Gary ballance bombshell switch

Googly wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 10:43 am

zimfan1 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 03, 2022 10:34 am

Think he means Melton

Oh OK!

Ya just heard he's now got an elbow problem.

Had a heel injury that really hampered his career and now has had an elbow problem that required an op and it apparently hasn't worked.

I feel so bad for Dusty. This guy wants a career more than life itself.

Hopefully it mends and he comes out firing.

He's not a complete mug with the bat, either.

Plus I think he has to stay in UK to complete his time for the passport and can't afford to be out of the country. I think in your last year of qualification you can't even be out for 30 days.

This obsession with their passport is something to behold, people put themselves through hell to get it and often never have a requirement for it ever again.

A backstop if there's a Third World Armageddon, which is entirely possible the way things are run.

Or a backstop for your old age so you can go there to die on NHS as opposed to being put in a s**t hole home by kids that have essentially abandoned you.

It apparently costs 200k to bring up a child. You get the f****rs to sign an Acknowledgement of Debt before they leave home.

He must be very close to getting his passport now isn't he? He's been over there for years.

December.

But then have to hang around to get it issued, and you have to sell a kidney for that. Then sit a test to prove you know England better than the English themselves, then an English test to prove you can speak the mother tongue (clearly 11 million people dodged that one!), then your pledge to the Queen.

If they got the 72 million population to do this they could get rid of the 30 million sponging yobos that are f***ing that country up.

Is this Ballance switch ever happening? We could really use him.

eugene wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 12:42 am

Is this Ballance switch ever happening? We could really use him.

Don't bank on it mate. Let's go with the ones that are there.

Curran has been released.

secretzimbo wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 5:17 pm

Curran has been released.

Interesting...

Not really 'rotten luck' for Curran as such. Exciting potential second phase of his career upcoming.

Any news on Nick Welch? His contract is up this year as far as I know.

These Counties make the most bizarre decisions.

Thurston is a damned good player.

Notts just released Budinger, he's one of the most talented batters on the circuit. He's currently flaying the Durham bowlers, who are exceptional, I mean there's not an opening batsman in England who can go at better than 40% strike rate against that attack and he's going at a run a ball.

Leicestershire just released Azhad, which is also a big surprise. He had one really good season in 2021 and was actually being spoken about for an England spot, but runs have dried up. He's a nudger, and there's always a ball with your name on it when you bat like that. Byrom used to do that, but I see he's being more aggressive now and doing well.

I don’t see the point in bringing back Ballance, bring back younger guys who will be around for a while.

And also guys with less baggage

jaybro wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 8:07 am

I don’t see the point in bringing back Ballance, bring back younger guys who will be around for a while.

And also guys with less baggage

'baggage' and optics is more of a western mentality. Zim wont care about that at all with some slight massaging.

Ballance is a perfect purchase. The highest county run scorer, international quality andan opener potentially served up on a platter to us. Hes only 32, he has 5/6 years left.

ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:11 am

jaybro wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 8:07 am

I don’t see the point in bringing back Ballance, bring back younger guys who will be around for a while.

And also guys with less baggage

'baggage' and optics is more of a western mentality. Zim wont care about that at all with some slight massaging.

Ballance is a perfect purchase. The highest county run scorer, international quality andan opener potentially served up on a platter to us. Hes only 32, he has 5/6 years left.

Being at the centre of a racial discrimination episode I would suggest is quote heavy baggage when you’re heading back to a country that’s always on the knifes edge of a racial bust up themselves

jaybro wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:33 am

ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:11 am

jaybro wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 8:07 am

I don’t see the point in bringing back Ballance, bring back younger guys who will be around for a while.

And also guys with less baggage

'baggage' and optics is more of a western mentality. Zim wont care about that at all with some slight massaging.

Ballance is a perfect purchase. The highest county run scorer, international quality andan opener potentially served up on a platter to us. Hes only 32, he has 5/6 years left.

Being at the centre of a racial discrimination episode I would suggest is quote heavy baggage when you’re heading back to a country that’s always on the knifes edge of a racial bust up themselves

They won’t care, it was against Indians and Pakistanis.

Besides it’s ZC that’s pushing for him heavily to return.