Next superstar test batsman

[Pratters]

Ricky Ponting has said that Kevin Pieterson could be the next super star. Who do you think could be the next superstar test batsman. I am talking about an under 30 aged player currently who can be a top quality test batsman of the calibre of but leaving out players like Lara, Tendulkar, Ponting, Dravid and Inzamam (all above 30) for at least 3-4 years if not more.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Pietersen and Jaques seem like fair bets over the next 5 years or so. They're both making runs everywhere at the moment and have been for a few years, so injury and opportunities permitting they could both go a long way. Hard to say if either of them will reach the level of those you mentioned, though.

 

[Bouncer]

a little too orthodox a player and i know he is not too attractive but is very affective, maybe younis khan?

 

[Xuhaib]

You heard it here first -J.P Duminy.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Watto.

 

[steds]

Uttam.

 

[haroon510]

mohmmad yousuf

 

[luffy]

Peiterson and Jaques

 

[kodos]

mohmmad yousuf

He is a great batsman but surely there are greater up and coming batsman. Pietersen is one candidate, AB De VIlliers is another and Jaques.

 

[Neil Pickup]

mohmmad yousuf

I love the way people's blind nationalistic bias leads them to completely overlook the most basic facts. Like the fact that 32 !< 30.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

He's a super player already too, and can't get much better IMO.

 

[Prince EWS]

Watto.

Yep.

 

[Retox]

Jesse Ryder

and he will play lots of games, The first young nz player in a while to do so without getting hurt

 

[nightprowler10]

Hasan Raza

Seriously though, Younis and Bell.

 

[Mahindinho]

Dammit, I was going to suggest the mighty Ian Bell!

And I'd only be half-joking

Can we still count Jayawardene? If he can regain his form of the summer, he might go some way towards becoming as great as people thought he would be 5 or 6 years ago.

Alistair Cook could become a Test great too, but more in the Gooch mould than your Tendulkars, Laras and Inzys.

 

[Pratters]

Jayawardene has a very poor average abroad (39 versus 59 at home). If he does rectify that, there is a chance..

Two other people who are fairly young have made lots of test runs already:

Sehwag
Graeme Smith.

 

[silentstriker]

Jayawardene has a very poor average abroad (39 versus 59 at home). If he does rectify that, there is a chance..

Two other people who are fairly young have made lots of test runs already:

Sehwag
Graeme Smith.

Sehwag has no footwork. So he can't do it. I'd put my money on Pieterson or someone like that.

 

[Pratters]

Sehwag has no footwork. So he can't do it.

Sehwag's game isn't based on footwork as much like it is for most other batsmen. It was Boycott who mentioned on television when Sehwag started out that he would fail miserably as a test batsman. Then, he was bewildered when Sehwag hit some centuries and accepted Sehwag was different where footwork's importance is concerned.

 

[munnabhai]

if smith is not captain of SF then i think he will be a constantly making big scores.

 

[silentstriker]

Sehwag's game isn't based on footwork as much like it is for most other batsmen. It was Boycott who mentioned on television when Sehwag started out that he would fail miserably as a test batsman. Then, he was bewildered when Sehwag hit some centuries and accepted Sehwag was different where footwork's importance is concerned.

I realize that it is not. However, when the ball swings a lot or you are playing the second innings, you really have to be almost superhuman to overcome your lack of footwork.

He is certainly a very good batsman, but not a great one, for precicely that reason. I could, of course, be proven wrong. And I might be, but I don't think you can get away from a lack of footwork without it catching upto you at some point.