Should all cricket players know English ?

[aussie_ben91]

The whole world should speak English. It would make a hell of a difference.

 

[smssia0112]

I think that this as unimportant an issue I have seen in a long time. I couldn't care less what language they speak, English is a very common language and everyone should be able to speak it because of its global reach, but that's their choice.

 

[shravi]

Some of the Indian players never get the opportunity to learn English because of the places they were brought up in. They probably never had an education of any sort.

 

[usy]

No offence your thread topic sucks.

should all cricketers shave their pubes?

The thing is, few french-men play cricket..

usy added 1 Minutes and 44 Seconds later...

The whole world should speak English. It would make a hell of a difference.

The whole world doesn?t look from your eyes, sadly.

 

[shravi]

Maybe in a few hundred years, like Russell Peters said, we'll all be beige, "a high bred mix of Chinese and Indian". "So you can run from us now, but sooner or later, we're gonna hump you"

Basically, maybe the norm may soon become Hindi and Mandarin .

 

[ZoraxDoom]

No, they shouldn't be forced to learn English if they don't want too.

If you really want to make them learn a language, make all cricketers learn Mandarin. Most spoken language in the world. Can you imagine what would happen in cricket if China started to get involved?

 

[SaiSrini]

Although I feel the players should learn English, I would never support the idea of the ICC giving the players tests to see if they communicate in English properly. It would be discriminatory if the ICC does that because language is not important for on field performance, which is the main criteria.

Translators are enough if a player cant speak English. And the player can converse with media which speaks a language that he knows.

Regarding India, the number of players learning English is on a very significant rise and in the future, players not knowing English would be a major rarity.

 

[spartie]

Regarding India, the number of players learning English is on a very significant rise and in the future, players not knowing English would be a major rarity.

English in india is still considered the language of the educated and the elites. Last time i was on the subcontinent, they simply assumed that I spoke the local language and treated me as if I was too stuck up to speak to them in anything but english (never mind that i cant speak any indian languages). It seems to me that it will be quite a while yet before english is a 'common' language, but it stands to reason that as India becomes more prosperous, they will be become more educated, and the preference (as a familial status symbol more than to give their kids a competitive edge) is toward english-medium schooling

 

[SciD]

Its good that you dont know English. That way batsman wont understand a word coming out of bowlers mouth and can bat peacefully while the moron keeps on taunting the batsman.

 

[.::Stevo::.]

Who cares, you can hardly understand the ones that speak english anyway. Maybe they have a future in telemarketing after there careers are finished?

 

[Mad Snake]

shouldn't have to but would be very beneficial to themselves

 

[bdchamp20]

American International University of Bangladesh, one of the leading private universities in Bangladesh has offered to teach English to the Bangladeshi national players free of charge. In the current Bangladesh squad I think only Shahriar Nafees, Mehrab Hossain Jr., Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah can speak fluent English (as far as I know) as they all attended English-medium schools. I think its essential for captains to know English so they can communicate freely. Ashraful's English has improved a lot since he became captain. In 2005 when he was awarded the MOM against Australia he could hardly speak and didn't understand the presenter properly. But now he understands English properly and speaks a lot better as well. Hopefully this course will help him.

 

[usy]

In asia, It's really hard to become a cricketer or any sports person, if you keep on track of your educational life along with it, only few people are able to do it such as Imran Khan, Wasim Akran.

 

[Leggie]

In asia, It's really hard to become a cricketer or any sports person, if you keep on track of your educational life along with it, only few people are able to do it such as Imran Khan, Wasim Akran.

^Zaheer Khan, Gave up engineering to play Cricket for India.

 

[usy]

Yeah, in Pakistan (don't know about India). All your mum wants you to be is a engineer, doctor, or in the army, like wtf? innit.