Should all cricket players know English ?

[ZoraxDoom]

They are representig your country's cricketing talents, and to a lesser extent your country's culture and traditions and standards of behaviour. They aren't representing the country's education system or ability to speak English...

 

[Punter_164]

i don't think it is necessary. they are there only to play cricket and it is unfair to force them to learn a language!

 

[icyman]

Agreed that their job is to play cricket.But,when they play,they go to different countries and they are ambassadors for the own country.I feel that each player needs to have basic knowledge of the global langauge

 

[Pranav]

I totally disagree to this.Cricketers are there to play cricket & not to give interviews or talk in english.The country they are playing for wants its player to play well.Even if he is not speaking in english while giving the MOM interview it does not matter to the country.Rather the country feels proud that their team won or played briliantly to win a MOM award.

 

[spartie]

Expecting all international cricketers to speak english is like expecting all national footballers to know english. If an Angolan international footballer is playing on an Angolan domestic side, chances are he won't have a need for English on a day to day basis... same as a Lankan player who trains in Madras has more use for tamil than english.
Just as ice hockey or baseball players come to the US from the non-english world and develop english as needed.

 

[usy]

Expecting all international cricketers to speak english is like expecting all national footballers to know english. If an Angolan international footballer is playing on an Angolan domestic side, chances are he won't have a need for English on a day to day basis... same as a Lankan player who trains in Madras has more use for tamil than english.
Just as ice hockey or baseball players come to the US from the non-english world and develop english as needed.

G.o.o.d post that, I really like what you said, and the examples.

 

[Will_NA]

You can't compare Football to Cricket since there are many more sides in football so the chances of playing England regularly are very small. However, for example, India and England play each other every 2 years and the matches are always followed by British broadcasters so of course it would be more useful to know English for presentation's sake.

 

[Themer]

So you would rather pick people who cannot play cricket aswell as others just because they can speak English. The best players should play they don't need to know a language to play their best so what advantage does it bring? I see your point on the presentations but really how much effort is it to have a translator if they can't communicate well in English.

 

[Will_NA]

So you would rather pick people who cannot play cricket aswell as others just because they can speak English.

I'm sorry but I have no idea how you drew that conclusion from my post.

 

[lightbulb]

I think that anyone who's willing to leave their own country for a holiday or in this case, a tour should speak at least basic english.

 

[spartie]

I think that anyone who's willing to leave their own country for a holiday or in this case, a tour should speak at least basic english.

just like western vacationers who go to cuba know basic spanish?

 

[lightbulb]

Well, it's always wise to study a bit. But English is the global language and the really touristy places, especially hotels, are going to cntain English-speaking people. What I'm saying is. Pretend your spanish and you go on holiday to China. If you ask somebody something in spanish, chances are are that they're not going to have a clue as to what you are saying. If you ask them in English, they probably still won't understand you but they would probably understand more of the Egnlish than the Spanish.