England Players Resting Periods (Page 4 of 5)

the EcB are gain showing they are a complete bunch of idiots .

Words fail me. 5 can play CC,5 cannot , 5 can play in India until Sunday . And if the volcanic ash continues they may not even get there.

update to 3rdmans list

tredwell is being forced to play against his will....

"James Tredwell is a surprise inclusion in the Kent team for the first LV= County Championship Division 1 four-day home game of the season against leaders Yorkshire starting at Canterbury on Wednesday.

The 28-year-old England spinner was due to miss the game before linking up with the rest of the England World Twenty20 squad, before flying to the West Indies later this week.

However the delays caused by the volcano in Iceland mean they won’t now leave until Sunday, so the ECB have given Tredwell and Yorkshire pair Tim Bresnan and Ajmal Shahzad the go-ahead to play."

club...sometimes its best to keep your head firmly planted in the sand, and there is nothing wrong with that. I STILL think that Tiger was viciously assaulted and raped by those 18 women...

BT says Wrighty request to play turned down - asked to focus on "white ball skills in Loughborough". Not sure about Yards.

Gotta do that at luffbra because in Windies very few of the players have white balls to concentrate on

Following the Gloucestershire match is stressful...I only drink to steady myself...sometimes I get so steady I dont move for days.

just seen robbo's post match interview after northants defeat on sussex tv.

bombshell dropped - robbo has been told that Yards and Luke must attend a reception at downing street on Monday, which is 1st day of Worcs game. therefore we will have to field 2 substitutes on Monday.

absolutely ridiculous

One can only hope Sussex field first!

bin thinking about this during the afternoon and i think it shows a real lack of respect for the integrity of the game.

no problem with the players getting the recognition. england womens team had a reception last year and im sure it will be a great experience.

but imagine if this was football and the reception was planned to be held on a saturday afternoon depriving some of the premiership clubs of their players. it just would never happen.

plus mixing politics and sport is just one big media spin-doctoring propaganda type event, used by politicians to look good by association.  shane warne had it right about the MBEs the 2005 Ashes winning side all got. he reckoned Collingwood should hand his back as he only played one test and got diddly-sqwat runs. this current england side has just won the only ever world one-day tournament so should they now get MBEs?

I think Mr Cameron and co are quite busy so it's more a case of them fitting it in whenever they can.  There probably hasn't been a single day since the start of the season where no team has played so whatever day they pick then you're likely to screw someone.  Just be proud that a couple of Sussex players are going to Downing Street as world champions.

Not sure about popping down to Lords because quite a few T20 players aren't in the Test lineup. Have to agree that the PM invitation shouldn't impinge on the players playing schedules and if it does they shouldn't go.

All this showboating started with Blair and that f***ing "cool brittania" and has been copied by Brown and Cameron, none of whom have any interest in cricket unlike John Major where players would know the reception was meaningful.

Anyway, you lot shouldn't be talking politics should you, so no more posts on this please.

Last edited by tiptoes (23-05-2010 20:10:00)