Highveld
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It seems the spammers have now developed a footwear fetish :-)
Infinitely more British than Eoin Morgan, who is an Irish citizen.
Also, Jonathon Trott is English, he has an English mother and was entitled to a British passport from birth.
Many sites have a multi tiered authentication process for beconng a member, or place new members on "moderation, so their posts have to be approved by a moderator before been published.
So there are options available to deal with the issue.
The club , indeed any employer, should appoint the best person for the role, regardless of race, religeon, gender etc.
It was interesting while watching the U19 world cup that there was a total absence of diversity in many of the sides.
South Africa, England, Scotland & Ireland were the only sides that appeared to be ethnically diverse.
I'd be happy with any of Donald, Steyn or Tait.
Obviously the club &/or ticket agency will have records of who has bought tickets, but that information is protected by GDPR legislation and will not be made public.
Dan has now resigned from his post at Brighton, and is expected to take a similar role with NEwcastle United, who do ned a lot of assistance!
Collingwood announced as interim head coach.
The final, Eng v Ind, is on Sky sports from 1pm tomorrow, with Audio commentary on the BBC Sounds app and website.
Also, from Monday, Freesports are showing the South African domestic t20 competition.
Thorpe has now been removed from his role, a poor coach & a very poor leadership figure.
Time for a new coaching staff, not recruited from Essex or Surrey.
Good BBC article on Jacob here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60239953
There seems to have been an increase in spam again this week
Times radio last night were suggesting that Silverwood and Thorpe will be released soon too.
As a batting coach Thorpe has done nothing to improve the England players, but the same was true of Gouch and Ramprakash too.
Time for the ecb to appoint a batting coach who doesn't come from Essex or Surrey.
Even an underperforming Malan was massively better than the contribution from Vihari, it really was going into games a man down.
I think he has the potential to be a left handed Shaun Pollock type, so would be a good signing, with the potential of returning for several years.
Marco Jansen of South Africa would be a good option, a tall left arm seamer that was batting at 7 during the SA v India tests.
Whoever the club signs needs to be a consistant performer that makes a positive contribution to the team every game. Too many times last season, when Vihari was included, the team were effectively playing with just 10 men.
Full pre season match schedule
https://edgbaston.com/news/warwickshires-pre-season-friendly-matches-confirmed/
Has announced his retirement,
https://edgbaston.com/news/tim-bresnan-announces-retirement/?fbclid=IwAR0f2oKpalF5ckD6VxdwY4HwQsey7XXlsqD6YOfNNuRKFEn8COgceFc-NWI
It's always a sad day when a sportsman has to hang up his boots, but it seems he has made the right decision to do it now.
Good luck to him in the next chapter of his life.
England won their 3rd game yesterday, with Jacob getting 62 9ff 55 balls and 1-31off 5 overs.
Strangely, and despite advertising that all the England games would be shown, Sky showed the Pakistan v Afghanistan game.