Reply to: KP Quits

[Doggy Styles]

Strauss should have kept the captaincy for the last Ashes series, instead of giving it to the idiot Flintoff.

Put us back years, that did.

[TheFaQQer]

Isn't the world a small place these days?

46 minutes ago - here's the Indian news coverage from YouTube!!

[TheFaQQer]

Telegraph now reporting that KP and Peter Moores have both quit, Strauss to be named captain and Andy Flower as caretaker coach.

Hmmm - Flower has no real experience as a coach, and is very close to Moores. Great batsman, and has to be admired for his stance over Zimbabwe, though.

Interesting times ahead.

[TheFaQQer]

KP goes.

Linky

No word on Moores, or whether he resigned or was sacked.

[Doggy Styles]

I think that the Cricket World Cup should be 20/20 for the first group stage, then ODI format for the knockout phase until the final, which should be a 5 day test.

That would reveal the true world champions, who have mastered all the formats of the game, and don't just focus on one bit.

Interesting point, but then I thought of runners. Should the Olympics hold heats over 100m, semi-finals over 1500m and the final a marathon? Bolt would never have won a medal, and nor would Gabrisalasi, Coe or Ovett. We'd be watching mediocre jacks of all trades, masters of none.

Very few cricketers have mastered all forms of the game. I'd rather see specialists at each than mediocrity, where half the players consistently fail and reduce the quality on show.

[DiscoStu]

Telegraph now reporting that KP and Peter Moores have both quit, Strauss to be named captain and Andy Flower as caretaker coach.

[PM-Junkie]

Cricket is a game played over 5 days. End of.

Everything is running round in pyjamas.

IMHO of course.

[deano]

I think that the Cricket World Cup should be 20/20 for the first group stage, then ODI format for the knockout phase until the final, which should be a 5 day test.

That would reveal the true world champions, who have mastered all the formats of the game, and don't just focus on one bit.

[PM-Junkie]

Moores' international cricket experience before he got this job was what, exactly? No wonder players and skippers seem to have no faith in him.

Why does England have an amazing capacity to employ idiots to run its sports? Cricket, football, rugby, tennis, athletics, hockey....the list goes on.

[DiscoStu]

Why does anyone give a toss about ODIs and Twenty20? Test matches are what count, and more specifically the Ashes.

Because, unfortunately, it's where a large chunk of the ECB's income is derived from.

[TheFaQQer]

But Vaughan's crap at ODI's too. I wonder if Collingwood would be up for it for both teams?

Collingwood quit when his form was too bad, and also because he couldn't work with Moores.

Vaughan quit because his form was too bad, and because he couldn't work with Moores.

Petersen may go because he can't work with Moores.

I can almost see some kind of trend emerging here, but it's a little vague still....

Moores was good at the academy, but not good enough for the England job. Should have gone to Tom Moody when we had the chance, but he's out of the way now. Graeme Ford is a good shout, but not too well thought of within the ECB. Ashley Giles as a stop-gap (no coaching experience) while they try to get the right man in for the home series would be my choice, I think.

Why does anyone give a toss about ODIs and Twenty20?

Because that's where all the money is.

[Mich the Tester]

But Vaughan's crap at ODI's too. I wonder if Collingwood would be up for it for both teams?

Why does anyone give a toss about ODIs and Twenty20? Test matches are what count, and more specifically the Ashes.

[DiscoStu]

But Vaughan's crap at ODI's too. I wonder if Collingwood would be up for it for both teams?

[TheFaQQer]

If the captain chooses the coach, then it sets a dangerous precedent.

But, as Stu points out, Strauss would get the job and need to be added to the ODI squad, even though he's no good. And who does the Twenty20 job?

Unless they move back to having a split captaincy, which doesn't work particularly well anyway (for England, at least). And (again) who could they have as ODI captain - Collingwood? Flintoff?

Bring back Vaughan to solve all the problems...

[DiscoStu]

Marvellous, now Strauss will be made captain and have to be picked for the one-dayers, even though he's no good at them