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Teddy Eagle Online 02 Aug 19 8.30am
Anyone seen the Kevin Pietersen programme on Sky? A curious personality who seems to constantly need to try to explain and justify his actions, unlike Geoff Boycott who was equally divisive but happy to concede the point. Their England records are almost identical. Matches. Runs. Average. 100s. Boycott. 108. 8114. 47.72. 22. Pietersen. 104. 8181. 47.28. 23.
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Teddy Eagle Online

02 Aug 19 8.30am

Anyone seen the Kevin Pietersen programme on Sky? A curious personality who seems to constantly need to try to explain and justify his actions, unlike Geoff Boycott who was equally divisive but happy to concede the point.

Their England records are almost identical.
Matches. Runs. Average. 100s.
Boycott. 108. 8114. 47.72. 22.
Pietersen. 104. 8181. 47.28. 23.

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Midlands Eagle 02 Aug 19 10.24am
Their stats may be similar but there is a huge difference between the two as KP was a match winner whilst Boycott accumulated his runs so slowly that he seldom won matches for us and indeed was once dropped after having scored a double hundred in the previous Test Match
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02 Aug 19 10.24am

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Their stats may be similar but there is a huge difference between the two as KP was a match winner whilst Boycott accumulated his runs so slowly that he seldom won matches for us and indeed was once dropped after having scored a double hundred in the previous Test Match

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Stirlingsays 02 Aug 19 10.45am
Originally posted by Midlands Eagle Their stats may be similar but there is a huge difference between the two as KP was a match winner whilst Boycott accumulated his runs so slowly that he seldom won matches for us and indeed was once dropped after having scored a double hundred in the previous Test Match Boycott was in teams that contained fast scoring players for the time. We needed the consistency he provided at the top of the order. Test matches are meant to last five days, whereas today they rarely enter the last day. Boycott was an amazing player and we were lucky to have him.....and we still are. Edited by Stirlingsays (02 Aug 2019 10.45am) 'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)
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Stirlingsays

02 Aug 19 10.45am

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

Boycott was in teams that contained fast scoring players for the time. We needed the consistency he provided at the top of the order.

Test matches are meant to last five days, whereas today they rarely enter the last day.

Boycott was an amazing player and we were lucky to have him.....and we still are.

Edited by Stirlingsays (02 Aug 2019 10.45am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

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Teddy Eagle Online 02 Aug 19 10.57am
They�re still dividing opinion. As someone points out in the programme had Pietersen stayed to get into the South African team he�d have batted with A.B. de Villiers which would have been an entertaining partnership.
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Teddy Eagle Online

02 Aug 19 10.57am

They�re still dividing opinion.
As someone points out in the programme had Pietersen stayed to get into the South African team he�d have batted with A.B. de Villiers which would have been an entertaining partnership.

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ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 02 Aug 19 12.19pm
Originally posted by Stirlingsays Boycott was in teams that contained fast scoring players for the time. We needed the consistency he provided at the top of the order. Test matches are meant to last five days, whereas today they rarely enter the last day. Boycott was an amazing player and we were lucky to have him.....and we still are. Edited by Stirlingsays (02 Aug 2019 10.45am) Good point for the purists. The five day game is always my favourite. Remember the days I would either go down in the afternoon and get in for free with a few beers. If not, the whole match used to be free on TV anyway. Imagine anyone having the patience for five days these days; not even the players have. On the Boycott/Pietersen thing this video is pretty amazing. [Link] Red and Blue Army!
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Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 02 Aug 19 12.19pm

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Boycott was in teams that contained fast scoring players for the time. We needed the consistency he provided at the top of the order.

Test matches are meant to last five days, whereas today they rarely enter the last day.

Boycott was an amazing player and we were lucky to have him.....and we still are.

Edited by Stirlingsays (02 Aug 2019 10.45am)

Good point for the purists. The five day game is always my favourite. Remember the days I would either go down in the afternoon and get in for free with a few beers. If not, the whole match used to be free on TV anyway. Imagine anyone having the patience for five days these days; not even the players have.
On the Boycott/Pietersen thing this video is pretty amazing.

[Link]

Red and Blue Army!

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Midlands Eagle 02 Aug 19 1.48pm
Originally posted by ASCPFC Imagine anyone having the patience for five days these days; not even the players have. The cost of watching has spiralled upwards since those days as tickets for all five days of an Ashes Test would cost you the best part of �500
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Midlands Eagle

02 Aug 19 1.48pm

Originally posted by ASCPFC

Imagine anyone having the patience for five days these days; not even the players have.

The cost of watching has spiralled upwards since those days as tickets for all five days of an Ashes Test would cost you the best part of �500

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