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England an Option - Saqlain
- Thread starter Burgey
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Jungle Jumbo
International Vice-Captain
Keedy > Saqlain as well. He hasn't been in great form for the Sussex second team, so I don't think he's an option at the moment.
Craig
World Traveller
Would be a backward step now after what has happened to him. On a another note would be able to go down as one of the best bowlers of the last half of the 90s and the early part of this century? Yes IMO.
Would that apply to Kepler Wessels as well?
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
"It hurts that no one bothered to just call me or ask me how I was doing. It was as if I didn't exist. I didn't care about them footing my medical bills but the moral support was never there," said Saqlain, who took 288 wickets in 169 one-day internationals for Pakistan.
Wait, the Pakistan board does not pay medical bills for players when they are injured playing cricket?
Fiery
Banned
He's saying "I didn't care about them footing my medical bills"....which suggests they did
Xuhaib
International Coach
The expenditure on Akhtar is soo much that nothing is left in the kitty for other players.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Should've done, imo.
Fiery
Banned
Exactly!! That pea-hearted/drug-taking/injury-feigning/money-hungry drop-kick is the scourge of Pakistan and world cricket
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Craig
World Traveller
Disvalues the whole Test cap then?
The 19th century was the worse with players playing for England one series and Australia the next and then the other way around. Now that was farcical.
short shorts
School Boy/Girl Captain
Apparently he managed to rile Sreesanth in the tour game so much that Sreesanth found it necessary to give him his trademark jigglebums sendoff after dismissing him.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
It certainly does away with any idea of representing your country.
Yup, although tbh I don't know how often that actually happened. Still doesn't mean it should happen today though.
PhoenixFire
International Coach
It would be a huge step back imo, and as someone said before, there are better English spinners.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Think that was something to do with the fact that Saqlain stood his ground as the ball didn't actually hit the glove and shouldn't have been given out.
Anyway, not like riling Sreesanth is unusual.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Disagree with pretty much all of that except the money-hungry part (and let's face it - aren't you? I certainly am, and I hope most others are, otherwise they've no sense) but I'd prefer not do this one AGAIN.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
I find this an awkward issue, TBH. I, like you, think it does in a way devalue the aspect of playing for your team. But let's face it... people skip teams at domestic level, in many sports, all the time, and club cricketers move around ad nauseum, sometimes within the same league. Why's it so different when countries, rather than parts of countries, are involved? If you want to adopt something as your country, why shouldn't you?
Me, I just wish people stuck with the same club, county\state\province and country full-stop, as that's what I do and can imagine doing nothing but. Playing for anyone but Exeter CC would feel, I don't know, hollow. But sadly, that ain't how life works. Sometimes, change is unavoidable. And most people are quite content to change.