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[Vic Nicholas]

This song has been getting a lot of airplay in Oz:

That's In England!

[cricketbadger]

Fawad Ahmed

[tim2000s]

But of course, we won't mention any Aussie players who weren't born in Australia...

Including Khawaja, Symonds, Kepler Wessels, Brendon Julian or Moises Henriques...

[lazza32]

out of curiosity how many of the foreign born players learnt there art in england? i.e peiterson learnt how to play in south africa. (this is a genuine question and not a piss take)

[smilley792]

out of curiosity how many of the foreign born players learnt there art in england? i.e peiterson learnt how to play in south africa. (this is a genuine question and not a piss take)

Didn't pietersen leave South Africa as an off spinner that batted abit?

[cricketboy2010]

This hasn't been getting any airtime...

[Manormanic]

out of curiosity how many of the foreign born players learnt there art in england? i.e peiterson learnt how to play in south africa. (this is a genuine question and not a piss take)

Genuine Yarpies, fire the braai - Pietersen, Trott, Ballance (okay, Zimbok)

Mostly Yarpie/ bat for both sides - Dernbach, Lumb

Almost Entirewly English, Old Chap (and pass the Earl Grey) - Prior, Kieswetter, Strauss

[Manormanic]

Didn't pietersen leave South Africa as an off spinner that batted abit?

His last FC game in South AFrica he bowled fourth change and batted nine.  He came over here to Notts and started off batting at six and bowling, sort of like a spinning version of Ben Stokes, but the bowling died out after a couple of seasons (oddly in large part due to an onslaught from Darren Lehmann - read into that what you will)

[Vic Nicholas]

Fawad Ahmed

How many tests has he played?

[Manormanic]

How many tests has he played?

playing devil's advocate, how many new Citizenship laws have England passed for Matt Prior? 

[cricketbadger]

How many tests has he played?

what difference does it make? He's played ODI cricket

[Vic Nicholas]

But of course, we won't mention any Aussie players who weren't born in Australia...

Including Khawaja, Symonds, Kepler Wessels, Brendon Julian or Moises Henriques...

Khawaja: Was brought to Australia as a 3 year old. How prescient of CA to realise his potential.

Symonds: Was adopted by an Australian family when he was all of three months old (Maybe CA had something to do with it?) BTW, you do realise that his biological parents are Jamiacan (dad) and Danish (mum) - don't you? Not very English.

Kepler Wessels: You guys are still pissed off because he was the only one of Saffers who knocked back your filthy lucre.

Brendon Julian: Parents immigrated to Oz when he was a baby.

Moises Henriques: Parents immigrated to Oz when he was a baby. Also, Portugal isn't a test playing nation.

[Vic Nicholas]

what difference does it make? He's played ODI cricket

All those mercenaries mentioned in that song played test cricket for England.

[Ayrtek Cricket]

This thread isnt going to end well....

[Vic Nicholas]

playing devil's advocate, how many new Citizenship laws have England passed for Matt Prior? 

Well, at the very least the ECCB has changed the qualifying period from four years to seven years.

I suspect because the Saffers were getting understandably pissed that their players were getting poached.