Which Cricketer? - Episode II

[Pup Clarke]

, , and McCallum... well, he's not going to blow anyone away, is he? He's Scottish, and if he was any cop he'd have played some NCL in the last couple of years.

He'll get the Aussies having sleepless nights.Don't you worry.Made a good 50 against Pakistan in June of last year if that is anything to write home about.

 

[Richard]

Rahim played a Test match in England in 2005, to good effect, and McCallum... well, he's not going to blow anyone away, is he? He's Scottish, and if he was any cop he'd have played some NCL in the last couple of years.

And you're prepared to judge on such flimsy evidence?

How'd you know, for instance, that McCallum didn't have business commitments in the NCL (or C&G) season?

And how on Earth is Rahim a known quantity because of 1 (mis)match?

 

[Neil Pickup]

I have an idea what they can do. I've seen / followed them to reasonable detail.

Pollard I know has exploded onto the domestic scene in the WI. That is it. That is less than I know of NFI and Rahim. That is the entire crux of my post. It is not possible for you to argue with it.

 

[Richard]

I argue that you have an idea what either can do - you may have more of an idea than Pollard, but you do not have any real idea unless you've more evidence than that which you mentioned in your above post...

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Eoin Morgan because I'm not really interested in many of the others. I like Smith, Tait and Johnson, along with a few others but I'm pretty interested to see how Morgan will go.

 

[Dasa]

Would like to see Ravi Shah getting a few good scores. Also looking forward to seeing Keiron Pollard.

 

[chaminda_00]

Its a toss up between Shah and RTD, but cus Shah been at this stage before i'll go with RTD. Will be interesting to see if he can repeat his performances against the minnows, against the big boys.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Uthappa all the way. The rest, with the exception of Tharanga, are all decidedly average.

You've seen Pollard then?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Imran Nazir.
This guy's batting is so terribly flawed but when he gets going, he makes Afridi look like a plodder. Reminds me a bit of Basit Ali - a far more aggressive and less solid version of him. This guy can be so good on his day that if even if McGrath runs into him when Nazir is on a rampage, I can see Glenn going for 10-0-100-0 kinda figures.

Are you kidding? Afridi is so much better than Nazir in terms of ball striking.

 

[aussie]

From the established nations i guess i have seen all in action & i'm looking foward to see ing Tait & Malinga run at batsmen in the world cup. Not really concered about the minnow stars since they are not likely to cause a great impact

 

[chaminda_00]

You've seen Pollard then?

It seems like this kid is meant to be the next BC Lara, from all this hype.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

It seems like this kid is meant to be the next BC Lara, from all this hype.

There's as much hype as for Dwayne Bravo in the past and Adrian Barath this season. I'd hardly say it's any extreme hype. A lot of people didn't expect him to be picked for the World Cup, after all. That said, many wanted him to be picked, but no one considers him an immediate success. He's undoubtedly extremely talented though.

 

[pasag]

RTD for me.

 

[Richard]

You've seen Pollard then?

*with the exception of Pollard.

 

[Steulen]

RTD of course.

Other than that, I really hope one of the players from the lesser nations will do something huge to draw attention to their serious improvement over the last years.

 

[age_master]

I reakon Tait will do well.

I also think Patel and Taylor from NZ looked very good in the tri-series and should do well at the WC.

 

[Richard]

Jeetan Patel and Shaun Tait!!!!!!!!

If both of those 2 do well I'll eat my computer!

 

[Goughy]

RTD for me.

If I was forced to choose it would probably be RtD for me as well

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Uthappa or Rahim, naturally. Some runs from Ravi Shah would be nice as well since I've never really seen him bat properly.

 

[Richard]

You have positively missed one of the treats of this cricketing World.