“He has made it very difficult to look at him at the moment as an option”
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England head coach Peter Moores has announced that it has become “very difficult” to select spinner Monty Panesar due to his issues both on and off the field.
“Monty Panesar has been disciplined by the club after breaching team rules for timekeeping”
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England spinner Monty Panesar has found himself in hot water once again as he was dropped for Essex’s County Championship match against Glamorgan due to disciplinary reasons.
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“He says he’s ready to go again and we will have to work well with him on tour”
England captain Alastair Cook has announced that he will be keeping a close eye on left-arm spinner Monty Panesar during the Ashes series as he has been involved in numerous controversies over the past couple of months.
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“My first reaction was that I’d just thrown my England career away, maybe even my whole cricket career”
England spinner Monty Panesar has revealed that he honestly believed he had “thrown my England career away” after being involved in numerous controversies both on and off the field.
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Ballance, Stokes and Rankin are the three new faces in the squad
Zimbabwe-born batsman Gary Ballance, all-rounder Ben Stokes and rangy pace bowler Boyd Rankin have all been included in England’s Ashes squad for their tour of Australia in November.
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“We got carried away amongst the euphoria of winning such a prestigious series and accept that some of our behaviour was inappropriate”
The England Ashes squad have apologised for their over-the-top post-series celebrations at The Oval, which saw them take turns urinating on the pitch, while the others cheered on.
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England’s celebration carried on late into the night
With the crowd cheering and the champagne bottles popping, England had once again asserted themselves as the dominant side in their battle against Australia for the coveted Ashes urn.
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Cook will welcome Panesar back with open arms if he makes some necessary “changes in his life”
Having walked away with a 3-0 win against Australia in a challenging Ashes series, England captain Alastair Cook just cannot buy a break as he now has another obstacle in his path, which just so happens to be centred around left-arm spinner Monty Panesar, who has dominated headlines in the country for all the wrong reasons.
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Panesar is likely to spend the remainder of the season with Northamptonshire
English county side Sussex have announced that they will release left-arm spinner Monty Panesar at the end of the 2013 domestic season.
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Panesar married his wife three years ago
England left-arm spinner Monty Panesar’s marriage to Gursharan Rattan, who is a pharmacist, has come to an end after a secretive, but hostile, divorce battle.
