Cricket is a middle-aged man's sport
Can I talk about that? It's all gone a bit wrong for India, suddenly. Can't afford to lose Yuvrah that cheaply.

*awaits abuse*
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 11:57, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

It all went a bit a wrong for India
when we granted the little fuckers independence.

Gone to the fucking dogs, it has.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 11:59, Reply)

Given the enormous drain on British resources it would have caused to maintain control of India throughout the 20th Century
I'm very surprised that your response isn't "as if I give a shit"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 12:03, Reply)

mind you
if we hadn't granted them independence, we could have had Tendulkar. Just saying.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 12:14, Reply)

Wouldn't have helped us take a fucking wicket on Saturday though would it
Anyway, England would never select a player who wasn't born on this sceptred isle
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 12:15, Reply)

Pietersen.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 12:16, Reply)

psst. He's being ironic. Pietersen, Trott, Prior, Strauss, Bopara, Morgan, Kieswetter, Hick, Hussain... I'll stop now.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 12:19, Reply)

...Whoops.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 12:19, Reply)

I was kidding
Prior
Kieswetter
Lumb
Strauss
Dernbach
Morgan

and those are just the ones I can think of right now. Never mind the likes of Martin McCague, Allan Lamb, Robin Smith...
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 12:20, Reply)

Sorry fella, rather embarrassed myself there
Am only able to nip on here for 30 seconds at a time currently, so I didn't pick up on the sarcasm.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 12:21, Reply)

No worries our kid
Perfectly understandable. I'm dripping with bitter sarcasm about English cricket at the moment (unless any Aussies want to discuss the matter, in which case HA HA HA) but if you're in and out you won't have noticed that!
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 12:23, Reply)

sorry, your intense irony just gave me 5 beautifully pressed shirtys.
But, no, I concur, it would not have helped us take a wicket. Although scoring an acceptable total might at least have given us a chance. We were 120 below par for batting first against SL in SL.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 12:17, Reply)

Sorry I took so long to reply, I was busy making a twat of myself by taking longer to compile a less complete list of non-English England players than you
And you're quite right, SL sould have topped 300 without breaking a sweat and we should have anticipated that. A fit KP and Broady and an in-form Jimmy would have been nice but really the problem is that the players have been on the road for way too long
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 12:22, Reply)

Indeed, I think they just wanted it over, to be honest.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 13:05, Reply)

Absolutely gobsmacked to see Pakistan tearing India a new one

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 30 Mar 2011, 13:09, Reply)