Cricket Thread

[Ollie the Optimist]

So let me get this straight

A Gloucestershire player who has probably been looking forward to playing SA all summer has had to step aside cos Boparas county didnt have a game and ECB demnded they put him in for Gloucester? What if they had said no?

Wtf is this? If Bopara isnt match fit then he shouldnt have been picked for the ODI squad. Its part and parcel of sport. You cant just go play for any other team to get fit.

one reason is that while it was an ecb request as far as i know, glos were short on players i believe so wanted it anyway.

plus its happened before, strauss played for somerset last year because middlesex didnt ahve any 4 days game before the test series. basically we jsut loaned bopara to glos for the day, nothing wrong with that, happens in all sports. if it was called a loan then there is no problem. though i really dont think bopara is match ready yet, not many people at essex seemed conviced on sunday either though no one knows why he had a break

[Ollie the Optimist]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...d-captain.html

Should be the end of the matter and he should be back in the squad.

The rise and fall bit made me laugh though

if the rumours are true taht he texted one of the sa coaches tips about how to get strauss out, i cannot see him ever playing for england again, even if he is sorry

[Cripps_orig]

Its not rocket science how to get Strauss out tbh

Just bowl at him

Strauss has been shit for a while now and he'll eventually get out or he'll just block and leave which is even worse for England. His centuries against a piss poor WI side convinced no one.

KP is our best player and he has to be in the side

[Dennis Bendtner]

There's a Test match on SS3. It's a bit crap, but India have a couple of new batsmen, so at least somewhat interesting. Pujara is a solid player. Kohli has just got a 50.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ah good stuff. Pujara is nearing his century.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He's getting stuck like Bairstow.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

250-4, Kohli goes for 58.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pujara gets his maiden century!

[Dennis Bendtner]

God, Raina is poor

[Dennis Bendtner]

He's also out