He said he wanted to leave Australia doing the ashes cos of depression, then he said that he wasnt actually suffering from depression and when he was called out on the lie by guys like vaughn, he went back to the original excuse. trott is weak. let him play in the county circuit.
and why are so many here getting worked up about the treatment of non white players in the england side? its like your all personally affected by me saying they are treated badly, which they are. several ex cricketers and cricket writers have spoken about this for some years now. things are getting better but just like in english football, they are not at the standard they should be. get over it, if your white, its not a personal affront.
Well as black/mixed raced Brit, the ECB while we can accuse them of many things now, I don't ever recall any non-white player in cricket every complaining about being treated badly at all recently, much less in ENG cricket history.
As one poster mentioned England had two Indians in Ranji and Duleepsinji playing in the team before WW1 long before football had its first black national player in Viv Anderson in 1978.
Bopara has been in and out of team over years because their have been periods when he failed & wasn't worth a place. But of course he really should have played more leading up to world cup and in it - that was simply traditional poor English thinking and selection in ODI teams.
However ECB has failed my entire life growing up in this country to tap in the black community. While some of it mental with black brits that grew up in a period whe west indies were bad & really don't care for cricket, the game is seen as a elitist posh, expensive sport in the UK black community & i don't think ECB has done enough to make cricket accessible in public schools.
Asian 90% of them support India or PAK in cricket, I have yet to meet one that supports England in my life ha. No form of investment can change that trend. Which is why guys like Bopara, Moeen Ali, Shah, Panesar, Min Patel, Ravi Patel, Varun Chopra, Ajmal Shehzad, Vikram Solanki, Aftab Habib, Rashid, Kabir Ali, Amjad Khan playing for England or having ambitions to play for England is a more of freak occurrence than a norm.
