"Unusual" England cricket team

[flanflinger]

Originally Posted by Alison

but I don't think I've ever heard any players swearing when I've watched games on tv.

Take it from they do... and they use some very naughty words too. When Stewie was behind the stumps with a stump mike you could often hear a few comments coming from his mouth.

[yubeingfunny]

Three minor points on this subject (daren't go off on a rant coz i know everyone is entitled to their own opinion)

1) On the issue of swearing... i do it more than i should, and in doing so it loses its effect... i on many occassions have told the batsman to f*** off and i can hand on heart say only once was that meant in anything other than a light hearted manner, and it has always been taken as such... its not a great habbit, nor one to be proud of but i still consider it light hearted banter, its the context in which it is used which is important... there is a difference between kaneria's actions of the other day and the usual aussie send off.. to be honest whenever an aussie or saffa in our league is bowling at me - i'd be dissapointed not to get a send off!!! means i havent played well!

2) the dislike of flintoff confuses me a lot, its hardly his fault that we/our press over hype him... i can only base my opinion of him on what others think of him... and it strikes me that you'd be hard pressed to find an opposition player who would have a bad word to say about him... he's surely one of the shining examples of how the game was meant to be played - play hard but then shake hands at the end of the day!? I could understand say Vaughan being disliked but Freddie!!?

3) (please dont get offended ppl) The general feeling that RD1 describes gets to me a lot... Now RD1 I am not in any way questioning what you are saying - u are obviously in a much better position than myself to describe this feeling and i don't doubt that you represent how your culture and generation view the english but i dont subscribe that this is a reason to judge others nor that this is a british problem... my girlfriends little boy is just starting school and is in a predominantly asian school, just because we are just outside the catchment area for my old school... he is having much the same problems as you have described only it vice versa... tolerance is not a purely british problem!!!

Sorry anyone

[Rahul_Dravid_is_No.1]

yes about your last point. intolerance is not only a british problem. i agree i made that sound wrong, and i clarified trhat before, i was meaning the way the british form of intolerance is expressed, if you get me. but let's face it, intolerance is a human problem as a whole.

I would just like to re-iterate, its not like i have some problem with british people, far from it, im just saying there is a significant minority in my generation

[Alison]

I didn't mean to imply that they don't, I was just slightly surprised that I'd never heard it if it is so common.

[Rahul_Dravid_is_No.1]

you have not heard about it probably because it is not as bad as i think i am making it out to be i suppose. maybe i give the impression it is like open intolerance like 'you can't have a game of footy coz your asian' or something like that.... which isnt the case to be honest. its lesser things

[jot1]

lol alison, here we don't hear the stump mikes anymore 'cos the guys were teaching our young'uns some choice words

[jot1]

Originally Posted by flanflinger

Amla has played for South Africa in this series and because of their sponshorship by Castle, he has had to have a different shirt.

leaving off the castle logo on amla's shirt is for faith reasons. hats off to the sponsors for agreeing to it. they pay a lot of money to have that on. i understand his beard is also to do with his faith.