Stokes to skip the IPL2022



Silly Point said:
Good on him. If the FTECB are serious about Test cricket (ha ha yeah in know) they should be making anyone involved in the Ashes stay and play the CC instead of f***ing off to the IPL in April and May, including the likes of Buttler even though I don't want him in the Test side currently
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Ultimately you are going to find it very hard to stop people wanting to earn life changing amounts of money in relatively short space of time
 
Silly Point said:
Good on him. If the FTECB are serious about Test cricket (ha ha yeah in know) they should be making anyone involved in the Ashes stay and play the CC instead of f***ing off to the IPL in April and May, including the likes of Buttler even though I don't want him in the Test side currently
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I couldn't care less if Buttler does. He's a white ball specialist and has shown test cricket isn't is speciality. Get Foakes or Ben Cox behind the stumps.
 
Silly Point said:
Good on him. If the FTECB are serious about Test cricket (ha ha yeah in know) they should be making anyone involved in the Ashes stay and play the CC instead of f***ing off to the IPL in April and May, including the likes of Buttler even though I don't want him in the Test side currently
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It’s simply not realistic in the slightest to stop one of the worlds best T20 cricketers playing in the most high profile T20 cricket tournament.

No other country would stop their top T20 cricketer playing in the IPL, so of course England should not stop Buttler playing.
 
Voice of fair play said:
It’s simply not realistic in the slightest to stop one of the worlds best T20 cricketers playing in the most high profile T20 cricket tournament.

No other country would stop their top T20 cricketer playing in the IPL, so of course England should not stop Buttler playing.
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They would

Our summer clashes with it

Nobody else’s does

Never seen a foreign player miss a test in England for the IPL have you?

I totally disagree with you

Jos Buttler gets paid 1 million quid a year

1 million pounds!

If that’s not enough then he needs to not sign it

This should have happened a few years ago. Needed stronger leadership
essex boy said:
Be also good to see Stokes drop down to 6 in the test order, always thought he is one too high at 5
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Totally agree

Hope it happens but I don’t think it will

It’s a big issue in the team for me

He comes off sometimes but we need someone else there
wayne entwhistle no9 said:
Good choice by Stokes. If I was him I wouldn't even go to the Caribbean unless I was fully fit to bat and bowl.
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Don’t agree with this at all mind

Absolute priority we have our best XI for that first test

We need to do well that series it’s vital
smoker said:
I couldn't care less if Buttler does. He's a white ball specialist and has shown test cricket isn't is speciality. Get Foakes or Ben Cox behind the stumps.
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No chance bairstow will be keeper batsman and rightly so

By far the best in the country
redandwhiterob said:
Ultimately you are going to find it very hard to stop people wanting to earn life changing amounts of money in relatively short space of time
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Not if the ecb are paying them a million quid a year you won’t

Sorry like but don’t sign that contract if you don’t wanna commit

There’s no chance stokes would ditch that to play IPL. He just wouldn’t.

Everyone is missing the point

Our sold out test matches clash with the IPL a lot of years

If they don’t wanna prepare properly for it . Then pick someone else. It’s no big deal
 
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The Rat said:
They would

Our summer clashes with it

Nobody else’s does

Never seen a foreign player miss a test in England for the IPL have you?

I totally disagree with you

Jos Buttler gets paid 1 million quid a year

1 million pounds!

If that’s not enough then he needs to not sign it

This should have happened a few years ago. Needed stronger leadership


Totally agree

Hope it happens but I don’t think it will

It’s a big issue in the team for me

He comes off sometimes but we need someone else there


Don’t agree with this at all mind

Absolute priority we have our best XI for that first test

We need to do well that series it’s vital


No chance bairstow will be keeper batsman and rightly so

By far the best in the country


Not if the ecb are paying them a million quid a year you won’t

Sorry like but don’t sign that contract if you don’t wanna commit

There’s no chance stokes would ditch that to play IPL. He just wouldn’t.

Everyone is missing the point

Our sold out test matches clash with the IPL a lot of years

If they don’t wanna prepare properly for it . Then pick someone else. It’s no big deal
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Every single top T20 player in the world plays in the IPL, everyone apart from obviously Pakistan players.

So to suggest our best one does not play while every other country best one does is totally unrealistic
 
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Voice of fair play said:
Every single top T20 player in the world plays in the IPL, everyone apart from obviously Pakistan players.

So to suggest our best one does not play while every other country best one does is totally unrealistic
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Mate that’s completely untrue when they play in England

Not one player has missed a test match when touring England

That’s a fact not an opinion

It hits our summer

You think if it was played in the Aussie summer smith and Cummins would miss home tests?

No chance and you know it

You’ve not actually thought about what you’ve written there it’s factually incorrect

Starc btw doesn’t play IPL despite the fact they have no tests then

It’s not unrealistic

Drop him

If he wants to play let him
 
The Rat said:
Mate that’s completely untrue when they play in England

Not one player has missed a test match when touring England

That’s a fact not an opinion

It hits our summer

You think if it was played in the Aussie summer smith and Cummins would miss home tests?

No chance and you know it

You’ve not actually thought about what you’ve written there it’s factually incorrect

Starc btw doesn’t play IPL despite the fact they have no tests then

It’s not unrealistic

Drop him

If he wants to play let him
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You missing my point, I am not saying IPL should come first and agree if test match overlaps the back end of the IPL he should come home for the test match,

What I replied firstly was when a poster said he should miss it altogether.

He is one of the best T20 players in the world of course he should go to the IPL, like every single other top T20 player does, from every other single country.

If another country had a test match if our country and their best T20 player was also in the test side, he would go to IPL first snd join up with the squad for the test match.
He would not miss the IPL altogether to play in the CC which is what the poster said the ECB should make Buttler do.

It’s that but that’s unrealistic.
 
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The Rat said:
Mate that’s completely untrue when they play in England

Not one player has missed a test match when touring England

That’s a fact not an opinion

It hits our summer

You think if it was played in the Aussie summer smith and Cummins would miss home tests?

No chance and you know it

You’ve not actually thought about what you’ve written there it’s factually incorrect

Starc btw doesn’t play IPL despite the fact they have no tests then

It’s not unrealistic

Drop him

If he wants to play let him
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I'm fairness you could argue the whole india squad missed the last test v England because of the ipl
 
Voice of fair play said:
You missing my point, I am not saying IPL should come first and agree if test match overlaps the back end of the IPL he should come home for the test match,

What I replied firstly was when a poster said he should miss it altogether.

He is one of the best T20 players in the world of course he should go to the IPL, like every single other top T20 player does, from every other single country.

If another country had a test match if our country and their best T20 player was also in the test side, he would go to IPL first snd join up with the squad for the test match.
He would not miss the IPL altogether to play in the CC which is what the poster said the ECB should make Buttler do.

It’s that but that’s unrealistic.
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But that’s not true

If they organized warm up games He’d play warm up games before the test series

And England don’t have warm up games at home they have the county championship

It Buttler or anyone wants to be in the test side they need to play games before

If they aren’t Willing to do that they don’t get central red ball contracts

It’s as simple as that

And that’s what will happen now I suspect too

Remember Buttler doesn’t have to sign that red ball deal
 

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