Where will Jacob Bethell end up being ranked?

[kevinw]

I reckon Bethell will surprise us and have a half decent series. Maybe not amazing returns but he will out-average Crawley, Stokes and Pope.

 

[Ali TT]

Moeen 2.0

Being England's third best spinner of all time wouldn't be a bad return.

 

[Prince EWS]

A wildcard pick of someone with the right attitude, even if lacking the stats, that reminds of when Australia selected a young leg-spinner in the 2010 Ashes who went on to become one of their greatest batters. We could be at the birth of greatness.

Will Bethell's career take a similar but maybe opposite direction to Smith where he ends up one of England's greatest spinners?

Smith actually had great batting stats when he was picked to play as a spinning all-rounder.

 

[Qlder]

Bethell currently has a Test average of 60.00

 

[Johan]

Being England's third best spinner of all time wouldn't be a bad return.

he doesn't make top 10 English spinners

 

[271 & 16/166]

Who?

 

[Ali TT]

he doesn't make top 10 English spinners

He's only played one test

 

[Prince EWS]

He's only played one test

They're taking about Moeen I think.

 

[Ali TT]

They're taking about Moeen I think.

Talking nonsense then

 

[Prince EWS]

Talking nonsense then

I dunno, gut feel is that I could name ten better throughout Test history? He'd be on the border though.

 

[Coronis]

I dunno, gut feel is that I could name ten better throughout Test history? He'd be on the border though.

Off the top of my head.. Verity, Laker, Wardle, Lock, Rhodes, Underwood, Swann, Leach, Peebles, Freeman, Panesar?

 

[Johan]

Talking nonsense then

there are def ten better

 

[Chin Music]

A wildcard pick of someone with the right attitude, even if lacking the stats, that reminds of when Australia selected a young leg-spinner in the 2010 Ashes who went on to become one of their greatest batters. We could be at the birth of greatness.

Will Bethell's career take a similar but maybe opposite direction to Smith where he ends up one of England's greatest spinners?

a PLF second dig was about as much as we could hope for.

 

[Ali TT]

Off the top of my head.. Verity, Laker, Wardle, Lock, Rhodes, Underwood, Swann, Leach, Peebles, Freeman, Panesar?

There's a whole sub forum for comparisons of players across completely different eras. Jack Leach is a lol though.

This thread is about the emerging megastar that is Jacob Bethell (test batting average 60).

 

[Ali TT]

a PLF second dig was about as much as we could hope for.

Setting himself up to excel in this England side then.

 

[cnerd123]

Reckon he'll rank somewhere between Ian Salisbury and Joe Root

 

[tony p]

. Maybe not amazing returns but he will out-average Crawley

There is a long queue that will do that.

 

[GIMH]

Off the top of my head.. Verity, Laker, Wardle, Lock, Rhodes, Underwood, Swann, Leach, Peebles, Freeman, Panesar?

Moeen was better than Leach and Panesar

 

[Coronis]

Moeen was better than Leach and Panesar

Ah you must not have watched much English cricket in the 21st century.

 

[sayon basak]

I reckon Bethell will surprise us and have a half decent series. Maybe not amazing returns but he will out-average Crawley, Stokes and Pope.

He could also surprise us by being extra arse. You never know.