An anonymous tweet purporting to be from a former England international cricketer has sparked online speculation regarding the identity of the player behind the post.
The tweet appeared on the popular Twitter account Fesshole, where users can post anonymous tweets out to the account’s 90,000-plus following. The tweet read: “I’m a retired professional cricketer who managed to play a handful of times for England. Although I did my best for them, it was just a job for me. I support another national team quite fervently, and secretly always want England to lose.”
The post predictably got some traction among cricket fans, with many speculations over the identity of the player behind the post.
I'm a retired professional cricketer who managed to play a handful of times for England. Although I did my best for them, it was just a job for me. I support another national team quite fervently, and secretly always want England to lose.
— Fesshole 🚽 (@fesshole) November 3, 2020
Despite the post stating that the player only represented England “a handful of times”, Twitter users were quick to suggest Kevin Pietersen as a possible candidate.
You play yourself down Kevin.
— Brian O'Flaherty (@Flatsy1) November 3, 2020
A number of the suggestions centred on England players born outside of England; Owais Shah, Nick Compton and Boyd Rankin were all popular responses. Although there were a variety of responses – from Jason Gallian to Gavin Hamilton – there was little consensus.
List of retired England test players born overseas with < 20 caps:
Martin McCague
Jason Gallian
Usman Afzaal
Adam Hollioake
Owais Shah
Peter Such
Tim Ambrose
Take your pick! 🙂
My money is on Hollioake!— Tim Sutton (@SonOfBaccus) November 3, 2020
Who do you think the player behind the post was?
