Cricketing politicians

[ashley bach]

A working class bougie apparently.

 

[Adders]

What's a bougie?

 

[Chubb]

Zak Crawley represents the Eng cricket team mate.......its incredibly unfair to suggest that he does or should represent a whole class of people.

The kulaks must be eliminated as a class.

 

[Migara]

If I am not mistaken Nathan Braken is doing of sorts

 

[Line and Length]

What's a bougie?

bougie
belonging to or typical of the middle class (= a social group between the very rich and the poor), especially in giving a lot of importance to money, education, and social class, or in liking and wanting expensive and unusual things:

 

[Coronis]

Nice way to not answer the question.

Yes Waugh’s stats were poor.. but again he was picked not just for his batting, unlike Crawley. Plus, unlike Crawley, he actually had multiple quality domestic seasons in his early years. Why are you having such trouble comprehending the difference?

 

[Binkley]

If you play cricket in Wellington you will occasionally encounter politicians who play socially, not quite the same thing, but you learn a lot about a guy from how they conduct themselves. Campbell Barry the Mayor of Hutt City is a good bowler but a horrible person. He actually told me I was a "****ing **** loser who shouldn't bother playing cricket" among other things. Kieran McAnulty is a social cricketer and not the worst bowler I've ever kept to, and is also a very nice person in my experience.

Also in Wellington, former test opener and nude spin bowler John “Mystery” Morrison was a local Council representative.

 

[Coronis]

Also in Wellington, former test opener and nude spin bowler John “Mystery” Morrison was a local Council representative.

Why didn’t he bat nude too?

 

[chris.hinton]

Dan Dalton was on Warwickshire staff (May have played the odd game) he became a Tory MEP in 2014 and stood down in 2019

 

[chris.hinton]

Of course Ian Botham is now a Lord

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Also in Wellington, former test opener and nude spin bowler John “Mystery” Morrison was a local Council representative.

Stephen Boock was a council rep in Dunedin. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor at one stage as well.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

bougie
belonging to or typical of the middle class (= a social group between the very rich and the poor), especially in giving a lot of importance to money, education, and social class, or in liking and wanting expensive and unusual things:

Isn't this just an abbreviation of bourgeois/bourgeoisie?

 

[Smudge]

Is it safe to say Panesar isn't terribly bright?

 

[Chubb]

Is it safe to say Panesar isn't terribly bright?

Not only that but also mentally ill and IMHO people are taking advantage of him.

 

[SeamUp]

Reading this the other day, just got me thinking about this thread. I think he would have made a fine president.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Gautam gambhir was mp from delhi. wish he stuck with that instead of coaching us to embressment

 

[honestbharani]

salty deserves a mention as the CW Trump

 

[SeamUp]

Had no idea Sir De Villiers Graaff played 2 FC games for WP

https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/de-villiers-graaff-45282

 

[Marius]

Had no idea Sir De Villiers Graaff played 2 FC games for WP

https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/de-villiers-graaff-45282

Wow, I did not know that.

 

[ataraxia]

Denis Blundell played 48 FC matches as a pace bowler before becoming NZ Governor-General (no relation to Tom, apparently).