It's Tough Being Me - The Kevin Pietersen Story

[Top_Cat]

Yeah and humiliation from inferior players in KP's eyes which, if Brearley is correct, he won't take to. All adds up to KP never fitting into an English dressing room he isn't The Man in.

Again, let's not forget the freedom a captain tends to get in terms of team balance and selection. Under Mark Taylor, guys he didn't much like (Hayden, Martyn, Kasprowicz, Bichel, Langer) were dead but resurrected under Waugh. Guys he didn't like (Slater, Love, Symonds, Hussey, Warne) were steadfastly ignored or turfed quickly. Can go the other way with certain types; strongly believe without the fanboyism of Taylor and his brother, Mark Waugh wouldn't have played 100 Tests and Ponting has stuck with Symonds and Johnson through thick and (very) thin. The moral; if you're going to be a ****, go to the captain's BBQ's. KP has slit his own throat by dissing Strauss unless, maybe, he thinks Strauss is on the way out.

The whole thing, of course, falls over when it comes to MacGill. Snagged a decent number of Tests but no-one likes that ****.

 

[benchmark00]

Nah **** suck a fat one.

 

[Spikey]

do you think the rabid racism of taylor and waugh is why chee quee never played for australia

 

[benchmark00]

Cheeqs was stubborn and refused to send them muffin baskets iirc.

 

[Spikey]

he sent some but they were made by his mother so taylor threw them down and burned them

 

[Jono]

Quiet you.

 

[Spikey]

skidmark00 reevaluating his entire cricketing world following these revelations imo

 

[Top_Cat]

Hate to be all srs but I feel fairly certain that Tubbs was a Chee Quee fan. After the 131 he made in a MM match (a final?), I think his his name was mentioned for the ODI side? His career tailed off after that knock, though. Reckon the ACB's natural aversion ot specialist ODI players probably put the kybosh on an international career i.e. ODI's were a path to the Test side so if you weren't headed that way or at least didn't say you were, Shield only for you.

 

[benchmark00]

 

[Jono]

Chiqui
1) A verb meaning the act of being "chill"
2) An adjective for describing someone who is really cool and better than most.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Chiqui

 

[Viscount Tom]

England's Pietersen dilemma : IPL 'catalyst' in Kevin Pietersen controversy - Andy Flower | Cricket News | England v South Africa | ESPN Cricinfo

Flower speaks, as does a guy called Ravi in the comments who apparently missed 2003 in cricket.

 

[vic_orthdox]

 

[Top_Cat]

haha, yeah, that Flower, abandoning the country which once threatened him. The nerve of the guy!

 

[Spark]

Wasn't everything supposed to be private/behind closed doors now?

 

[_Ed_]

Flower speaks, as does a guy called Ravi in the comments who apparently missed 2003 in cricket.

Haha, wow. That's remarkable.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Australia Cricket News: KP rift may take years to repair - Mickey Arthur | ESPN Cricinfo

Mickey Arthur throws his support behind England's actions.

 

[Top_Cat]

Nah seriously, he's gone for good.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Someone wants to tell Arthur he's coaching Australia now:

I know from our last meetings with Cook and Strauss in 2008, we certainly came around the wicket to them

Struggling to let go, Michael?

 

[Spark]

TBF I don't think he'd want to associate himself too much with 09 and 10-11.

 

[Spikey]

Wasn't everything supposed to be private/behind closed doors now?

Yes. Except for the stuff that can harm KP. That isn't.