Marcus Trescothick

[Richard]

Because it's much easier to see a player is poor than to see he's good.
And in some cases you can know a player isn't going to amount to much without needing to watch him - such as if it's an Australian fingerspinner.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

And *if* he's a modern incarnation of Laker he'll be every bit as ineffectual as Laker would be had he been bowling in this day and age.

Heh. Sorry, I forgot to include the Richard factor when determining my example. Would you prefer I used Murali as an example then?

The point is that you don't know how good he is.

 

[twctopcat]

Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

 

[Richard]

The point is that you don't know how good he is.

I know the best he can be.
If he's that good he's still not going to have an especially effective career.
If he's less good than that, which is perfectly possible, he certainly isn't going to have much of a career.