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May 16, 2015 17:27:20 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 16, 2015 17:27:20 GMT
Be fair, s&f. 'Broady' didn't have a hangover; he had a migraine. Well you would after drinking until dawn with the Big Cheese, wouldn't you?
Is there any news on how Prior's rehab is going, by the way?
Meanwhile, KP has now been called a "bad egg" by Dominic Cork. Which is a little like Colin Graves being denounced as a dictator by North Korea's Kim Jong-un, isn't it?
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May 16, 2015 19:24:02 GMT
Post by mrsdoyle on May 16, 2015 19:24:02 GMT
Never cared for Cork.
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Post by invicta1977 on May 16, 2015 21:33:54 GMT
It really is an unbelievable situation. Everybody breathed a sigh of relief and thought things could only get better when Collier, Clarke and Downton went. Yet somehow, Harrison, Graves and Strauss have managed to make it ten times worse. I've been warning for several weeks that not being the previous bloke and a reputation for 'straight talking' are insufficient reasons for the adulation heaped on Graves before he was even in post. This is not necessarily to suggest he won't be an effective leader in many areas of his remit, but I do hope now that his forthcoming proposals are examined by English cricket stakeholders with care and reason, rather than being afforded unqualified consent (or, for that matter, unqualified dissent). |
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May 16, 2015 21:36:04 GMT
Post by Wicked Cricket on May 16, 2015 21:36:04 GMT
The 'Daily Telegraph' crank up the pressure on the ECB via 'enfant terrible' journo, Jonathan Liew, who upset the Aggers fans last year with a hatchet job on the TMS commentator. A carefully chosen photo of Tom Harrison looking like a Rottweiler with squeezed nose tells the England support that coverage of cricket on terrestrial TV "is irrelevant" and as likely as Piers Morgan kissing ' baldy' Andrew Strauss on his head. "cricket is not popular enough to attract them" is Harrison's attitude and continuing being 'the media bitch' for SKY and licking the Murdoch proverbials is the appropriate step forward. Surely, this is a catch-22? If you're a cricket journalist, right now, all the last 25 Christmas's have become one, as the ECB shoot themselves in the foot, hand, leg, shoulder, arm, head and anywhere else you dare mention. www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/11610168/ECB-Chief-Executive-brands-terrestrial-television-increasingly-irrelevant.html |
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May 17, 2015 7:19:32 GMT
Post by Wicked Cricket on May 17, 2015 7:19:32 GMT
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May 23, 2015 12:47:00 GMT
Post by Wicked Cricket on May 23, 2015 12:47:00 GMT
Professor Robert Winston, the IVF pioneer, was the lunchtime guest on TMS. Via a very respectful interview from Jonathan Agnew, we learnt Prof Winston has followed cricket all his life and is a Surrey supporter. Like all the guests he loves Lords and is impressed by the views from the commentary box which clearly shows the slant of the pitch which is not so apparent from the stands.  Naturally, the conversation turned to the impending Ashes and the English cricketer not involved. Prof Winston offered some interesting insights into the present debacle. He says he has met KP and found him to be a ‘very nice person’. He doesn’t understand fully what lies at the bottom of the sacking, although comments that his book would not have helped but feels not everything has been done to resolve the issue. As he points out, as an England fan, you are not able to watch one of the world’s best batsman in the world’s best cricket series which he finds sad. He talked of the dynamic within a team and how that can ebb and flow. Prof Winston suggests we may not know the full KP story citing the obvious hurt towards Matt Prior. One day he would like to find out. NEWSFLASH: TMS say that Jason Gillespie is interested in the England Coaching job but is not clear when he can join the team due to present
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May 23, 2015 14:24:04 GMT
Post by moderator1 on May 23, 2015 14:24:04 GMT
Reluctantly I have to say that the last few posts on this thread have very little to do with discussion of Kevin Pietersen. Reportage of someone notable in another sphere making diplomatic comments in an otherwise obsequious interview don't move the debate forward. Please stick to the thread, as pro, anti, analytical, contentious as you like, but relevant.  |
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May 23, 2015 18:05:21 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 23, 2015 18:05:21 GMT
Reluctantly I have to say that the last few posts on this thread have very little to do with discussion of Kevin Pietersen. Reportage of someone notable in another sphere making diplomatic comments in an otherwise obsequious interview don't move the debate forward. Please stick to the thread, as pro, anti, analytical, contentious as you like, but relevant. Eh? |
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May 31, 2015 7:36:19 GMT
Post by flashblade on May 31, 2015 7:36:19 GMT
Here's a surprise - KP is coming back to play for Surrey: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/32944586Many thought he would lose interest after Strauss made it clear he was barred from the England setup. Does he think that the new coach might be more open-minded, if one of the current middle order loses form or becomes injured? Or does he just enjoy playing for Surrey? |
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May 31, 2015 8:38:15 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 31, 2015 8:38:15 GMT
I asked the Surrey members last Tuesday at the Kent v Surrey game at Beckenham what was happening with Pietersen and they seemed to know he was coming back. They said that if fit he's playing two more games, that he's playing them as an amateur for no fee and that he intends to get big hundreds in both of them "just to rub Strauss's weasel face in it", as one of them eloquently put it...
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May 31, 2015 11:15:45 GMT
Post by joe on May 31, 2015 11:15:45 GMT
Hands up those who'd like to see KP in at 3 for the ashes? ✋
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May 31, 2015 12:22:32 GMT
Post by Wicked Cricket on May 31, 2015 12:22:32 GMT
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Post by coverpoint on Jun 12, 2015 12:01:45 GMT
Pietersen will play against Sussex at Arundel on Sunday - where 5,000 advance tickets have already been sold and a crowd of upwards of 7,500 is expected - but not in this fixture. He plays at Arundel in place of Kumar Sangakkara, who is in the squad for this match. How are they going to fit 7,500 people and KP's head into Arundel? 17-year-old allrounder Sam Curran - younger brother of bowler Tom - is in the squad for the first time.
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Jun 24, 2015 17:51:26 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 17:51:26 GMT
All that lotus-eating in the Caribbean sun seems to have turned KP into a tree-hugging philosopher.
He has just tweeted this : Kevin Pietersen @kp24 : < I have starved people stronger than you, I have fed people stronger than you. Mother Nature doesn't need people, we need Mother Nature >
If only he had texted that to the South Africans during the second Test in 2012, history might have been very different!
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Jun 25, 2015 13:03:41 GMT
Post by Wicked Cricket on Jun 25, 2015 13:03:41 GMT
The 'CPL' is off and running but no fireworks yet from KP. His first game for the St Lucia Zouks was rained off after 1 over and his second against 'St Kitts & Nevis Patriots' Pietersen scored 18 before being bowled. His team won by 7 wickets after requiring 150 runs. Johnson Charles scored 69*. KP's next game is tomorrow against 'Guyana Amazon Warriors'. After two matches the Zouks lie second in the CPL table on 3 points. www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/2335/caribbean-premier-league-2015 |
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