5th Test: England vs Australia at the Brit Oval

[Covvy]

KP, Strauss, Trott and who?

 

[Themer]

I don't mind you saying that KP and Trott are South African but Prior and Strauss were brought up in England from very young ages and learnt cricket here.

Don't see how you can complain about peoples nation of Birth when your National Team Coach is English.

 

[stevo1]

KP, Strauss, Trott and who?

Matt "I'm too cheap to get new WK gloves" Prior.

 

[King Pietersen]

Too cheap to get new WK gloves? =/ I don't think he buys them. Just likes the ones he's got I imagine, why bother using new ones and have to bed them in when you've got a perfectly good pair? Prior represented England at every age group as well, he's English.

 

[Dutch]

You have 4 players born in RSA.

What ever happens, what ever anyone says it will go down in the record books as a 2-1 series to England and I personally couldn't care less where they were born. To see those joyous sights after that final wicket went down was absolutely brilliant and will remain with me for many years to come. Very very proud to be a supporter of the England cricket team, very proud. Thats the point, nought else. If Australia had won would you also have said "Oh its not that big a deal because we won from half a South African team?"

 

[Covvy]

Can we borrow a few players? We'll came that Strauss has a long-lost relative that's from Australia

 

[Cricketdude]

"In 2007, a survey by Sweeney Sports found that 59% of the Australian public have an interest in cricket, second to none."

It is Australia's favourite sport, that coming from Wikipedia.

I don't care what a stupid wikipedia article says. I live here so I can make a judgement. IT IS NOT Australia's number one sport. AFL and Rugby beat that by a mile. After that and that is very much after that is Football and Cricket.

Ask an aussie on this forum about what's the most played sport where he lives/in his state.

 

[stevo1]

Too cheap to get new WK gloves? =/ I don't think he buys them. Just likes the ones he's got I imagine, why bother using new ones and have to bed them in when you've got a perfectly good pair? Prior represented England at every age group as well, he's English.

Born in South Africa, I rest my case yer honour.

 

[Themer]

I don't care what a stupid wikipedia article says. I live here so I can make a judgement. IT IS NOT Australia's number one sport. AFL and Rugby beat that by a mile. After that and that is very much after that is Football and Cricket.

Ask an aussie on this forum about what's the most played sport where he lives/in his state.

You or Wikipedia?

Wikipedia.

 

[Covvy]

AFL or Rugby (depends where you live) is more popular but cricket probably is on stats because AFL and rugby's spilt between the country.

 

[barmyarmy]

With Strauss and Prior, born there so what? With KP and Trott I was counting it as one as they've never played in the same team.
Like I said before a consequence of the legacy of empire and commonwealth is that a lot of English players are born aboard. To name but a few:
Graeme Hick
Nasser Hussain
Andy Caddick
Geraint Jones
Robin Smith
Allan Lamb
Mike Brearly
Ted Dexter
Jason Gallian
Doublas Jardine
Colin Cowdrey
Robin Jackman
Derek Pringle
Gladstone Small
Demot Reeve
Phil De Freitas
Devon Malcolm
Chris Lewis
Min Patel

Here's the catch. 95% of the above have English parents.

 

[stevo1]

I don't care what a stupid wikipedia article says. I live here so I can make a judgement. IT IS NOT Australia's number one sport. AFL and Rugby beat that by a mile. After that and that is very much after that is Football and Cricket.

Ask an aussie on this forum about what's the most played sport where he lives/in his state.

Hahaha you deluded fool.

1. AFL
2. Cricket
3. Football
4. Rugby League

 

[NICK_GIFF]

Can we borrow a few players? We'll came that Strauss has a long-lost relative that's from Australia

Strauss actually spent a year of his childhood living in Melbourne...

 

[barmyarmy]

Hahaha you deluded fool.

1. AFL
2. Cricket
3. Football
4. Rugby League

You live in Victoria so your views on this are somewhat discredited

 

[stevo1]

Strauss actually spent a year of his childhood living in Melbourne...

Collingwood played a season (2000/01) with Richmond CC here in Melbourne (Premier Cricket, below state cricket) and won the comp medal.

Also think Broad spent a bit of time out a few years back in the suburbs of Melbourne playing park cricket from memory.