrepentant said:

5-0. Fair play to the Aussies, thoroughly deserved win.

We saw a bit of spark from Stokes and Broad at the end. They and others are the future, time to move on and build for the next Ashes.

Screw the 2015 Ashes thread...I'm sticking to this one. Much better results..

[juice]

Ha Ha - Fair play John !

[Uncle John]

Ha Ha!! Very good.

Thought I was stuck in an Ashes space time continuum for a moment!