240 and 258 I made a note about invalid comments, and­ guess what? It was invalid.

i think the old codgers on the ECB should be the ones­ to resign KP was good for his team as a captain &­ for the game at least he encourages his team wether­ they are having a good day or not
And he says what he­ means its a pity others dont follow in his footsteps
He­ brings a bit of life to the game as does the team and­ what about getting rid of the old commentator who­ dosent realise Yorkshire where he was born is in­ England as he always gets excited about the foreign­ opposition doing well and please give the old codgers­ who are the umpires free vouchers for Spec Savers as­ the decisions they make sometimes are inexscusable

To post 227 (walkingsex1), couldn't agree more. In­ the last couple of months 95% of my serious cricket­ posts have been rejected as invalid comment almost all­ of which contained nothing of offence save a little­ harmless humour. Yet if I were to turn into a foul­ mouthed brain void - no problem! As your demonstration­ clearly illustrates. It's quite a ludicrous­ situation no doubt designed to attract large numbers of­ one syllable mud and @#$% slingers and repel the lesser­ numbers of serious cricket commentators. Obvious why­ Thorpe's posts are accepted then....

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, big mouth­ pieterson gets it rammed right up him, he thought he­ was bigger than the game and that his demands would­ have been met. silly little boy, funny though.

Point of reference Clive Britcher, i understand what­ you're trying to say, but actually the Ashes never­ leave this country!! Even when the Aussies win we let­ Ponting or whoever have photographs with the urn and­ maybe play with it for a bit, but ultimately they have­ to give it back before they fly home, or if in Oz, win­ or lose we take it home with us!!

The Ashes ALWAYS­ stay in the Trophy cabinet at Lords, we're just bad­ losers i guess...

The only thing for Moores AND Pietersen to do know is­ to write formally to Her Majesty the Queen and­ apologise for their disgraceful behavious and then join­ the French Foreign Legion in the hope that they may­ regain their lost honour.
Beefy for England coach!!!!

On the news this morning KP arrives in Heathrow, gets­ ushered out through a back door with an armed police­ guard to a waiting car and refuses to answer any­ questions. Speaks volumes about the arrogance of the­ man. Why oh why couldn't all this be kept behing­ closed doors until a solution was found. Moores had to­ go so if he was sacked then Pietersen presumably would­ have stayed as captain and the ECB could have issued a­ statement simply saying that Moores had gone­ "under mutual agreement". As it is, they have­ yet again allowed English cricket become the laughing­ stock. As for Strauss for captain, you must be joking.

Ok, Like 'flashewing' I'm a 60 year old­ fart who loves the game & have done for longer than­ I can remember.
This mess is not something that has­ just appeared, it's been brewing since Michael­ Vaughan resigned.
First Flintoff then Pietersen, two­ players with huge ability & egos to match. Why­ were the ECB surprised
this situation arose? How dare­ Pietersen challenge the ego of the ECB, it was aleays­ going to end in tears.
The ECB have to drag themselves­ into the 20th century (yes I know it's the 21st)­ & remove their blinkers.

CRICKET DAYS ARE OVER BECAUSE ITS ALL TO DO WITH BLOODY­ MONEY & POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!

HERE WE GO AGAIN!! SAME OLD STORIES, U ALL ARE FULL OF­ @#$%!!!!!!! AND GROW UP!!!!!!!!

WELL HELLO ALL CRICKET LOVERS..I AM JUST A 61 YEAR OLD­ FART WHO LOVES THIS WONDERFUL GAME OF OURS IN ALL WILD­ AND SLEEPY FORMATS..BUT THIS HAS BEEN A COMPLETE AND­ TOTAL FARCE AND I BELEIVE THE AUTHORITIES ARE TO­ BLAME...THEY MUST HAVE KNOWN ALONG TIME AGO THAT MOORES­ AND PIETERSON HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS AND SOMEONE SHOULD­ HAVE STEPPED IN AND SORTED IT OUT INBETWEEN ALL THOSE­ GIN AND TONICS AND FREE FLIGHTS AROUND THE­ WORLD...MOORES AND PIETERSON HAVE GONE BUT OTHERS MUST­ FALL ON THERE SWORDS AND APOLOGISE TO THE NATION FOR­ LETTING THE DIRTY WASHING OF THIS GREAT GAME TO BE DONE­ IN FULL VIEW OF THE SPORTING WORLD..GRAHAM ALSTON.

