Graeme Swann retires from international cricket with immediate effect

now, now kids...Martyn resigned without slagging off on his team and left when they were on top and not in the lurch as his team is at the moment...

and re TGM, I note the Chin yesterday boasted his ball to dismiss Farhat (certainly a ripper!!) was greater ball than the Gatting ball...what a nob....I note that TGM never claimed the Gatting ball was the ball of the century....that was the judgement of others

...and who the hell is Marlong Stammels?

Still all in all a rather strange decision, and even stranger way of behaving. Unless he wanted to burn his bridges totally in the event of a pleading recall next Summer.

he is bitter and bigging himself up in the of a burgeoning media career...expect Murdoch to sign him up...hopefully the beeb has some sort of standards

He'd be a good spin man in politics.

horace wrote:now, now kids...Martyn resigned without slagging off on his team and left when they were on top and not in the lurch as his team is at the moment...

and re TGM, I note the Chin yesterday boasted his ball to dismiss Farhat (certainly a ripper!!) was greater ball than the Gatting ball...what a nob....I note that TGM never claimed the Gatting ball was the ball of the century....that was the judgement of others

...and who the hell is Marlong Stammels?

There were claims during the last test that the Harris ball to dismiss Cook is now ball of the century. Of course the Gatting ball was last century.

If Swann is sounding off like this, just wait until loose cannons like Warner retire. And who knows what KP might say!!

would not blame KP for doing a Goughie and knocking the Chin around a bit...KP has done the team thing and bit his tongue...kudos to him

Oh dear.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-2528576/Graeme-Swann-retirement-blamed-certain-Australian-player-grandmother.html

Mitchell Johnson!!! Legend!!!

You know Granny Chinn is right!!

taipan wrote:Oh dear.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-2528576/Graeme-Swann-retirement-blamed-certain-Australian-player-grandmother.html

I think that JGK beat you to this.  

taipan wrote:Oh dear.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-2528576/Graeme-Swann-retirement-blamed-certain-Australian-player-grandmother.html

...oh well i suppose you can forgive Taips for this massive NTR, given the woeful display exhibited by the saffies v the bannies

Red wrote:

horace wrote:now, now kids...Martyn resigned without slagging off on his team and left when they were on top and not in the lurch as his team is at the moment...

and re TGM, I note the Chin yesterday boasted his ball to dismiss Farhat (certainly a ripper!!) was greater ball than the Gatting ball...what a nob....I note that TGM never claimed the Gatting ball was the ball of the century....that was the judgement of others

...and who the hell is Marlong Stammels?

There were claims during the last test that the Harris ball to dismiss Cook is now ball of the century. Of course the Gatting ball was last century.

If Swann is sounding off like this, just wait until loose cannons like Warner retire. And who knows what KP might say!!

from December 2013 ... credit where credit is due ... inverted nipples?