yeah.. my incredulity is in..... sporting nations.... er does that not imply that the er village er nation has growed its own sportsmen and women thereby marking them as indigenous products that the indigenous natives can then feel very proud of? i am amazed at the number of achieving sports folks we all get weak at the knees abut that are in no way indigenous... like birth and development and so on..... Andy HB you are incredibly short on your list of cricket stars and impact players..... i'm not sure when the last time was when there were only indigenously grown born and bred cricketers playing for ingland.... even yorkshire has given up its proud tradition of fielding only yorkshire born and bred.... i have no objection to young sports stars going abroad to hone their development but then do they have to then bat for the other side.... i just think that leaching talent from countries that have genuine outdoors or sporting cultures for the benefit of the national pursuit of couch potatoing audinece is a bit cringey! and the sports stars who pick and choose ..... well i am sympathetic to individuals struggling to want to represent their country.. but on the other hand it's a shame that they can't play the game as neutrals .... like having a cross nation team or two of exiles would show colours to the mast and make sport a lot more interesting but then inngland would never win anything at cricket or any other sport for that matter.... oh dear bring back 66 and all that
it just makes sports a miserable monopoly game where nobody wants the old kent road and everyone is falling over themselves to get to Mayfair ugh! but then that's what has happened to human endeavour i suppose!
GOD BLESS!
Peace and Love,
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