Wastemen etc

[GoodAreasShane]

It seems like most Pakistani cricketers either tend to debut at 18 or 34 with not much inbetween. The former being the traditional modus operandi of the selectors, the latter a more recent development seemingly spearheaded by Misbah

 

[Pup Clarke]

22 is still pretty young to debut

Your namesake who was the biggest young talent in Australia since Ponting debuted when he was 23, which was much younger than most of his generation

Yes absolutely, Clarke took some time to break into the Australian middle-order.

Just that my perception in Pakistani cricket is that the biggest talents will always debut in their teens. Thinking back to the years before Babar debuted, Pakistan would have had a very solid middle order - Younus, Shafiq and Misbah would have comprised the core of that batting line up, so not an easy side to break into.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Just that my perception in Pakistani cricket is that the biggest talents will always debut in their teens.

*reportedly in their teens

 

[h_hurricane]

Interesting stat about Babaz Azam - only 8 FC hundreds in 111 innings. He is at the right age to take his game to the next level, but I would wait until it actually happens. Until then - a good batsman with potential to be a great.

 

[slippy888]

Did the guy deserve more praise for his efforts

 

[trundler]

@Magrat Garlick to comment

 

[Magrat Garlick]

a wasteman who spent too much time editing wikipedia

 

[mr_mister]

Played one of the GOAT counterattacking WC KO knocks

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Le One Germ

 

[Flem274*]

i feel bad for him. imagine growing up dreaming of playing for your country then when the call comes its to be as a puppet captain of the coach everyone hates so your teammates hate you too.

 

[jcas0167]

Played one of the GOAT counterattacking WC KO knocks

It was surreal watching that. Harris and Germon absolutely pasting Warne, McGrath & co. The middle and lower order didn't take full advantage of the platform they laid on.

Germon was lucky to captain the side when he was obviously behind Parore as a keeper/batsman (kind of an early NZ version of Tim Paine). He played some handy innings though and did about as well as he could in the circumstances.

 

[slippy888]

He was responsible for the new approach to one day cricket maybe the innovator for 20 20 cricket maybe he deserve a slice of the pie

 

[slippy888]

Tom Moody

Was he a under used type cricketer considering he was a world cup winner

 

[mr_mister]

2 time winner

 

[h_hurricane]

Overachieving wasteman ?

 

[CricAddict]

Slippy back to old habits, I see. You can edit the title and have this thread as your own, slippy.

Tony Grieg I feel is another under-rated cricketer. Good all-round figures but no one considers him for any ATG team.

 

[cnerd123]

This is unironically one of my favourite threads in CW. Glad it's back. Makes for good rereading

 

[Starfighter]

Disappointing the original poll disappeared. Was it Robert Frylinck?

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Disappointing the original poll disappeared. Was it Robert Frylinck?

Yeah, it was

 

[slippy888]

dennis lillee vs Ishant Sharma

Who was the better bowler for you