cricket with balls

At the Ladbrokes launch (bacon rolls get you 2 links apparently) Alec Stewart was asked the inevitable questions about Prior’s keeping.

I can’t remember the last time Stewart was interviewed and Prior wasn’t mentioned.

This time he put on his “neutral hat”, and talked about matt Prior was the complete package, even though Foster was the best keeper in the world.

Why do people even bother asking him about Prior, he is his agent, he makes more money by Prior being in the national team. End of story.

He is never going to say drop Prior, or that he isn’t up to it.

Why would he, I assume that he and Prior have some sort of bond, be it through money or being wicket keepers who bat better than catch.

So why ask him?

He can’t wear a neutral hat when it comes to Prior, because they don’t exist, and because why would he do in his cash cow.

Asking about his car, house prices in Battersea, or what sexual favours he had to perform to get his own gate at the Oval.

But forget about Matt Prior, he is cash in Stewart’s nest egg, and no well dressed man would forgo a couple of new suits so he could tell the truth.