Stand out player? Living off reputation while lining his pockets in India you mean surely? Considering his divisive effect on the entire known universe I'm glad to see the back of the arrogant,selfish Saffa bellend to be honest.Best years were done anyway & he's been less than stellar for the last 2 years.**** him & move on.Time to rebuild from the ground up.
Cook just isn't a captain in any sense.However he went to the right schools & knows the right people.English Cricket is run along the same lines as the Conservative Party (apart from being a lot more liberal on immigration) but with Pietersen the problem is that half the dressing room probably wants to deck him on sight.No matter the talent level you can't have that in a team game.He's a victim of his own ego & will eventually come to realise it.After retirement probably.He's had a fair few let offs down the years but thay can't go on forever.Better to bring youth through now & try to move on from the winter disaster show rather than cling on to what Pietersen could bring for the next (at most) 2 years.
Gooch, Stewart and others have scored over 5000 runs in international cricket after the age of 33, why wouldn't KP be capable of this if not binned off?
Not disputing its possible but neither Gooch nor Stewart had the same issues that KP brings.All in all you have to make a team decision.
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1 | Leicester | 44 | 94 |
2 | Leeds Utd | 44 | 90 |
3 | Ipswich | 43 | 89 |
4 | Southampton | 44 | 84 |
5 | West Brom | 44 | 72 |
6 | Norwich City | 44 | 72 |
7 | Hull City | 44 | 69 |
8 | Coventry City | 43 | 63 |
9 | Middlesbro | 44 | 63 |
10 | Preston | 44 | 63 |
11 | Cardiff City | 44 | 62 |
12 | Bristol City | 44 | 59 |
13 | Sunderland | 44 | 56 |
14 | Swansea City | 44 | 56 |
15 | Watford | 44 | 53 |
16 | Millwall | 44 | 53 |
17 | Stoke City | 44 | 50 |
18 | QPR | 44 | 50 |
19 | Blackburn | 44 | 49 |
20 | Plymouth | 44 | 48 |
21 | Sheffield W | 44 | 47 |
22 | Birmingham | 44 | 46 |
23 | Huddersfield | 44 | 44 |
24 | Rotherham Utd | 44 | 24 |