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So in your opinion if you were born to autralian parents who find themselves working and living abroad when you were born, would you want to represent that country rather than Australia??

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thats a twist of words sheepy. I think you will find most of the english foreign legion does not fit into that senerio.

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Not sure how i twisted your words "place of their birth". Anyway how Kenyan was Derek pringle??? How Italian was Teddy Dexter.?? Come on. Plenty of reasons why some of these people played for England.
Plus as Australia gets more and more multi-cultural it's only a matter of time before there is overseas born players wearing the baggy green.

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Below are listed twenty Australian Test cricketers who were born overseas.

ENGLAND (10): Charles Bannerman, John Hodges, Tom Kendall, William Midwinter, Percy McDonnell, William Cooper, Henry Musgrove, Hanson Carter, Tony Dell and Andrew Symonds.
SCOTLAND (1): Archie Jackson.
IRELAND (2): Tom Horan, Tom Kelly.
SOUTH AFRICA (1): Kepler Wessels.
NEW ZEALAND (3): Tom Groube, Clarrie Grimmett and Brendon Julian.
INDIA (2): Bransby Cooper and Rex Sellers.
SRI LANKA (1): Dav Whatmore.

This is a backup in the interests of fairness to the list published of England players born overseas posted as as a pisstake

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sheepy wrote:

Just curious here FT & stumpy, are you suggesting that no one on that list should have been allowed to represent England ??
Hard to think of anyone more English than Colin Cowdrey.


Here is my opinion, if you qualify to play for a certain country, your country of birth doesn't matter.  See Darren Pattinson's situation.  Most likely not in contention for Australia at the time he played for England.  Then the Pommy Press bag the crap out of him for being an Aussie cricketer.

Australia are in trouble with performances well below par and a lack of a team of strike bowlers who can get through the hard times in the centre and get a breakthrough.  Cricket Australia continue to let talented coaches be poached by overseas nations. The England fast bowling coach in the last English Ashes series is a good example.  Now David Saker is there.

 A lot rests on the directions set by the men at the top including the schedule of matches laid down by the ICC.

 



-- Edited by stumpy on Wednesday 8th of December 2010 08:55:19 AM

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Whoa...

Interesting reading. I think certain people in this thread are getting a bit carried away with themselves, as I thought may have been the case. I won't name any names though.

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sheepy wrote:

So in your opinion if you were born to autralian parents who find themselves working and living abroad when you were born, would you want to represent that country rather than Australia??


Where is this country located Captain Cook?

 



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Fark me. Professor coksmoker is here again. Fair dinkum how well are you going if your proof reading all my posts just so you can find a way to get involved. Outstanding work.

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Sheepy...you missed my point. I do not give a flying faark abt england and their foreign legion. We have been the dominate cricket nation for two decades while England has been absolute crap. Let them enjoy their moment in the sun. As that is all it will be...a moment.

FEBU

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FT I wasnt taking it that serious pal, just a bit of banter.

Hope I didn't make any typos...

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sheepy wrote:

FT I wasnt taking it that serious pal, just a bit of banter.

Hope I didn't make any typos...


Ft being Fathertime is 1 word so using capitals for both the F & t is incorrect.

 



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fridge roberts wrote:

i find it laughable stumpy that your even wasting your time in writing that, why cant u just accept your cricket team is now **** and that we are a much better outfit.......

no one cares about 20 years ago or players who were not born in england, they have qualified to play for england and thats the rules the ecb set so get over it mate.

its funny that you have brought this up when you lose but not when u were smashing us...

kepler wessels?????????


This is a serious question and its driected at both Goochy and yourself. We have had discussions before on "kolpak" players and imports playing county cricket and then qualifing to play for england. But is this not to the determent of english cricket and the filtering through of younger players , Alex do you think you would have played more or even recieved a county contract if this quote system was not in place  

 



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Jake, I think you'll find the major problem is the lack of soap in the country..........

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prince mark wrote:

Jake, I think you'll find the major problem is the lack of soap in the country..........


Don't be such a sore fkn loser prince. 

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Haha the old soap dodger gag

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Well it seems the world 11 gag cuts too deep, soap dodging is all I have left...........

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Why can't you just cop it on the chin and move on like the rest of us? It's not as if the poms are rubbing it in, as always they are just as gracious in winning as they are in defeat. Knock it off prince, leave em alone.

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Tiger wrote:

sheepy wrote:

FT I wasnt taking it that serious pal, just a bit of banter.

Hope I didn't make any typos...


Ft being Fathertime is 1 word so using capitals for both the F & t is incorrect.

 



 bloodyhell Tiger i think you need to get a grip. You have this weird fasination with Sheepy don't you?

Better change yr signature i think..."Tiger is the new Beaver"



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By the way, i think the soap dodging thing is getting a bit tired. I know for a fact that most of the poms shower more often after cricket than the aussies. It's all bull**** just like how everyone says they drink warm beer. It doesn't happen.

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Thanks for that

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