12/02/2008

Mysterious departures from the English woman’s team.

If it was England cricket coach Mark Dobson who quit rather suddenly last Friday, today it was the long-time wicketkeeper Jane Smit who quit on the eve of its Ashes defense .

England team manager Clare Connors, who flew in late last week from London and left last night, strongly denied that Mark Dobson's and Jane Smit's departures were related. "They are not connected," Connors said. "Mark Dobson had to return for personal reasons and that won't be discussed. With Jane Smit, she has 16 years of cricket behind her, and retired from yesterday … They have no connection. To my knowledge, they are not romantically involved."

If there was no connection, romantic or otherwise, then why did Mark Dobson and Jane Smit leave? The English seem to have a penchant for quitting for personal reasons with no explanations made to the public.

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