View Full Version : Make your mind up Pietersen
rusdid24
6 Apr 2008, 00:44
Typical Kevin Pietersen.
February, 2008:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/02/29/ucpietersen129.xml
"No, I have no interest in playing in the IPL. I would never turn my back on England. I get more than enough money as it is."
April, 2008
http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ipl/content/current/story/345154.html
I thought you had no interest in the IPL, Kevin. :confused::confused:
So why bother commenting when you have no interest in it? It's not as though you give a rats arse about your teammates; the way you play at international level proves that.
So is this just a: 'Please give England players a chance because I'll earn a shitload of money?' Me thinks, YES.
Meh. KP is as KP does, is still the best player in our team
He's probably taken the correct stance on it, why should he miss out on the money when Aus and Indian and WI and SA players aren't?
He's one of the best cricketers in the world, if it can be scheduled to avoid England tours then why not?
Cooldude
6 Apr 2008, 18:13
He's still a twat who talks crap, regardless of his talent
IPL would be the poorer for the absence of the world's best batsman. He was prevented from playing for SA due to racism, why should scheduling and the ECB stymie his desires to showcase his extraordinary talent.
frankrizzo
6 Apr 2008, 19:28
IPL would be the poorer for the absence of the world's best batsman.
kp isn't even in the top 5 best bats in the world.
tendulkar ponting kallis sankakara and hussey are well ahead of him.
Adelaide Hawk
6 Apr 2008, 19:40
IPL would be the poorer for the absence of the world's best batsman. He was prevented from playing for SA due to racism, why should scheduling and the ECB stymie his desires to showcase his extraordinary talent.
Please explain why anyone would rate Pietersen as the world's best batsman.
frankrizzo
6 Apr 2008, 19:54
And he wasn't prevented by racism, what crap.
he was an offspinning number 9 bat when he left SA.
KP's moved past Tendulkar who isn't what he was. Punter's in ordinary form. Kallis bores people into submission and Hussey's a johnny come lately compared with KP who won the Ashes for the poms in 2005. Huss wasn't even in test cricket then.
frankrizzo
6 Apr 2008, 20:14
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frankrizzo
6 Apr 2008, 20:21
KP's moved past Tendulkar who isn't what he was. Punter's in ordinary form.
pontings last 10 tests average of 49
tendulkar last 10 tests average of 54
kp last 10 tests average of 39
granted ponting is out of form but kp is in even worse form and he doesn't have pontings 5 years of preceding dominance to back it up.
but thanks for the laugh :thumbsu:
pontings last 10 tests average of 49
tendulkar last 10 tests average of 54
kp last 10 tests average of 39
granted ponting is out of form but kp is in even worse form and he doesn't have pontings 5 years of preceding dominance to back it up.
but thanks for the laugh :thumbsu:
Yes and Sachin made a lot of runs against Bangladesh in that group of tests.
frankrizzo
6 Apr 2008, 20:59
And thats just two of the many players who
average more than kp over their career
average more than kp since he made his debut
average more than kp in recent times.
How is a bloke with a 39 average in recent times and a sub 50 career average the best in the world?
Yes and Sachin made a lot of runs against Bangladesh in that group of tests.
Better get your stats right...
the girl played:
1 against the might of the Windies in England
3 against India in England
3 in Sri Lanka
3 in New Zealand, on what were docile, batter friendly pitches, against a weakened Kiwi attack
Sachin played
3 against England in England
2 at home against Pakistan
4 against Australia (best attack in the world) in Australia
1 v South Africa
I think most people looking with both eyes would rate Sachin's opposition a tad more difficult....
Skunk's lord and masters have spoken. So, will it be the dosh over the adopted country? I'm betting there will be a change of tattoo, as Skunk will follow her South African predecessor Grieg....
Here's the BBC article...
ECB chief rejects Pietersen plea
Kevin Pietersen and Giles Clarke
Clarke (right) says England players will not risk competing in the IPL
England cricket boss Giles Clarke has dismissed Kevin Pietersen's plea to let centrally contracted players appear in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Pietersen says it is "ridiculous" that England stars are not allowed to compete in the new 20-over competition.
But Clarke told BBC Radio 5 Live: "There won't be any centrally contracted players playing in it.
"We aren't changing our season under any circumstances - there's no possibility of us doing it."
Clarke, chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), added: "I can't see any England player wishing to take the risk of losing his England place.
"Our centrally contracted players have very heavy workloads, so we need to be realistic here."
