Most promising young batsman

[morgieb]

A year after making this thread, let's see what's happened.....

Hughes - got found out at the highest level.
Pujara - has been very good ats.
Brathwaite - yet to do much, remains very talented though.
Akmal - turned out to be an idiot, like soooo many Pakistani batsmen.
Taylor - has done pretty good for himself - should play internationals soon.
Vandiar - don't really know.
Rossouw - has been playing pretty well, should be a gun.
Williamson - got a test gig and did pretty damn good, should be a mainstay for New Zealand.
Tamin - has been excellent at test level, on his way to being Bangladesh's best ever bat.

 

[Flem274*]

Lollin at this poll. Guess this is what happens though when most people haven't seen all the players and half of them hadn't played a test match. Missed Darren Bravo, Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja too. Shows how much someones stock can rise in a year.

 

[Migara]

And most importantly Thilan Samaraweera

And Sidat Wettamuni too.

 

[TT Boy]

A year after making this thread, let's see what's happened.....

Hughes - got found out at the highest level.
Pujara - has been very good ats.
Brathwaite - yet to do much, remains very talented though.
Akmal - turned out to be an idiot, like soooo many Pakistani batsmen.
Taylor - has done pretty good for himself - should play internationals soon.
Vandiar - don't really know.
Rossouw - has been playing pretty well, should be a gun.
Williamson - got a test gig and did pretty damn good, should be a mainstay for New Zealand.
Tamin - has been excellent at test level, on his way to being Bangladesh's best ever bat.

In South Africa's preliminary WC squad and is reinvented himself as an onside pinch hitting opener. Had almost zero first class success recently but has put in strong limited over performances. Formerly an excellent athletic fielder, Vandiar seems to be going down the Ryder route. Looked overweight in the Champions League.

 

[Athlai]

I see my Tamim vote was considerably better than well over 50% of others.

 

[Athlai]

Amazed Lara mk II didn't get any mentions in this thread.

 

[CricAddict]

Amazed Lara mk II didn't get any mentions in this thread.

Flem. Check 4 posts prior to yours.

 

[Athlai]

Flem. Check 4 posts prior to yours.

Yeah but he mentioned him this year as opposed to yonks ago when this thread was created. Also Phlegm doesn't count for anything.

 

[karan316]

Williamson looks the most promising out of all, his technique is also really good. The Australia series will be the real test for him.

 

[Xuhaib]

have always believed its Virat kohli and it stays the same.

 

[Flem274*]

Khawaja, Williamson and Tamim are easily the best of the young batsmen I have seen (basically those three plus Hughes, Smith and Umar Akmal).

 

[Migara]

Dinesh Chandimal worth a mention

 

[kyear2]

Dinesh Chandimal worth a mention

Dont know about Kraigg as a test batsman, but Lara mk2 and Barath should be good/great for us for a long time. At the very least very good building blocks.For the first time in along time, quite happy with our middle order right now.

 

[Hurricane]

Khawaja, Williamson and Tamim are easily the best of the young batsmen I have seen (basically those three plus Hughes, Smith and Umar Akmal).

for his leg spin i take it.

 

[Hurricane]

Almost worth doing a prediction of who will go better out of Tamim and Williamson. Tamim must get himself into a county side asap to develop further.

 

[Flem274*]

for his leg spin i take it.

I think you misunderstood my post: I'm saying Williamson, Tamim and Khawaja are streets ahead of the likes of Steve Smith.

 

[Hurricane]

I think you misunderstood my post: I'm saying Williamson, Tamim and Khawaja are streets ahead of the likes of Steve Smith.

You mentioned Smith in the same breath as some Akmal and Hughes who I consider to be better than him - unless you have high hopes for his leg spin.

 

[Flem274*]

Ah, so we both think he's awful. Sweet as.

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

Pujara, Williamson and Kirk Edwards, IMHO.

A few rough edges for lil' Bravo (technical) and Umar Akmal (temperamental). If those are sorted out, don't see a reason why these two shouldn't become quality test batsmen.

 

[Hurricane]

Williamson and Akmal both with averages around 36 now.