Shakib banned for failure to disclose approaches

[trundler]

Let out Cairns accidentally.

I don't know why I threw Inzi in there, just assumed he did like everyone else in the 90s.

Revised XI

Waugh
McCullum
Shakib
Gibbs
Azhar
Cronje
Cairns
Akram
Warne
Lillee
Waqar

Pretty killer team tbh

 

[jimmy101]

Salim Malik as 12th man imo.

 

[Burgey]

Salim Malik as 12th man imo.

Should be captain-coach, head selector and Hall of Fame member tbh.

 

[trundler]

Should be captain-coach, head selector and Hall of Fame member tbh.

Based on moral bankruptcy levels, absolutely. Better cricketers have done shady things though.

 

[duffer]

Bit of a legend really.

Hard not to enjoy the conduct of someone who really just does not give af

Bit like nWo Hogan tbh. You knew he was a scumbag but you still had to recognise his greatness.

 

[Flem274*]

Wouldn't a better comparison be when McCullum didn't disclose an approach for like a few years?

when did chris ca-sorry player x make his approach? i completely forgot

IPL fanboys and Indians, in general, hate me coz in 20 years of my life, I have been able to get more Indian girls than that whole population could get in centuries.

underrated post this

 

[vcs]

Indians, with the 2nd biggest and fastest growing population in the world, are breeding through immaculate conception.

 

[Agent TBY]

Indians, with the 2nd biggest and fastest growing population in the world, are breeding through immaculate conception.

That kind of post is exactly why we don't get any pie.

 

[trundler]

Indians, with the 2nd biggest and fastest growing population in the world, are breeding through immaculate conception.

Yeah but it's not like you're making any contributions. It's because of some village folk who've pumped one out every couple of years since 14 in an effort to have their own cricket teams.

 

[vcs]

Fair point

 

[cnerd123]

Yeah but it's not like you're making any contributions. It's because of some village folk who've pumped one out every couple of years since 14 in an effort to have their own cricket teams.

You make it sound like birthing your own cricket team is a bad thing

Plus you only really need 9, assuming your wife and yourself complete the XI. Maybe 11 kids in total and you both can play on till the youngest are ready to handle things.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Yeah but it's not like you're making any contributions. It's because of some village folk who've pumped one out every couple of years since 14 in an effort to have their own cricket teams.

Actually, they do it hoping to add another breadwinner to the family but I think your version's funnier.

 

[SteveNZ]

McCullum deserves to be in that side 100%, so glad people are beginning to recognise him for the **** he is.

The way he assumed the NZ captaincy in the first place should leave a bad taste an anyones mouth

Haven't heard one justification for it yet. The failure to disclose the approach of Player X? He shut it down comprehensively, just didn't report it. Hardly grounds for that side, 120 years of international cricket and you reckon that gets him in the top XI? Haven't been paying much attention then.

And whatever he did to get the captaincy - which was basically be close to the guy that NZC appointed as coach (yes he might have had some say in it) - again, hardly the makings of an evil overlord or anything that miles of cricketers haven't done across the journey. Pray tell if you know of anything more sinister than that.

 

[jimmy101]

Thought I'd post this article about Mohd Ashraful discussing the debilitating process of what its like to be convicted & banned from the sport you love.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27971826/undefined

Really feeling for Shakib in his time of need right now.

 

[Daemon]

McCullum should be the captain of the side imo.

 

[SteveNZ]

Pretty defamatory and gormless to suggest Brendon should be anywhere near this side.

 

[Daemon]

Pretty defamatory and gormless to suggest Brendon should be anywhere near this side.

Yep, gotta be careful. Defamation laws strong in NZ

 

[Burgey]

Yep, gotta be careful. Defamation laws strong in NZ

Good from this ****.

 

[Burgey]

Haven't heard one justification for it yet. The failure to disclose the approach of Player X? He shut it down comprehensively, just didn't report it. Hardly grounds for that side, 120 years of international cricket and you reckon that gets him in the top XI? Haven't been paying much attention then.

And whatever he did to get the captaincy - which was basically be close to the guy that NZC appointed as coach (yes he might have had some say in it) - again, hardly the makings of an evil overlord or anything that miles of cricketers haven't done across the journey. Pray tell if you know of anything more sinister than that.

Was McCullum skipper when NZ ran out Murali when he walked down the track to congratulate his partner on reaching a milestone?

 

[TheJediBrah]

I haven't read the thread but I'd have that NZ player Brenton McCullum as my first pick for a side of morally bankrupt ****s