It's silly to think that you're losing up to a million (dollars) over six weeks
Kevin Pietersen
Twelve England players, including star names like Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood, Ryan Sidebottom and Michael Vaughan, were handed 12-month central contracts in September 2007.
England's centrally contracted players are the only international cricketers unable to cash in on the riches available in the new tournament.
The first IPL competition runs from 18 April to 1 June and the top earners, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Andrew Symonds, will earn more than £500,000 for six weeks' work.
Pietersen told The Times on Saturday that England players should be allowed to compete in the IPL next season.
"It's definitely something that the hierarchy needs to fix into our fixtures," he said.
"You want your best players playing both for their country and for the IPL. You don't want them choosing between the two.
"It's silly to think that you're losing up to a million (dollars) over six weeks."
However, Clarke insisted the ECB would not be budging on the subject.
"The only county player who has gone off is Dimitri Mascarenhas," he said.
"No other county has indicated that they wish to release a player for the IPL - it's worth people considering that rather interesting fact."
606: DEBATE
The ECB will eventually have to bow to their demands..
cubancricket
Hampshire all-rounder Mascarenhas has played at one-day and Twenty20 level for England, but is not on a central contract.
"I'm sure the ECB will loosen their stance in time once they see the tournament and more England players say they want to play," Mascarenhas told BBC Radio 5 Live.
Clarke said no England player would risk losing his place by competing in the IPL, recalling the example of former England skipper Tony Greig choosing to play in Kerry Packer's breakaway World Series Cricket in the late 1970s.
"The last time there were issues of this nature, Mr Greig gave up playing for England, probably because he thought he could get back in easily, and then Ian Botham appeared," he said.
Players' boss Sean Morris has warned "money will talk" if players are not given the chance of competing in the IPL.
Morris, the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA), warned that the England team could be "decimated of its stars" if this does not happen.
"There is a very real threat here, and it's not from the ECB," Morris told Five Live Sport last month.
"It's perfectly natural for the PCA to want our members to take advantage of the IPL - it's a unique opportunity."
KP will stay with the poms. Muppet of course would put IPL over his country. He's staying in India after the tests while his franchise team in SA is still in action!!!!
KP will stay with the poms. Muppet of course would put IPL over his country. He's staying in India after the tests while his franchise team in SA is still in action!!!!
Wow, what a surrise- turning the thread into one about your hero Smitty......
Ever think that the South Africans MIGHT have given permission for their players to go to the IPL and that is why he took the contract?
The girl does not have that choice- and as I suggested, we'll see if cash speaks louder than the adopted country.....maybe the girl could move back home to have that sort of choice again?
Wow, what a surrise- turning the thread into one about your hero Smitty......
Ever think that the South Africans MIGHT have given permission for their players to go to the IPL and that is why he took the contract?
The girl does not have that choice- and as I suggested, we'll see if cash speaks louder than the adopted country.....maybe the girl could move back home to have that sort of choice again?
He will remain a pom and dominate all comers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
frankrizzo
9 Apr 2008, 23:19
he might dominate but he will never be a pom no matter how many tats he gets.
He's a mercenary who goes to the highest bidder, he's about as English as tony greig.
Monocle
10 Apr 2008, 01:07
KP is to cricket what Acker is to AFL.
Just love 's to hog the limelight.
Both dick spankers.
he might dominate but he will never be a pom no matter how many tats he gets.
He's a mercenary who goes to the highest bidder, he's about as English as tony greig.
Greig hasn't got a tattoo.
KP will play for England for the rest of his career.
usalion
12 Apr 2008, 20:59
Greig hasn't got a tattoo.
KP will play for England for the rest of his career.
Hey, Romeo, why no comment on your hero Smitty going to his real home and playing domestic cricket before taking up his IPL deal- sounds like the loyal South Africans do the right thing, while traitors to the homeland just flap their gums about being overworked and then not being able to earn extra money.....
Hey, Romeo, why no comment on your hero Smitty going to his real home and playing domestic cricket before taking up his IPL deal- sounds like the loyal South Africans do the right thing, while traitors to the homeland just flap their gums about being overworked and then not being able to earn extra money.....
I believe that muppet and others were directed to do that.
usalion
13 Apr 2008, 19:49
I believe that muppet and others were directed to do that.
Maybe/maybe not- at least they don't whinge like the girl at being directed by their national board- of course, with the girl, it is her adopted board....
And shouldn't she be complaining about having to play too much cricket- or does the lure of filthy lucre trump being tired for the traitor?
Can't we act like adults for a change, please?
For a start KP has an English mother, so it's not like he has no connections, he will also be playing for Hants early in the season. So just enough this needless arguing, just ignore each other.