Not that fussed by Pietersen or Moores going in itself, more the general chaos this is likely to cause.
Not clear whether Pietersen will goto the WIndies now and though we should beat them anyway, it's much harder without the best batsmen. I suspect he'll now be sorely tempted to take the money from a full IPL season and hence wont be available for England in May time, will the ECB then feel compelled to leave him out for the Ashes ? Someone needs to patch up the ructions with the team pretty quickly - i might pack the pads for Barbados just in case :) Matt --- On Thu, 8/1/09, Alan Edgar <[email protected]> wrote: > Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:55:53 +0000 (GMT) > From: MATTHEW GAYNOR > Pushed it seems. > Apparently Pieterson gave the ECB an ultimatum, > "either he goes or I go" and the ECB didn't like > being 'threatened' that way ,so called his bluff, > and Moores' position was felt to be untenable in the > circumstances so he went as well. > Genius - just as the Aussies start to look > vulnerable, we shoot ourselves in the foot. > Matt I'm not sure this is a bad thing at all. Pietersen said when he took the job that if it didn't work out he'd happily go back to the ranks - maybe we thought it might have lasted longer than 3 Tests, but if him going and forcing Moores out had to happen (and Moores record doesn't merit continuing with him, without taking into account certain player dissatisfaction with his methods - not just KP), better it does so now than in June. Strauss (who should have got the job in 06 instead of Flintoff anyway) gets to start with a clean slate and won't get blamed for initial under-achievement due to the turmoil that led to his appointment in the first place. He's probably the only player capable of mediating between the split factions in the dressing room and getting everyone to perform to their ability. He also did the job well in 2006 v Pakistan and improved his own batting form at the same time. Cheers, Al _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist Sorry Macca - it's the curse of Bates old lad
