Well, it may have taken three or four months to get there, but Andrew Strauss has finally shown some bottle as England cricket captain. Following his bizarre comments before and during the current tour of the West Indies, such as:
"We're in a scrap. The only way to get out of a scrap is to scrap."
"KP will score millions of runs"
"We need to get back to what we do best: playing cricket and winning matches" (etc....)
Andrew now appears to have laid down the line to the team's renegade player Kevin "FIGJAM" Pietersen. In recent days, Kevin has aired some pretty strong views, calling Samit Patel (the likeable tubby spinner) "fat and lazy", hanging detritus on Shiv Chanderpaul, and now saying that he's at "the end of his tether". It seems like KP has finally realised that no one likes him in the dressing room and he's thought "bugger it i'm going to say what i think".
Strauss is having none of it. According to reports in the Murdoch press, Strauss told KP to "shut up" and get back to "playing cricket". It remains to be seen how KP, now regarded as the "Shannon Matthews" of the cricket team will take to these words. He might need to be kept on that leash for a little while longer.
Wickman Junior
Hampton Wick Royal Cricket Club * 1863 - 2013 * 150 Glorious Seasons
Monday, 30 March 2009
Strauss is now the "real deal" as captain
Well, it may have taken three or four months to get there, but Andrew Strauss has finally shown some bottle as England cricket captain. Following his bizarre comments before and during the current tour of the West Indies, such as:
"We're in a scrap. The only way to get out of a scrap is to scrap."
"KP will score millions of runs"
"We need to get back to what we do best: playing cricket and winning matches" (etc....)
Andrew now appears to have laid down the line to the team's renegade player Kevin "FIGJAM" Pietersen. In recent days, Kevin has aired some pretty strong views, calling Samit Patel (the likeable tubby spinner) "fat and lazy", hanging detritus on Shiv Chanderpaul, and now saying that he's at "the end of his tether". It seems like KP has finally realised that no one likes him in the dressing room and he's thought "bugger it i'm going to say what i think".
Strauss is having none of it. According to reports in the Murdoch press, Strauss told KP to "shut up" and get back to "playing cricket". It remains to be seen how KP, now regarded as the "Shannon Matthews" of the cricket team will take to these words. He might need to be kept on that leash for a little while longer.
Wickman Junior
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