I see Andrew Strauss was born in the Greater London­ Suburb of Johannesburg, if you want a pure English born­ English team then you will need to get rid of a number­ of players

the dobbo @#$% you

hi, phil here, an englishman who has some advice for­ the powers that be in charge of english cricket. pick­ batsmen who hit the ball like every hit will be a six,­ bowlers who expect a wicket with each ball, a keeper­ who can catch and a manager who wants to win at all­ costs, we dont care about what school they went to what­ club they belong to or even what tie they wear just get­ players like botham he had what it took to win he had­ integrity passion and most of all self belief you want­ to win? then win! just score one more than them! its­ that easy and never think any different

Do you have to be born in South Africa to become­ english cricket captain?

Once again, the elitist, Olde-School-Tie brigade from­ the ECB have destroyed a captain who might have made­ English cricket more aggressive, more popular and more­ competitive. But no - the boring old MCC farts rule -­ and the Indians, the Pakistanis, the West Indians and,­ most of all, the Ozzies, are laughing till their sides­ split!Who's the new captain? Another­ Olde-School-Tie who doesn't have the competitive­ edge to beat Zimbabwe. Oh, but as long as he's a­ jolly good chap, who cares, eh?
Pathetic, pathetic and­ even more pathetic. How in Heaven's name can you­ expect creativity, innovation, tenacity and­ competitiveness from people who think the sport is­ still a game for gentlemen?
I should imagine Ricky­ Ponting will not even bother bringing the Ashes over to­ England - fat chance of us winning them !

ITS A SAD INDICTMENT TO ENG CRICKET,COMMENTS READ HERE­ ARE A DISGRACE AND SHOULDNT BE
SHOWN , THE ENG, GAME­ IS NOW RUN BY MORONS WHO ARE ONLY AFTER THE FINANCIAL­ GAIN ,PLAYED IN THE SAME MANNER BY LESS TALENTED­ PLAYERS,PLAYED BY FEWER ENGLISH BORN TOP PLAYERS IN­ COMPARISON TO OTHER COUNTRIES ,GET BACK TO BASICS GET­ THE MONEY INTO STATE AND GRAMMER SCHOOLS TO KIDS WHO­ WANT TO PLAY,TAUGHT BY SEASONED OLD PROFS.NOT LINING­ THE OLD DUFFERS AT COUNTY LEVEL AND LORDS MCC AND­ ECBWHO ARE MAINLY REPONSIBLE FOR THIS AWFUL MESS WE­ HAVE NOW.

same old same old, back room @#$% from lords when we­ get a good un like pietersen/botham we always get the­ same when will then understand it doesn't matter­ where you come from, its just cricket, you don't­ have to go to eton or play for middlesex, oh sorry old­ boys, what a shame we have lost again, have you seen my­ moustache clippers.

only read this article cos i think pietersen is a tit,­ dont see what all the fuss is about?? cricket is fkin­ @#$% and the only decent thing about it is getting­ pissed in the summer.

I hate to see England cricket in so much turmoil, but­ something had to break. This is probably the best of­ all options. No one should be above the team or the­ game, and if someone threatens to quit, then let them. ­ England is running out of time to save cricket. This­ will be a critical year for cricket. What will­ survive, Test, ODI or 20/20? I am hoping the ODI stays­ personally,(Test too long, 20/20 too short). Plus it­ keeps the World Cup format alive. There will be only­ one format winner in the future, as other sports have­ shown. The money is leaning toward 20/20, but will the­ tradition of Test be enough. A lot is riding on a­ competitive Ashes series.