Comments on: Andrew Strauss wants cricketers who use their brains for something other than preventing their skulls from caving in

By: Pablo

Pablo — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:18:11 +0000

It sounds like a great approach, this idea of players taking responsibility in their own hands and trying to think by themselves. However, depending on who is actually doing the thinking, I have my reservations. There is people out there whose attempts at thinking can be as successful as Matthew Hayden’s attempts at talking. Quite scary, really.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:35:04 +0000

I hadn’t considered that Mahinda, but you might well be right.

By: Mahinda

Mahinda — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:22:42 +0000

Dave, are you sure WC Strauss was talking about Team England, or just the contents of his wardrobe?

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:02:20 +0000

He’s already started referring to his colleagues as ‘the chaps’ elsewhere, so it’s nice to see him conforming to our expectations.

By: Suave

Suave — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:58:12 +0000

And according to the Times, and dear Patrick Kidd, Fred has fallen asleep in the departure lounge, and delayed The England’s flight to the Windies.

Silly Fred, I assume Wing Commander will give him a bit of a ticking orff, and ask him to take even more responsability!

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:40:21 +0000

This new flexibility in preparation; wouldn’t involve playing in the IPL rather than for their counties, would it?

By: Soulberry

Soulberry — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:39:11 +0000

Sounds like a sensible bloke.

By the way, the West Indian people are calling “Aim higher” as “Higher Standards”. It is a well defined thing that Higher Standards with clear parameters. As a result now it is a proper noun like McBurger or McAloo Tiki.

They aim to pile up Higher Standards upon the English team. It’s a motivation.