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    Twit of a bat

    By Will last year, mid-May Leave a comment on this post

    Are we all correct in our sneaking suspicion that Matt Prior, despite a sterling display, is - how can i put this? - something of a twat? I see it as God’s perverse way of answering the prayers of the English cricket fan: “you said you wanted high achievers, didn’t you? You said you were sick of charming stylists, David Gowers and Mike Athertons, didn’t you? So what more could you want than Kevin Pietersen and Matt Prior?”

    I suppose we’ll have to take what we’re given…

    Will Davies.

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    5 Responses to “Twit of a bat”

  • England11 wrote:
    May 19th, 2007 at 9.53 am

    I agree that we should take what we can get. I must ask though, what leads you to brand him a twat?

  • Will wrote:
    May 19th, 2007 at 11.02 am

    I didn’t. It was a comment left from someone else

  • Reverse Swing wrote:
    May 20th, 2007 at 10.22 pm

    It’s just a suggestion from a fellow blogger that seems to be based on little more than a hunch or a ‘feeling’…

  • Jim wrote:
    May 21st, 2007 at 7.59 am

    I have a hunch or a feeling that that guy might be right.

    1. The announcement is made that Peter Moores has got the job. 2 minutes later Prior is across the airwaves saying he is the best coach ever.

    2. He calls Peter Moores, “Moores-ey.”

    3. There’s that business with Shane Warne in the Hants v Sussex game. Reading between the lines of that incident, Prior tried it on a bit - but Warney taught him a lesson or two about sledging. Chris Adams had to come out and defend Prior in the press afterwards, as it appeared that Prior had “mentally disintegrated,” in the process.

    If a twat scores Test hundreds and keeps wicket immaculately however, he can play for England as long as he likes.

  • ernold same wrote:
    May 21st, 2007 at 9.49 pm

    I’ve heard from a fairly good source that freddy agrees with you, and thinks he is indeed a complete twat - freddy of course was v.good mates with geraint,anyway he’l have to warm to prior as he can bat exceptionally well and will probably play a 100 tests.

    I have no opinion either way as I’ve never met him but he does look like sonia from eastenders.

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