Monday 4 June 2007

Stars of the future

Their are a few youngsters in the international arena that looks very promising and are really nearly set to be stars. Here are a few....

Alaistar Cook of England looks set to be the best opener in the future. The lad has a nice temperament and his debut ton against India in India just shows what the lad is capable of. Already nearly a master off the backfoot, it allows him more time on the ball and it makes him comfortable against shorter balls.

Kevin Pietersen of England will probably be the best batsman in the future. In his 3 year career so far, he has already dominate the best of attacks and is a fantastic player of spin - something rare of an English man! Although England are not good at the pajama game, KP has been one of the best batters in that version for the past months. Yeah, he's that good! He's already taken England single handedly to victory in that version of the game which just shows his class.

Mohammed Asif of Pakistan is already a fantastic bowler and one can only reckon he will match or be better than his fellow countrymen, Waqar, Akram and Imran. Not new or too old to international cricket, he has already been a plague to some of the best batsmen around. His stamina is superb which allows his team more chances of success and he rarely lets them down with the new ball. His ability to be dead accurate and move the ball off the seam makes him a threat to all nations.

Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka, the slinger, has slinged out batsman and left them clueless. His slingy action allows him to generate pace and reverse swing which makes him very deadly at the end of the limited overs game. His accuracy for a slinger is superb and he can only get better. He's a dream come through for the Lankans as they never had a good fast bowler other than Chaminda Vaas.