Best young Batsman in World Cricket today

[aussie]

Welllllll..... with the sudden emergence of Pietersen to me its hard to decide who is the best established young batsman in cricket today amongst the likes of:

Note: Player must be minimun of 26 in 2005

Pietersen
Clarke
Sehwag
Bell
Sarwan
Gayle
H.Marshall
De Villiers
Yuvraj Singh
Kaif
Shoaib Malik

 

[steds]

Player must be minimun of 26 in 2005

In that case, Lara

 

[aussie]

In that case, Lara

sean go to bed...

 

[howardj]

KP - by a fair distance. To come into Test cricket, in your first series, and average over 50 (scoring three 50's and a century) while the greatest slow bowler of the modern era is creating chaos, was a magnificent performance. Furthermore, even when McGrath was fully fit and carving them up at Lords, KP still smacked 120 and was dismissed only once.

 

[cameeel]

Welllllll..... with the sudden emergence of Pietersen to me its hard to decide who is the best established young batsman in cricket today amongst the likes of:

Note: Player must be minimun of 26 in 2005

Pietersen
Clarke
Sehwag
Bell
Sarwan
Gayle
H.Marshall
De Villiers
Yuvraj Singh
Kaif
Shoaib Malik

How old is Sehwag?

From that list i should say Clarke, lest i betray my country, but probably De Villiers and Sarwan on that list.

Gayle gets an honourable mention.

Why is Bell on that list?

 

[Pedro Delgado]

King Penguin by a nose, followed by ABdV.

 

[aussie]

King Penguin by a nose, followed by ABdV.

deVilliers looked class vs ENG & crashed a poor windies attack afterwards but surely blokes like Sehwag, Clarke, Sarwan are better than him.

 

[howardj]

Actually, given that Sehwag is young enough, then I'd go for him.

 

[Stuart]

Sehwag for mine.

 

[Langeveldt]

Pietersen, followed by AB de Villiers and Sarwan

 

[Pedro Delgado]

deVilliers looked class vs ENG & crashed a poor windies attack afterwards but surely blokes like Sehwag, Clarke, Sarwan are better than him.

Disagree, I think KP and ABdV are streets ahead of the rest.

 

[whitedazzler]

i think hamish marshall will be a world beater and yuvraj singh will turn in2 a jayasuriya

 

[aussie]

Disagree, I think KP and ABdV are streets ahead of the rest.

I reckon you will eat your words on Devilliers after the SA series in Australia.

 

[whitedazzler]

normally u can tell a wether a cricketer is gona make it by there first tour to australia. i doubt that any more with australian cricket on the low patch that it is.

 

[Dasa]

Sehwag...easily.

 

[SupaFreak2005]

I'd say Sehwag

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

AB has superb technique and temperament and will be something special when he's properly settled into Tests. I've no doubt of that.

At the moment, though, Sehwag is the most complete player on this list. He's proven he can bat against quality bowling and score consistently big runs. That's enough for me.

Sarwan needs to check his shot selection.

Gayle needs to do the same. Moving his feet is not as necessary as shot selection IMO.

Clarke needs to learn to play the swinging ball (like the rest of Australia).

Pietersen needs to be more consistent, which he will do when he sorts out his shot selection.

Hamish Marshall - I haven't seen him play a Test innings live, so I won't comment.

 

[honestbharani]

I would say Sehwag, Clarke, Pieterson, De Villiers in that order.

 

[Beleg]

Sehwag is an accomplished batsman already.

 

[marc71178]

Got to echo the Sehwag comments, especially considering he's not an opener by trade really, but has done so well to adjust to fit into the side.