Wisden's Top 50 Under 23 Players

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1. Kagiso Rabada (23) South Africa
2. Rashid Khan (20) Afghanistan
3. Aiden Markram (23) South Africa
4. Babar Azam (23) Pakistan
5. Kuldeep Yadav (23) India
6. Rishabh Pant (20) India
7. Kusal Mendis (23) Sri Lanka
8. Matthew Renshaw (22) Australia
9. Lungi Ngidi (22) South Africa
10. Shadab Khan (19) Pakistan

11. Mustafizur Rahman (22) Bangladesh
12. Washington Sundar (18) India
13. Mujeeb Ur Rahman (17) Afghanistan
14. Jofra Archer (23) England/West Indies
15. Privthi Shaw (18) India
16. Lahiru Kumara (21) Sri Lanka
17. Shubman Gill (18) India
18. Billy Stanlake (23) Australia
19. Mehedi Hasan (20) Bangladesh
20. Sam Curran (20) England

21. Sandeep Lamichhane (18) Nepal
22. Shreyas Iyer (23) India
23. Dom Bess (21) England
24. Alzarri Joseph (21) West Indies
25. Jhye Richardson (21) Australia
26. Ishan Kishan (20) India
27. Imam Ul-Haq (22) Pakistan
28. Andile Phehlukwayo (22) South Africa
29. Tom Curran (23) England
30. Mosaddek Hossain (22) Bangladesh

31. Sanju Samson (23) India
32. Joe Clarke (22) England
33. Shaheen Afridi (18) Pakistan
34. Darwish Rasooli (18) Afghanistan
35. Blessing Muzarabani (21) Zimbabwe
36. Ollie Pope (20) England
37. Finn Allen (19) New Zeland
38. Kamlesh Nagarkoti (18) India
39. Mason Crane (21) England
40. Shimron Hetmyer (21) West Indies

41. Harry Brook (19) England
42. Afif Hossain (18) Bangladesh
43. Josh Tongue (20) England
44. Shivam Mavi (19) India
45. Lloyd Pope (18) Australia
46. Glenn Phillips (21) New Zealand
47. Anshy Rath (20) Hong Kong
48. Taskin Ahmed (23) Bangladesh
49. Haseeb Hameed (21) England
50. Keemo Paul (20) West Indies



Quite a few young players missing I'm sure that some think highly of.

 

[mr_mister]

Hetmyer should be higher

 

[StephenZA]

It's scary that Rabada still counts as a young player....

 

[Borges]

Quite a few young players missing I'm sure that some think highly of.

Yeah; Australia and South Africa appear to be under represented.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Yeah; Australia and South Africa appear to be under represented.

Probably happens naturally due to less first class teams though.

I mean, as promising as Harry Brook appears, just due to the lack of opportunity he would have struggled to play too many FC matches to this point.

As a direct comparison (aside from his concussion issues) someone like Will Pucovski who has had a lot fewer first class matches despite being a year older, and breaking heaps of age records in National youth cricket.

 

[Borges]

I think they were looking at all forms of cricket. For instance, Kamlesh Nagarkoti hasn't played any first class games yet.

 

[vic_orthdox]

I think they were looking at all forms of cricket. For instance, Kamlesh Nagarkoti hasn't played any first class games yet.

Neither has Lloyd Pope. But by getting to play more first class cricket, you get more chances to illustrate your potential.

 

[harsh.ag]

Haha Sam Curran below Washington Sundar and Shubnam Gill

 

[Borges]

I'm quite glad they have Haseeb Hameed in the list; even if, arguably, lower down than he ought to be.

 

[Borges]

Haha Sam Curran below Washington Sundar and Shubnam Gill

They must have prepared this list before the first test against India.

 

[Starfighter]

I'm quite glad they have Haseeb Hameed in the list; even if, arguably, lower down than he ought to be.

His recent form says he should be even lower.

 

[Beamer]

Hetmyer should be higher

That was my immediate thought as well. I think that shows a lack of research on Wisden's part as even a cursory check on Hetmeyer, his Under 19 credentials etc would have him much higher up the list.

Otherwise some really good names around and we should be in for an interesting decade or so.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Ahh Wisden failed to follow Shimron Hetmyer as he was going around the globe hitting 100s at every stop in the warmup games only not to get selected by team management to play the real games.

Kid is top notch.

Keemo should be in the low 40s

 

[Pup Clarke]

Stanlake at 18 is lolbad

 

[Jack1]

It's scary that Rabada still counts as a young player....

23 and under counts as young/junior. I think it's fair. Are you saying 23 is too old, or saying it's scary he's that young? He actually looks younger than 23 in my opinion.

 

[trundler]

23 and under counts as young/junior. I think it's fair. Are you saying 23 is too old, or saying it's scary he's that young? He actually looks younger than 23 in my opinion.

You missed the point. It's scary how good he is at his age. Imagine how great he could become. A terrifying prospect if you aren't South African.

 

[ImpatientLime]

its nothing more than a page filler.

the only thing worse than top 50/100 lists are those ****ing awful "5 things we learnt from this weekends premier league matches".

 

[superkingdave]

No Matt Parkinson?

 

[Starfighter]

You missed the point. It's scary how good he is at his age. Imagine how great he could become. A terrifying prospect if you aren't South African.

Entirely possible he could be at his peak now, or over the next three-four years, like Ian Botham.

 

[Gnske]

Jhye Richardson at 25

I still don't get the forcing of this lad.