theessexfox Posted 7 October 2014 Share Posted 7 October 2014 Never gonna get back in under the current set up either way, was he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad. Posted 7 October 2014 Author Share Posted 7 October 2014 Like people have said, everything KP has said would have a hell of a lot more credibility if Piers Morgan wasn't his mouthpiece since his dismissal and the release of the book. I love KP and I do think he has been treated very badly by the ECB and certain individuals in the England side but this has gone too far now, embarrassing the English Cricket now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_horns Posted 8 October 2014 Share Posted 8 October 2014 Never gonna get back in under the current set up either way, was he? I wonder if he really wanted to - surely would have not come out in public with all the allegations and criticism if KP did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexikokopops Posted 8 October 2014 Share Posted 8 October 2014 Like people have said, everything KP has said would have a hell of a lot more credibility if Piers Morgan wasn't his mouthpiece since his dismissal and the release of the book. I love KP and I do think he has been treated very badly by the ECB and certain individuals in the England side but this has gone too far now, embarrassing the English Cricket now. I thought this write-up by Andy Bull summed things up well. Within his book there are some interesting and astute things about what went wrong with the England team as a whole (not just Pietersen's role in it) but it gets lost amongst what basically amounts to "one long screed against the people Pietersen feels have wronged him". http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/oct/07/the-spin-kevin-pietersen-book Ultimately, no one comes out of this well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 8 October 2014 Share Posted 8 October 2014 Good read that. Michael Atherton has again stole the show though this week for coverage of the KP situation, best cricket writer I've ever read and I include Gideon Haigh in that, a superb walk through of it event in Manchester on Wednesday and a fantastic destruction of both sides in today's issue. English cricket has never been at a more rancourous point and all sides need to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 9 October 2014 Share Posted 9 October 2014 Good read that. Michael Atherton has again stole the show though this week for coverage of the KP situation, best cricket writer I've ever read and I include Gideon Haigh in that, a superb walk through of it event in Manchester on Wednesday and a fantastic destruction of both sides in today's issue. English cricket has never been at a more rancourous point and all sides need to stop. Neville Cardus? Though a bit before either of our times. But, in all seriousness, yeah the environment has gone from competitive and pushing each other to totally poisonous and something needs to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Hundreds Posted 9 October 2014 Share Posted 9 October 2014 But, in all seriousness, yeah the environment has gone from competitive and pushing each other to totally poisonous and something needs to be done. That's what they are trying to do now isn't it? Bar 3-4 senior players it's pretty much a whole new team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 9 October 2014 Share Posted 9 October 2014 KP being bullied, ridiculous, ask James Taylor what he thinks about KPs supposed behaviour towards him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 10 October 2014 Share Posted 10 October 2014 http://www1.skysports.com/cricket/news/12040/9508467/michael-atherton-critical-of-kevin-pietersens-bitter-autobiography Pietersen's swipe at Flower not being a great coach is ridiculous, he took over when we were being skittled for 51 in the West Indies. He demolished Australia in Australia, won in India, won three Ashes series, whitewashed India at home and gave England their first world trophy. All from a base that was not strong at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 10 October 2014 Share Posted 10 October 2014 http://www1.skysports.com/cricket/news/12040/9508467/michael-atherton-critical-of-kevin-pietersens-bitter-autobiography Pietersen's swipe at Flower not being a great coach is ridiculous, he took over when we were being skittled for 51 in the West Indies. He demolished Australia in Australia, won in India, won three Ashes series, whitewashed India at home and gave England their first world trophy. All from a base that was not strong at all. Well I'm pretty sure he would have a better idea of whether he's a good coach or not than yourself. I've just finished reading the book. Nowhere near as explosive as I thought it would be and doesn't really go into great detail over the things we all really wanted to hear about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowlattsFox Posted 13 November 2014 Share Posted 13 November 2014 Not English but cricket nonetheless. rohit sharma has just hit 264 in an ODI against Sri Lanka. What sort of pitches are they playing on in India these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 13 November 2014 Share Posted 13 November 2014 Not English but