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[Sam]

Well Dimi Mascarenhas has been snapped up by NZ.

[jwebber86]

Good move by them even if it's only for their tour over here. Hope he does well.  I always liked him as a player

[skip1973]

It is representing your country, it's preparing and sending your team out to do battle (in a sporting sense) against another countries best. It's pitting your country's cricketing prowess against your opponents prowess, its England v Australia, it's not a business. It's about pride, getting the most out of the ability you have. If all we do is give up and ask our biggest cricketing rivals to manage our national team for us, we might as well crawl back under our rock and be done with it. My best mates Australian, I've lived and played in Australia, if we hand them the keys to our national team we will be a laughing stock forevermore and god help the next touring side in Aus, they will be ripped to shreds. It's akin to asking Napoleon to take charge of our Navy!

  Happy to poach SA/AUS players to be competitive on the field but not a coach, seems valid.

[TangoWhiskey]

I am more than happy for the best man to do the job regardless of his nationality. What I was getting at earlier was a reply to someone saying they would have Gillespie, Ponting, Warne and Lee as our back room staff. I'm all for the best man getting the job but to have all those Aussies in the management would be a bit too much to take.

[ProCricketer1982]

I am more than happy for the best man to do the job regardless of his nationality. What I was getting at earlier was a reply to someone saying they would have Gillespie, Ponting, Warne and Lee as our back room staff. I'm all for the best man getting the job but to have all those Aussies in the management would be a bit too much to take.

but they are possibly the best?? you can't be happy to have the best and then say 'but not if they all happen to be australian'. You either want the best or you are happy to have idiots like Moores in charge just because they are English.

[Stuey]

  Happy to poach SA/AUS players to be competitive on the field but not a coach, seems valid.

Who's happy about SA/AUS players or Irish for that matter playing for England/Wales? Not me, the residency rules stink, I mentioned that previously. It's just papering over England/Wales inability to develop a pool of very good International standard players and coaches.

[Manormanic]

but they are possibly the best?? you can't be happy to have the best and then say 'but not if they all happen to be australian'. You either want the best or you are happy to have idiots like Moores in charge just because they are English.

Problem is, there are not many non-English coaches interested int eh job.  Elite coaches from elsewhere see the practically 12 month round schedule and press attention and say no thanks.  Its easier for them to earn a quick buck in the IPL then do a job they care naturally about.

[TangoWhiskey]

but they are possibly the best?? you can't be happy to have the best and then say 'but not if they all happen to be australian'. You either want the best or you are happy to have idiots like Moores in charge just because they are English.

I draw the line at 2 of them.

[ProCricketer1982]

Who's happy about SA/AUS players or Irish for that matter playing for England/Wales? Not me, the residency rules stink, I mentioned that previously. It's just papering over England/Wales inability to develop a pool of very good International standard players and coaches.

agree with you on this.

[uknsaunders]

Back to the Future - Gibson it is

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