Top 5 young players

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Young means anyone who came onto the scene in recent times and is under the age of 25, considering in cricket its hard to come accross quality 20 year olds like in football.

1. Irfan Pathan :D
2. Stuart Clarke(havent watched him recently.. not sure of his age)
3. Dhoni
4. Akmal(these two are reversable, nothng to choose)
5. Peterson(how old is he?)

Your inputs may lead me to change my list.. its hard to keep track of these young uns.
 
amolbhatia100 said:
Young means anyone who came onto the scene in recent times and is under the age of 25, considering in cricket its hard to come accross quality 20 year olds like in football.

1. Irfan Pathan :D
2. Stuart Clarke(havent watched him recently.. not sure of his age)
3. Dhoni
4. Akmal(these two are reversable, nothng to choose)
5. Peterson(how old is he?)

Your inputs may lead me to change my list.. its hard to keep track of these young uns.
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You mean Pietersen? He's 26 this year. Not that young.
 
Thank you. Thought he was younger.
Any others? Yuvraj doesnt qualify, hes 24 i think, but has been around too long.
 
Shaun udal hes young at heart and the best of the bunch.dwayne bravo really rate him hes gonna be a quality allrounder for years to come has a great knack of wicket taking deliveries and his recent century and scores against the aussies show his batting is improving.
 
Dowders_Jnr said:
The word "spinner" used in it's broadest possible terms.
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lol
Il have to see him for myself.. a talented english spinner sounds hard to believe. But then why is Ashley giles first choice?
 
amolbhatia100 said:
lol
Il have to see him for myself.. a talented english spinner sounds hard to believe. But then why is Ashley giles first choice?
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Because there really has been little else. Giles is getting older, (though not as old as Udal) so it's good to see some new blood in the squad. Panesar sounds like he's had a decent start, at this stage he has to be the long term hope. Downside on Panesar is that he's a poor fielder and atrocious with the bat.

Blackwell is good with the bat, not great in the field but disciplined with the ball. He's certainly had a good start to the tour. The only other spinner anywhere on the radar is Alex Loudon. He has a solid all round game, but certainly doesn't look like making much of an impact at this stage.
 
Dowders_Jnr said:
I would say its 23 and under. On that basis, Michael Clarke misses out.
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Very few quality cricketers around that age. Dhoni and Akmal are 24, so they miss out too according to that.
Pathans in a league of his own.. 21 and pure magic. :D
 
amolbhatia100 said:
Very few quality cricketers around that age. Dhoni and Akmal are 24, so they miss out too according to that.
Pathans in a league of his own.. 21 and pure magic. :D
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We're talking a matter of weeks with Akmal aren't we? I think its January.
 
Dowders_Jnr said:
We're talking a matter of weeks with Akmal aren't we? I think its January.
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Same thing, theyr both about the same age, and have almost a decade of cricket in them. Generally in cricket you dont get quality players under the age of 23.. its pretty rare. And im talking real quality.. thats why i consider Pathan so special.. hes 21, consistantly performing and hes the backbone of the Indian attack, except on rubbish flat dead tracks.
 
amolbhatia100 said:
Same thing, theyr both about the same age, and have almost a decade of cricket in them. Generally in cricket you dont get quality players under the age of 23.. its pretty rare. And im talking real quality.. thats why i consider Pathan so special.. hes 21, consistantly performing and hes the backbone of the Indian attack, except on rubbish flat dead tracks.
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Even then, I'd expect him to take Matt Prior for a duck.
 
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