marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
How do you mean county cricket won't produce a player like someone who it produced?County cricket will never produce players like KP
How do you mean county cricket won't produce a player like someone who it produced?County cricket will never produce players like KP
Players like Sachin, Kallis, Steyn, etc. Anderson I guess goes close, but he's only really been "that" good over the past couple of years. KP doesn't count as he learned his cricket in South Africa.Define "outstanding talent"!
Anderson's career average is a reflection of him being mucked around by England for 4 years.Players like Sachin, Kallis, Steyn, etc. Anderson I guess goes close, but he's only really been "that" good over the past couple of years. KP doesn't count as he learned his cricket in South Africa.
That's a high bar you're setting. Surely Alastair Cook coming through the junior system counts for something?Players like Sachin, Kallis, Steyn, etc. Anderson I guess goes close, but he's only really been "that" good over the past couple of years. KP doesn't count as he learned his cricket in South Africa.
Ignored Cook as a post said that England do not produce "exciting" talents, which was kinda similar to my point (although I did include Kallis...lol).That's a high bar you're setting. Surely Alastair Cook coming through the junior system counts for something?
That's a pretty ****ing nonsense criteria then.Ignored Cook as a post said that England do not produce "exciting" talents, which was kinda similar to my point (although I did include Kallis...lol).
I wish we were producing more players like Umar Akmal too.Ignored Cook as a post said that England do not produce "exciting" talents, which was kinda similar to my point (although I did include Kallis...lol).
Still, Cook and Anderson have been only two of England-produced gun talents in recent years. There's probably more, but it does kinda pale in comparison to other countries.
The County system still produced him though.He didn't make his test debut until he was 29 though.....that was part of my original point.