O'Brien to retire after Pakistan series

[Smudge]

Allow me to point out that I was driving, so not drinking, as a mitigating circumstance for the **** story.

 

[_Ed_]

Found this fabulous article and thought this was the most appropriate place to post it.
Jarrod Kimber: Help save the most romantic cricketer ever | Page 2 | Cricinfo.com

 

[Flem274*]

WAG.

Why won't they let O'Brien play?

 

[Somerset]

WAG.

Why won't they let O'Brien play?

"O'Brien signed a three-year contract with Middlesex before the season started but there is a clause that states if he can't qualify as a domestic player in years two and three the deal can be withdrawn. Unless O'Brien can persuade the ECB to class him as a domestic player - because he is married to a English woman - Rogers' move means O'Brien will be unlikely to stay at Lord's."
O'Brien Middlesex future in doubt - Yahoo! Eurosport

 

[Daemon]

"O'Brien signed a three-year contract with Middlesex before the season started but there is a clause that states if he can't qualify as a domestic player in years two and three the deal can be withdrawn. Unless O'Brien can persuade the ECB to class him as a domestic player - because he is married to a English woman - Rogers' move means O'Brien will be unlikely to stay at Lord's."
O'Brien Middlesex future in doubt - Yahoo! Eurosport

If that happens and he never plays competitive cricket again..I blame his wife