"ECB Buffoons in Blazers" Declares Ian Botham

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Sreelata YellamrazuJan 11 2009

by Veena Gabriel

Just when people were thinking only Naseer Hussein is angry, it seems Former England cricketer Ian Botham is simply livid at the way in which dirty linen is being washed in public regarding England's cricket.

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He called the incidents regarding England Team and its future, as the most embarrassing ones he had seen both as a cricketer and a commentator.

He has put the blame for the whole fiasco squarely on the officials of England and Wales Cricket Board, whom he called the "Chinless Wonders who rule the Lord's from behind the Desk".

As per him the events are embarrassing,woeful and shameful and they were to be blamed on making England cricket a laughing stock for all.

Ian surely does not believe in sparing words when it comes to the officials. As per him they are Buffoons in Blazers who are now onto their third England captain in last five months. Clandestine meetings of men in suits, smoke and mirrors in the committee rooms while another England captain is sacrificed on the altar of the cloak and dagger politics behind the scene.

As per him it is the faceless clowns who sacked the coach who many people were surprised to see him get the job in the first place.

As per Botham Kevin is not to be blamed and feels sorry for him but his resignation reflects dreadfully on the people who do the hiring and firing at the Lords'.

He is supporting Kevin saying that Pietersen did not leak the story of his tensions with the coach Moore. As Kevin did not actually resign until he released his statement, after all what was the point of staying in a job and taking a bullet for something which he did not say, asks Botham.

Just like Nasser even Botham has the same view that Kevin was not going to be a "Yes- Captain'' .In fact he uses the famous Nursery rhyme "Yes Sir No Sir Three bags Full Sir" does not apply to Kevin.

In the end of his quite invigorating article he laments the fact that a promising skipper has been nipped in the bud, but also adds a rider that even he would not have been happy with the selection of the squad chosen for the forth coming Caribbean Tour.

Ian Botham is surely one very very angry man.

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