Kevin Pietersen

[thesecondlaw]

"Score come runs in County Cricket, and you'll be considered for an England recall", he was told. 326 not out should have done the trick, but have too many bridges been burnt? Strauss press conference tomorrow will tell us more. If he is brought back, who will miss out? Can only be Moeen Ali surely, as Ballance, Bell and Root all seem to be in good nick. I can't see him ever playing for England again, which is a real waste of a proper talent.

[-Talbot-]

Called just about everybody else a lady garden, minty.


To sum up then, cricket is played by a whole bunch of lady gardens?

[murraymints]

does that matter if he plays well ?

[-Talbot-]

Not to me, I only like cricket when we're winning.

[murraymints]

selection board getting all British and precious ?

[jno]

just English, I think, murraymints. One of the things the board praised the England captain for was that he had a Good Family, which must have baffled Australians. What's his family got to do with it??

I note the second top scorer yesterday was the world's number 1 batsman. He made just 36. Puts Pietersen's talent into perspective: it's big.

[ichkeria]

"a score of 326 n.o. obtained partially through the failures of the opposition isn't quite as impressive."

Should this not be in a thread about the election :-)

[jno]

indeed, with 326 KP has an absolute majority

[Sipowicz]

LOL @ Ichkeria!

[thesecondlaw]

Best answer for Ichkeria. Very good.