max_dillon2007
School Cricketer
Hi guys,
Cricketers can be generalised in two types. Gifted and not so gifted. Gifted players are generally expected to succeed and not so gifted generally expected to have a hard time in international cricket(read: Struggle). When a gifted player succeed or a not so gifted player fails to perform we dont see anything out of ordinary as we had expected both of the outcomes. But when a gifted player fails to perform we feel dissappointed because it is generally caused by lack of attitude & money and when a not so gifted player succeed,we feel astonished due to his determination & hardwork. So here we would discuss the later two types of cricketers. The Underachievers and Overachievers.
I would like to add two more catagories which came in my mind.
1)E.S.P player: Early Short Prime Players. These are players who made a terrific debut and then drifted away and failed to recover their magic.
2)L.L.P player: Late Longer Prime. These are players who either had bad debut and thus dropped for a longer period of time or who got selected very late and then made their mark
According to me here are some
Overachievers:
Rahul Dravid
Simon Katich
Jacque Kallis
Underachievers:
Shaun Tait
Ajit Agarkar
Shahid Afridi
Shaun Marsh
E.S.P:
Steve Harmison
Vinod Kambli
Shahid Afridi
L.L.P:
Mike Hussey
Grahem Thorpe
Jayasuriya(he was dropped for a year and then came back from retirement)
Cricketers can be generalised in two types. Gifted and not so gifted. Gifted players are generally expected to succeed and not so gifted generally expected to have a hard time in international cricket(read: Struggle). When a gifted player succeed or a not so gifted player fails to perform we dont see anything out of ordinary as we had expected both of the outcomes. But when a gifted player fails to perform we feel dissappointed because it is generally caused by lack of attitude & money and when a not so gifted player succeed,we feel astonished due to his determination & hardwork. So here we would discuss the later two types of cricketers. The Underachievers and Overachievers.
I would like to add two more catagories which came in my mind.
1)E.S.P player: Early Short Prime Players. These are players who made a terrific debut and then drifted away and failed to recover their magic.
2)L.L.P player: Late Longer Prime. These are players who either had bad debut and thus dropped for a longer period of time or who got selected very late and then made their mark
According to me here are some
Overachievers:
Rahul Dravid
Simon Katich
Jacque Kallis
Underachievers:
Shaun Tait
Ajit Agarkar
Shahid Afridi
Shaun Marsh
E.S.P:
Steve Harmison
Vinod Kambli
Shahid Afridi
L.L.P:
Mike Hussey
Grahem Thorpe
Jayasuriya(he was dropped for a year and then came back from retirement)