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[johan95]

Fair enough...I go to Surrey a lot, nice bunch of guys there...may try and nab a Redback (lol only joking) but I guess there's a good chance I may get some kit, I hope. I hope to talk to Steve Davies cause he's a very very good keeper-batsman..

[PedalsMcgrew]

Slightly off topic but I played a game with Tim Henman a few years back. When we got there he went around introducing himself! Not in an arrogant way but in a very humble, friendly manner. Seriously nice guy. He hit 70 odd against us off about 40 balls, took a hat trick but refused to attempt any catches due to a fear of hurting his hands! Decent technique surprisingly but it was his hand-eye coordination which was incredible...then he got stuck into plenty of beers with us all, signed loads of autographs and gave away about 5 tennis rackets to kids who had turned out to watch...

Have met Jaques Kallis at the CWC a few years back when it was staged over here. SA were playing Kenya in Amsterdam (Jesus, what a weekend that was!) and he is good mates with my best mate. Another top guy and very funny too....was a bit worried that he would get caught on TV with a few loons partaking of Amsterdam's finest offerings whilst on the boundary during the game. Don't remember much else about it though.....

[Number5]

Stayed at the Taj Krishna Hotel in Hyderabad a couple of years ago, at the same time as both the Indian and Australian squads, in town for a day/night ODI.  Mitchell Johnson and his wife were the last ones still in the bar when I got down there.  Asked him for an autograph for my son and he obliged.  Sat chatting with the pair of them for about 30 minutes about cricket, travel and stuff!  I thought they were a really nice couple, no airs and graces, just enjoying life!  He signed another autograph for my son as the Aussie players got off their coach at Old Trafford at last years ODI, as did Ricky Ponting.  Michael Clarke and Kevin Pieterson.....total tossers the pair of them....completely ignored all the kids waiting to see them and get autographs outside and at the Pavilion steps during the pre-match period.  They didn't smile, didn't engage with the kids, just brushed their way past everyone in their way, with an arrogance about them.

[alexrickyponting]

Stayed at the Taj Krishna Hotel in Hyderabad a couple of years ago, at the same time as both the Indian and Australian squads, in town for a day/night ODI.  Mitchell Johnson and his wife were the last ones still in the bar when I got down there.  Asked him for an autograph for my son and he obliged.  Sat chatting with the pair of them for about 30 minutes about cricket, travel and stuff!  I thought they were a really nice couple, no airs and graces, just enjoying life!  He signed another autograph for my son as the Aussie players got off their coach at Old Trafford at last years ODI, as did Ricky Ponting.  Michael Clarke and Kevin Pieterson.....total tossers the pair of them....completely ignored all the kids waiting to see them and get autographs outside and at the Pavilion steps during the pre-match period.  They didn't smile, didn't engage with the kids, just brushed their way past everyone in their way, with an arrogance about them.

To be fair, they don't really have an obligation to sign autographs, they are paid to play, not smile. But I Michael Clarke did seem quite arrogant when i saw him at Northants in 09, although he did sign some autographs after the game at the end.

[Mr Cricket]

clarke gets a lot of abuse from the media, cant blame him for not trying to keep up a nice guy persona in public, he will still get slated anyway.

[Apple]

Had a piss next to fat gat in trafalgar square during the 2005 parade, he was really nice, I pretty young and he asked if I played and stuff. Touch off topic, but I got asked to help during a 'coaches training day', were all the middlesex coaches, were coaching club coaches, how to coach, so I rock up expecting not to do very much, what am I told to do? Pad up, and face the bowling machine, with fat gat coaching me, in front of about 25 coaches, my main middlesex coach came up to me and told me to ignore absolutely everything they told me, before all the 25 coaches started trying to coach me.

 in fact  during this winter ive been coached by quite a few middlesex players, Neil Dexter did a specail session with a couple of us on how to face spin bowling, Scott Newman on quick bowling, both really nice blokes i can honestly say,

Ive said this before, but was mid training session when Eoin Morgan turned up, started wacking balls all over the place, then came over to introduce himself to us, offered to give autographs etc. bloody good chap!

[19reading87]

Ian bell got married 2 mins from my house apparently today....

[Colesy]

Turns out Ryan Higgins (ex Zim player) is coaching us for a month or so. Seems a nice guy

[espocrespo]

Turns out Ryan Higgins (ex Zim player) is coaching us for a month or so. Seems a nice guy

his cousin's pro'ing round my end, and says he will come net with me

[Colesy]

Yeah might tap Ryan up, he's only 24 and we have a couple of Zimmers who play for us. Good chances

[johan95]

Vague claim to fame, I know a person really well who is the racketball partner of Mike Gatting, and was gonna play in a T20 with him and David Burrowes MP but school had to get in the damn way

[19reading87]

his cousin's pro'ing round my end, and says he will come net with me

How do you know so many people mate?

[peplow]

Turns out Ryan Higgins (ex Zim player) is coaching us for a month or so. Seems a nice guy

used to play for winsley i believe? if i have the right guy, he hit a 15 year old me in my second ever over of senior cricket for 28 in a sunday friendly in which he and a wiltshire batsman opened!

i may have worng guy completely but they have a zimmer!

[Cover_Drive]

I believe visiting National Cricket Academy in Lahore and attending a match doesn't count, right ?

Anyways, it was in Lahore, Pakistan that I was on a traffic light and the car on my left had a beard guy rubbing it face so I told my driver to move forward a bit so I can see who this is so on the passenger seat it was my favourite player sitting, Mohammad Yousuf! After that he stopped his car and I spoke with him for a few minutes! Lovely guy I must add!

Second occasion was also in Lahore, Pakistan so was at airport to drop my aunt and I suddenly see a talk man with a small kid and when I see him it was Inzamam Ul Haq, couldn't go closer as he was going inside but he turned out to be going in my Aunt+cousins flight and they said he was a top character as well!

[espocrespo]

How do you know so many people mate?

Used to work with an agent