Comments on: Rob Key double hundred

By: housemonkey

housemonkey — Fri, 21 May 2010 03:30:43 +0000

What’s with the Key bashing by some? Surely everyone has a favourite player whose claims for higher honours they’ve pushed despite the distinct possibility they might not be quite good enough? Here in New Zealand it’s practically compulsory..

By: Ged

Ged — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:36:18 +0000

I can accept the shunning of cake, but should you really be encouraging people to eat processed meat, KC, now that such products are intrinsically linked to everything medically evil from strokes to cancer.

Now where did I put my packet fo bangers for my naughty-boy supper?

By: FEC

FEC — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:55:50 +0000

To clarify Key averaged 54 last season largely off the back of 2 late season big scores.

However he was in a trough similar to his pre-Durham heroics when he was to be found regularly popping up on the BBC Sport website talking up his England chances.

When it comes to talking the talk he’s up there with KP.

By: D Charlton

D Charlton — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:17:19 +0000

How can Reverse Sweep be so shameless after his pummeling in recent KC comments?

http://reversesweep.com/brazencheekboarderingontreason

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:16:22 +0000

It generally tastes sweet. We’re not mad on sweet things.

By: e normous

e normous — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:40:01 +0000

I agree, how can you hate cake?

By: Bert

Bert — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:30:08 +0000

What’s all this nonsense about “averages” and “not good enough” and “not given a chance”.

There are only two pertinent questions:

1. Is (was) he too fat to play international sport?
2. Was his easily-punnable name just too easy for the UK’s fine assembly of humorous headline writers?

To the first question, my answer is that he was simply unlucky to be born a cricketer and not a darts player.

To the second question, Onions, Mustard, Broad, Bell, Prior, Swann, Trott, Cook (and to a lesser extent, Collingwood).

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:40:01 +0000

He averaged 54 last year.

But you’re right, in the second division that’s only worth about 14.

By: FEC

FEC — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:22:51 +0000

LOL at not pressing his case strenuously.

He was banging his gums for a test recall off a season’s batting average circa 14 last year. :rolleyes:

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:06:26 +0000

Nah, that was way back. He hasn’t played a Test since he was 25. Not many Test batsmen could be judged ‘not good enough’ at that age after only 15 Tests.

But he didn’t do enough to force his case, so it’s immaterial. He could have played more Tests, but we don’t know whether he *should* have done.