cricket nonetheless. rohit sharma has just hit 264 in an ODI against Sri Lanka. What sort of pitches are they playing on in India these days? No doubt extremely flat, also Sri Lanka have been thrown in at short notice as replacements for the West Indies so I'm not sure how match fit or prepared they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cambridgefox Posted 21 November 2014 Share Posted 21 November 2014 Moeen Ali didn't hang about today 50 in 21 balls in a 50 over warm up including 6 4s from his first 6 legitimate balls.opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 26 November 2014 Share Posted 26 November 2014 Sri Lanka toying with England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 26 November 2014 Share Posted 26 November 2014 Couple of wickets back, 300 looks par score on here, as usual though we'd probably look daft against spin. Still can't work out why we are preparing for a World Cup in Australia with a tour of Asia during the monsoon season. That said, I'm jealous of the fans out there, an amazing tour Sri Lanka. Cricket all day for about £4, then 4-5 pints and a steak for about £9, then a night downing about 5 double vodkas for a little less than a £10. Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad. Posted 26 November 2014 Author Share Posted 26 November 2014 That said, I'm jealous of the fans out there, an amazing tour Sri Lanka. Cricket all day for about £4, then 4-5 pints and a steak for about £9, then a night downing about 5 double vodkas for a little less than a £10. Good times. Get me to Sri Lanka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 26 November 2014 Share Posted 26 November 2014 Get me to Sri Lanka. Try bargain booze and Lidl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad. Posted 26 November 2014 Author Share Posted 26 November 2014 Try bargain booze and Lidl. Negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 26 November 2014 Share Posted 26 November 2014 Get me to Sri Lanka. It's a permanent fixture for me now on after Colombo and Galle a few years back, not a single bad point about the island. They used to have a terrorist group called the Tamil Tigers but the army just completely genocided them after the Tsunami weakened it, completely peaceful island now and you could do a week there on £800-900 including fights and hotels if you wanted too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad. Posted 26 November 2014 Author Share Posted 26 November 2014 It's a permanent fixture for me now on after Colombo and Galle a few years back, not a single bad point about the island. They used to have a terrorist group called the Tamil Tigers but the army just completely genocided them after the Tsunami weakened it, completely peaceful island now and you could do a week there on £800-900 including fights and hotels if you wanted too. Really? Never once in my life would I think to go there, next time we tour there in a Test series I will strongly consider it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexikokopops Posted 26 November 2014 Share Posted 26 November 2014 Couple of wickets back, 300 looks par score on here, as usual though we'd probably look daft against spin. Still can't work out why we are preparing for a World Cup in Australia with a tour of Asia during the monsoon season. That said, I'm jealous of the fans out there, an amazing tour Sri Lanka. Cricket all day for about £4, then 4-5 pints and a steak for about £9, then a night downing about 5 double vodkas for a little less than a £10. Good times. I've just got back from South India. We ate at a fancy French restaurant in Pondicherry and the steak there was £3.50 with all the trimmings We had pate and seafood starters, steak for main, and enough beer to keep us merry and it came to £20 with tip (between two) That said, we'd been having meals for a fiver in a lot of places so it felt like proper indulgence. Best thing was we decided to splash out and pay £40 a night (!) for a room (after spending 4 nights in a bamboo hut with sea view at about £6) and ended up with a suite and our own private garden I know this isn't Sri Lanka but I haven't been there yet so DEAL WITH IT FOXESTALK. Anyway, cricket. We're never winning this are we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogadug Posted 26 November 2014 Share Posted 26 November 2014 2 overturned LBW's in 2 balls for Cook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 26 November 2014 Share Posted 26 November 2014 India is the next one I want to do, it sounds absolutely fantastic and no one who has been says a bad word about the place. No we're not chasing this down although we're having some outrageous luck so far, two close overturned outs on Cook and Moeen just got bowled out but for some reason the bails didn't fall off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross-Kemp Posted 26 November 2014 Share Posted 26 November 2014 107-1 off 15 overs. ****, as I type this, Bell gets caught at slip for 35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross-Kemp Posted 26 November 2014 Share Posted 26 November 2014 Superb from Moen, consecutive sixes. 72 from 47. 197 from 32.4 to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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