The "I played for X in FC draft"

[Victor Ian]

I don't know how to deal with this terrible news. Rushed to pick, after lagging so far behind you guys, I googled Natal and Pietersen's miserable head popped up, so I grabbed him without realising the woe of my ways. I started feeling hard done by when I realised I had missed out on Amla, who I'd have preferred, and now I am crying having seen Barry Richards has gone begging. I think I am going to believe the theory that 4 test matches don't count for jack, irrespective of his first class career.

Can I upgrade? Do I have a legal technicality that Pietersen is English, in terms of Test cricket nation, and Natal is not in England? Does having a home in England make it Pietersen's homeland? That's a touch ambiguous. Where's the lawyers?

 

[morgieb]

Patsy Hendren (Middlesex) - although what do you mean by Middlesex country?

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3. Ricky Ponting (Tasmania)
4. Patsy Hendren (Middlesex)
5. Mohinder Amarnath (Punjab)
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10. Jack Cowie (Auckland)
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[watson]

I don't know how to deal with this terrible news. Rushed to pick, after lagging so far behind you guys, I googled Natal and Pietersen's miserable head popped up, so I grabbed him without realising the woe of my ways. I started feeling hard done by when I realised I had missed out on Amla, who I'd have preferred, and now I am crying having seen Barry Richards has gone begging. I think I am going to believe the theory that 4 test matches don't count for jack, irrespective of his first class career.

Can I upgrade? Do I have a legal technicality that Pietersen is English, in terms of Test cricket nation, and Natal is not in England? Does having a home in England make it Pietersen's homeland? That's a touch ambiguous. Where's the lawyers?

South Africa is not Pietersen's 'Test Nation', so I don't see how he qualifies for Natal.

As I read it, 'homeland' and 'Test nation' are one of the same thing according to Red Hill, so in order to qualify for Natal Pietersen must have played a Test match for South Africa - but he didn't.

Red Hill's call though as I am second guessing the meaning of his OP.

 

[anil1405]

MS Dhoni - Jharkhand

I've already picked him.

 

[anil1405]

Sir Don (South Australia)

 

[Victor Ian]

I am easy with any call. I've got Lara and Hutton, and Pietersen is not too shabby either. Just being greedy.

I read test nation and homeland as two different things and homeland as the one of birth rather than residence, so by my own interpretation I'd tell myself to shove it. One of the times I will be very happy to be wrong

 

[Victor Ian]

Sir Don (South Australia)

sure you don't want Lehman to secure the opening example?

 

[jimmy101]

Anil wins.

I'll take Ben Stokes (Durham)

 

[anil1405]

sure you don't want Lehman to secure the opening example?

Lehmann was third in my list. I mean it was a tough decision to choose between a guy who knew how to hold a willow and a guy who had an exceptional ability to distract batsmen.

 

[StephenZA]

I've already picked him.

Doh!

This is one of the most painful things I`ve ever done.....

Varun Aaron - Jharkhand

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03 Vijay Manjrekar (Uttar Prudesh)
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05 Martin Crowe (Auckland)
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09 Malcolm Marshall (Barbados)
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11 Varun Aaron (Jharkhand)

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Mushtaq Ali - Madhaya Pradesh

 

[Zinzan]

I'll nab big bad Bob Willis (Warwickshire) thanks, to share the new ball with Curtly. Handy attack that.




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5. Sourav Ganguly - (Bengal CC)
6. Garry Sobers - (Barbados)
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10. Curtly Ambrose - (Leeward Islands)
11. Bob Willis - ( Warwickshire)

 

[Red]

Did Pietersen play for Natal in SA before he moved and qualified and made his test debut for England? If he did, then I'll allow him because his situation is quite unique.

The initial ruling was more to cover internationals who are contracted to play a number of seasons for FC team, especially English ones. Most Australians and many WIs have had a county stint, but that county team wasn't their primary FC team, if that makes sense?

Bit ambiguous but it makes sense to me.

 

[morgieb]

Did Pietersen play for Natal in SA before he moved and qualified and made his test debut for England? If he did, then I'll allow him because his situation is quite unique.

The initial ruling was more to cover internationals who are contracted to play a number of seasons for FC team, especially English ones. Most Australians and many WIs have had a county stint, but that county team wasn't their primary FC team, if that makes sense?

Bit ambiguous but it makes sense to me.

Yeah he did.

 

[watson]

Call of the board Red Hill? I've pretty much lost track of who's picked who.

 

[AndrewB]

Did Pietersen play for Natal in SA before he moved and qualified and made his test debut for England? If he did, then I'll allow him because his situation is quite unique.

The initial ruling was more to cover internationals who are contracted to play a number of seasons for FC team, especially English ones. Most Australians and many WIs have had a county stint, but that county team wasn't their primary FC team, if that makes sense?

Bit ambiguous but it makes sense to me.

Tony Greig and Allan Lamb also both played in SA before they moved to England. Conversely Gordon Greenidge's first class debut was for Hampshire.

 

[watson]

Tony Greig and Allan Lamb also both played in SA before they moved to England. Conversely Gordon Greenidge's first class debut was for Hampshire.

Now I'm confused.

Maybe......country of Test team must equal country of FC team as that will keep things simple.

But happy to go along with whatever.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Homeland, not place of birth, eg. Grimmett would be Australian even though he played for Wellington?

 

[Victor Ian]

Sorry to open a big can of worms. But you know.... Barry Richards and all...

I'll take Pietersen in the spirit of 'homeland'. There will be a few players this will be ambiguous for, but....stiff ****!

 

[G.I.Joe]

I don't see the ambiguity with the Pietersen pick. He played for Natal at the time SA was his homeland. The rules don't state that the player had to already have been a Test cricketer at the time under consideration.