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Old 17-05-2010, 02:10 PM   #65 (permalink)
BoyBrumby
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Originally Posted by Uppercut View Post
Tbf UK and Ireland passports have so much overlap they're pretty much the same thing. I'm eligible for both.

As with vic, the case of Joyce does irk me a lot more than that of Morgan. It's the prerogative of the English selectors whether they want to pick someone in a format that blatantly does not suit them, bat them in a completely different role to that which they've played previously, and discard them permanently (from all formats) when they show little success. But it does feel that we're being trampled on when their momentary flirtation deprives Irish cricket of its greatest-ever talent for the peak of his career.
Me too, as it goes. If there was any mileage in having both I would get an Irish one.
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