posted Sep 4, 2008

What is going on here? Why are our county teams here to help overseas players to fitness?
Are they here to strengthen overseas national teams or what?

What allegiance does Shoaib Aktar have to any county side here in the UK? Absolutely none whatsoever.. He will sell his sword to whoever (I don't blame him for this - I do blame the greed and stupidity of county sides). This is a symptom of potential disaster for the national side and for test cricket. Why aren't our national-born and bred players being nurtured in the place of this bloke?

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posted Sep 8, 2008

comment by aamirsalaria (U9059823)
"Inclusion of Shoaib Akhtar will strengthen Surrey to a greater extent"

Why are Surrey even considering this man, desperate or not?

Good bowler he may nave been but how much of that was him and how much something else?

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posted Sep 8, 2008

It's a desperate last throw of the dice and probably won't work. Surrey sent it's members what was in effect an apology for the teams performances this year about 3 weeks back. The biggest problem seems to be morale there are enough decent players.
I agree with the comment about all these short term signings and second rate overseas mercenaries. Someone has to stop this nonsense.

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posted Sep 8, 2008

I think Shoaib will depends on rythem

Good luck to Surrey and Shoaib

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posted Sep 8, 2008

QUICKER, MATCH WINNER, BETTER TEST AND ODI RECORD THEN ANY BOWLER IN ENGLAND that might be just one reason y they called him!!

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posted Sep 8, 2008

I don't think morale is a problem at all .

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posted Sep 8, 2008

Surrey where amazing during the 90's the only problem was/is that all the player like stewart,holliake,thorpe ect all retired at the same time leaving surrey stranded then butchers tried to solve the problem quickly instead of taking his time, surrey had to get worse to get better ; the problem is we cant get much worse

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posted Sep 9, 2008

Frylinck is a South African Kolpak

Clinton has been around for years and just seems to turn up for the team photo at the beginning of the year

Saker and Walters haven't progressed at all

and Nicholson is bad for an overseas player

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posted Sep 17, 2008

he will rock it

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