Placing our bets on "Test Cricket's Young Fab Four"

[Daemon]

I think Manoj Tiwary and Manish Pandey will be better than all these guys

 

[OverratedSanity]

And Ballance is still better than Root

 

[Spark]

I don't disagree with your point, but Clarke isn't a great example.

His long-standing back problems getting worse played a massive part in his retirement/drop in form.

Yeah, he was still in excellent form right until he did his hammy badly in Zimbabwe coupled with a back problem. Never looked in good nick after that.

Didn't he ton up in the very next test?

Yeah, but after that. That innings was emotionally unique, shall we say.

 

[OverratedSanity]

The tour of UAE he had was shockingly bad. Was obvious he was done.

 

[Spark]

The tour of UAE he had was shockingly bad. Was obvious he was done.

Yeah I remember innings he looked like he could barely move, just could not get forward to actually defend the ball.

 

[Spikey]

Would replace TPC with Pujara/Rahane/Bravo

take a hike daemon

yeah ****ing suck it mother****er

 

[Daemon]

yeah ****ing suck it mother****er

**** you lets take this to miniclip

 

[Compton]

Didn't he ton up in the very next test?

Yeah he retired hurt then resumed his innings the following day to ton-up.

 

[Furball]

Clarke was never not tonning up in that innings.

Such a shame it completely broke him physically.

 

[Compton]

Clarke was never not tonning up in that innings.

Such a shame it completely broke him physically.

Yeah the minute you saw him coming back out you knew he was heading for three figures.

Very emotional Test match.

 

[Spark]

It was pretty impressive that he managed to score after coming out from a sheer technical POV (he had to invent some... interesting shots) but India bowled terribly on that 2nd morning. Like they didn't really want to get him out.

 

[Zinzan]

Lol @ all the names suddenly popping up like it's suddenly the fab 8. Hold your horses would yas.

 

[Red]

Ridiculous that people dont think that Dravid can be mentioned as on par with Tendulkar.

 

[Zinzan]

Ridiculous that people dont think that Dravid can be mentioned as on par with Tendulkar.

Dravid was always rated as 'the' key wicket in Tests in NZ, but would have thought Tendulkar was considerably more successful in your neck of the woods.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Lol @ all the names suddenly popping up like it's suddenly the fab 8. Hold your horses would yas.

Make it 10 Haseeb Hameed and the Yorkie Crim.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Lol @ all the names suddenly popping up like it's suddenly the fab 8. Hold your horses would yas.

It's the fab 23 now

 

[Gob]

Fab 69

 

[TheJediBrah]

 

[Victor Ian]

Why not just have the unfab four. Marsh leading Kohli comfortably.

 

[cnerd123]

ChePu is the same age as Kohli and has arguably accomplished as much in Tests.

If Kohli gets to be in the fab 4 then ChePu needs to get in to make it a fab 5 (tests only that is)