Ray Price wants to play for England

[Paoli]

Originally Posted by Seamer

It is just a philosophy of mine. Unless you renounce your citizenship, you should only be allowed to represent the nation you were born in, otherwise national representation loses all meaning and becomes somewhat mercenary

I'm on your side, to a certain extent. I too have dual nationality but in the unlikely event of me playing pro sport, I'd choose Australia over Italy in the blink of an eye.

Zimbabwe is a bit different...isolated case. But if these players do the hard yards and qualify, then they shouldn't be treated differently. Ray Price is a gun and I hope he does play for England.

In the one dayers Price wasn't much of a wickettaker. But one thing he could do, and with distinction, was tie down an end. You'd consistently see him getting 0-35 off 10, 1-40 off 10, and lowering the amount of runs we'd have to chase. He's a better bowler than Giles, and was often Streak's weapon of choice in the test matches. He took a lot of test wickets and five-fers; my fondest memory of him was a 6-120 at the SCG against Australia where he bowled exceptionally. He is capable of bowling long spells.

I doubt he'll play for England, but still, if Dunc's at the helm, an option to be looked at.

[butchering lee]

hi paoli

i think with monty now (i watched the summer games and i like the lad) price playing for england is not a possibility.


i live in what i consider to be the most nationalist part of catalonia - yet Barca F.C. is the national side - despite the fact that there are only 3 catalan players regularly in the team and it's run by a dutchman. they don't watch the WC but winning the champions league was heavenly reward for their religious devotion to the "national" side.
i can't think of anything that symbolizes catalunya more (for them) - a foriegn team managed by foreigners - strange.

[Aussie-Yank]

Originally Posted by Seamer

Aussie Yank,
I have nothing against dual nationality - Australia relies on it to keep skilled workers and maintain our population levels. My wife is a dual UK/Aus (UK born). So are my kids (Aus born)
It is just a philosophy of mine. Unless you renounce your citizenship, you should only be allowed to represent the nation you were born in, otherwise national representation loses all meaning and becomes somewhat mercenary

Ahhh... I see your point - its not the fact they can change at any moment but the show that they are committed to play for that nation. Thats fair.

[Paoli]

i live in what i consider to be the most nationalist part of catalonia - yet Barca F.C. is the national side - despite the fact that there are only 3 catalan players regularly in the team and it's run by a dutchman. they don't watch the WC but winning the champions league was heavenly reward for their religious devotion to the "national" side.
i can't think of anything that symbolizes catalunya more (for them) - a foriegn team managed by foreigners - strange.

I know what you mean by that, but it's different. Spain's an isolated case and as much as they want to think Barca is their country, it is strictly a club side. Bit different with international cricket though.

And I don't think Ray Price has a chance eithe, though in that "second spinner"...maybe. Back on the Catalunya point, I know how much it means to them...what was Lineker's quote...something like, "The Catalans are a nation and Barcelona is their army".