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bruggers100

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Re: Boyd Rankin
« Reply #15 on: February 18, 2016, 09:47:47 AM »
Quote from: jamesisapayne on February 17, 2016, 11:31:28 AM
I have no idea whatsoever how he can become England captain. He's Irish. I think the law is a complete joke that just because a country doesn't have a test qualified team their players can play for other countries.

Are you against the law or giving a foreign player the captains armband ?  We've had plenty of non English born captains over the years. 
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Re: Boyd Rankin
« Reply #16 on: February 18, 2016, 01:36:00 PM »
Lets play the game...

Mike Deness
Andrew Strauss
KP
Ted Dexter (I think)

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Re: Boyd Rankin
« Reply #17 on: February 18, 2016, 01:41:25 PM »
Dexter was born in Italy I believe. Pasta muncher like myself.

Out most famous one is Nasser. the beak. born and made in India.

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Re: Boyd Rankin
« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2016, 01:58:10 PM »
George Harris (Trinidad)
Sir Tim O'Brien (Ireland)
Pelham Warner (Trinidad)
Frederick Fane (Ireland)
Douglas Jardine (India)
Gubby Allen (Australia)
Freddie Brown (Peru)
Donald Carr (Germany)
Colin Cowdrey (India)
Ted Dexter (Italy)
Mike Denness (Scotland)
Tony Greig (SA)
Allan Lamb (SA)
Nasser Hussain (India)
Kevin Pieterson (SA)

May have missed 1-2.

I believe the selecting of non England and Welsh born captains isn't a new thing, that is of course separate from debate about how English a player is though.
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Re: Boyd Rankin
« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2016, 04:34:13 PM »
Quote from: bruggers100 on February 18, 2016, 09:47:47 AM
Are you against the law or giving a foreign player the captains armband ?
I'm against both to be honest. What is the point of having international sport if all players are able to choose the country they wish to represent? Isn't that simply franchise-type cricket on a per-country scale? Most players would do what club cricket is turning into - gravitate towards the clubs with the most money/rewards/resources rather than play for their village or town. I certainly don't like the fact a player coming up through one country's age groups, then switching allegiances to a whole different country/culture at a later date a la Pietersen. Otherwise you're going to end up with one big homogenised cricket culture without any individual identities - after all, isn't that part of what makes cricket/sport in general great?

Quote from: bruggers100 on February 18, 2016, 09:47:47 AM
We've had plenty of non English born captains over the years.
And almost all of them are from old British colonies. That's opening up a whole can of political worms ;)
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