The 12(current) Best young Test Batsmen.......Let us Continue !!!

[ManWatKen]

I know there must be a cut-off point for "young batsmen".....27 is to old and 26 is still young, so the cut-off point is 26 years & 364 days.

Sehwag and Vettori just didn't make it, 27y 139d and 27y 40d respectively & i didn't rate A Cook( not yet 15 inn ) but very good bat.

Qualification: Minimum 15 innings bat.

It's just no surprise that the 2 South-Africans is on top by a long way.
Stats as at before the current Eng / Ind. series.

1. The Great Greame Smith ( 910.60 ): [/B]25y 35d
75-5-3608-48.107-51.543

2. AB de Villiers ( 836.14 ): 22y 19d
25-1-1119-44.760-46.625

3. K Pietersen ( 795.69 ): 25y 254d
16-1-674-42.125-44.933

4. I Bell ( 723.60 ): 23y 331d
21-2-791-37.667-41.632

5. R Sarwan ( 707.14 ): 25y 258d
104-7-3884-37.346-40.041

6. C Gayle ( 698.96 ): 26y 168d
95-3-3569-37.568-38.793

7. Yuvraj Singh ( 693.21 ): 24y 86d
19-3-662-34.842-41.375

8. M Clarke ( 653.86 ): 24y 340d
31-2-1072-34.581-36.966

9. Salman Butt ( 609.16 ): 21y 152d
22-0-731-33.227-33.227

10. Shoaib Malik ( 568.93 ): 24y 35d
22-3-637-28.955-33.526

11. Mohammad Kaif ( 469.86 ): 25y 97d
16-1-398-24.875-26.533

12. Mohammad Ashraful ( 447.54 ): 21 y 244d
59-3-1406-23.831-25.107

Stats don't tell the whole story, it tells the ONLY story

 

[steds]

What the hell are those random numbers?

 

[Armadillo]

Are those the ICC rankings?

 

[Pedro Delgado]

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[steds]

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Well said, sir.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Well said, sir.

I thank you.

 

[open365]

Good statistics,anything with Greame Smith and DeVilliers has to be good.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

In cricketing terms, Sarwan, Gayle and Smith are hardly young.

 

[RolledOver]

9. Salman Butt ( 609.16 ): 21y 152d
22-0-731-33.227-33.227

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L L @ Salman Butt

 

[Salamuddin]

My top three would be Pietersen, Clarke and Yuvraj.


Graeme Smith is massively overrated as are Sarwan and Gayle.
Bell is overrated as well but to a lesser extent.

 

[danish]

I know there must be a cut-off point for "young batsmen".....27 is to old and 26 is still young, so the cut-off point is 26 years & 364 days.

Sehwag and Vettori just didn't make it, 27y 139d and 27y 40d respectively & i didn't rate A Cook( not yet 15 inn ) but very good bat.

Qualification: Minimum 15 innings bat.

It's just no surprise that the 2 South-Africans is on top by a long way.
Stats as at before the current Eng / Ind. series.

1. The Great Greame Smith ( 910.60 ): [/B]25y 35d
75-5-3608-48.107-51.543

2. AB de Villiers ( 836.14 ): 22y 19d
25-1-1119-44.760-46.625

3. K Pietersen ( 795.69 ): 25y 254d
16-1-674-42.125-44.933

4. I Bell ( 723.60 ): 23y 331d
21-2-791-37.667-41.632

5. R Sarwan ( 707.14 ): 25y 258d
104-7-3884-37.346-40.041

6. C Gayle ( 698.96 ): 26y 168d
95-3-3569-37.568-38.793

7. Yuvraj Singh ( 693.21 ): 24y 86d
19-3-662-34.842-41.375

8. M Clarke ( 653.86 ): 24y 340d
31-2-1072-34.581-36.966

9. Salman Butt ( 609.16 ): 21y 152d
22-0-731-33.227-33.227

10. Shoaib Malik ( 568.93 ): 24y 35d
22-3-637-28.955-33.526

11. Mohammad Kaif ( 469.86 ): 25y 97d
16-1-398-24.875-26.533

12. Mohammad Ashraful ( 447.54 ): 21 y 244d
59-3-1406-23.831-25.107

Stats don't tell the whole story, it tells the ONLY story

I would have Kamran Akmal over Bell, Kaif and Ashraful any day.

 

[open365]

My top three would be Pietersen, Clarke and Yuvraj.


Graeme Smith is massively overrated as are Sarwan and Gayle.
Bell is overrated as well but to a lesser extent.

Please,explain how Smith is over-rated, everyone i know hates him and thinks he's crap, despite having the best record for a 'young' player around.

 

[steds]

Please,explain how Smith is over-rated, everyone i know hates him and thinks he's crap, despite having the best record for a 'young' player around.

25 isn't particularly young for a professional sportsman. Nor is it old, though.

And Graeme Smith is one of my favourite batsmen.

 

[open365]

25 isn't particularly young for a professional sportsman. Nor is it old, though.

And Graeme Smith is one of my favourite batsmen.

Hence why i out young in ' ' marks, and he's had a fantastic record ever since he started anyway, not that i'm trying to argue as you like him to.

He allways strikes me as a player who looks like he's played 50 more test matches than he really has, the way he played during his debut against England you would have thought he was a seasoned pro.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Sehwag and Vettori just didn't make it, 27y 139d and 27y 40d respectively & i didn't rate A Cook( not yet 15 inn ) but very good bat.

Vettori?

"I bowl off-spin like Vettori, and bat like him too"

 

[steds]

the way he played during his debut against England you would have thought he was a seasoned pro.

He made his debut a year before he played against England.

 

[marc71178]

"I bowl off-spin like Vettori, and bat like him too"

Do you have a defense like Dravid?