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Not that long ago Stephen Moore was a English cricket hopeful.

Few people spoke of him, but those who did rarely said anything bad, just that he was a quality batsmen.

Now people speak of him, but generally in mocking terms or negatively.

On the blogs of recent times has been a bit of both.

Mocking care of King Cricket:

It’s littered with comments about how he’s ‘ready’. One of our favourite bits is the following slice of modesty:

“The more people you have got putting pressure on the England side, the better it is for English cricket. I’m thankful that I’m one of those guys.”

Negative care of The Old Batsman:

Stephen Moore: the stats

Age when he flies out to South Africa to join the performance squad: 29

Number of first class hundreds: 15

The men ‘under pressure’: Alastair Cook, 24 years old, 21 hundreds [9 in tests]; Ravi Bopara, 24, 15 hundreds [3]; Ian Bell, 27, 27 hundreds [8]; Jonathan Trott, 28, 20 hundreds [1]; Kevin Pietersen, 29, 38 hundreds [16].

Stephen Moore’s average in the second division in 2008: 55.80

Against the ‘better bowlers’ in the first division, 2009: 27.33

Ready: ‘I’m 100 per cent confident I’ve got it in me’.