I wouldn't have picked me says Pattison.
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I wouldn't have picked me says Pattison.
Furriner's now linked it but here are his key statements from the article.
"I probably didn't agree with the selection, as it was," Pattinson said. "I don't think I'd be picking someone to play the one Test when they haven't really played that many first-class games and weren't in the squad. It was a left-field selection. If I was in (the selectors') situation, I wouldn't have picked me to play for England when there were guys like Steve Harmison — who I know has had his problems — waiting in the wings and ready to go. It's really an astonishing story, when you think about it.
"If I never played another international, I'd be OK with that. As far as the England players were concerned, they were nice and very welcoming. I guess (Michael) Vaughan was coming to the end of his captaincy at the time, so there might have been a few issues there. I didn't get all the stuff he said, but I take it, it was mostly to do with the selection."
"I probably didn't agree with the selection, as it was," Pattinson said. "I don't think I'd be picking someone to play the one Test when they haven't really played that many first-class games and weren't in the squad. It was a left-field selection. If I was in (the selectors') situation, I wouldn't have picked me to play for England when there were guys like Steve Harmison — who I know has had his problems — waiting in the wings and ready to go. It's really an astonishing story, when you think about it.
"If I never played another international, I'd be OK with that. As far as the England players were concerned, they were nice and very welcoming. I guess (Michael) Vaughan was coming to the end of his captaincy at the time, so there might have been a few issues there. I didn't get all the stuff he said, but I take it, it was mostly to do with the selection."
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fix the link

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Yeah very nice avataar, but fix the link!

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Ok, just because.

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