The 'Possible Future England Stars' Thread

[Carrotdude]

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I thought it might be a good idea to have a thread devoted to keeping track of how the potential England players of the future are doing in county cricket. From the first 3 days of the summer the stand out performances I have noticed are from Adil Rashid who has taken match figures of 11-114 and from Ben Stokes who took 6 wickets and is currently 100* in Durham's second innings.

[LOVERBOY]

Unfortunately Gareth Berg strained his side at Worcester on Sunday and Steven Crook replaces him in tomorrow's squad.

[guildfordbat]

After all the mixed comments about the Ice Man, he misses tomorrow's CC game against Surrey due to a side strain! Whatever his ability, he at least seems brittle enough for England ....

[Guest]

lol

[Liam_Main]

lol,I like Berg though hes a decent player a just dont think hes England quality IMO.

[Gregers]

Although I'm biased as I went to school with him but James Vince from Hampshire. Future England no 3

[MR. scotland27]

James Vince is a quality player who had a great season last year, especially in the T20.

[guildfordbat]

A good weekend for future England batsman Jason Roy. As undefeated century for Surrey seconds yesterday and a sixty for the firsts in today's CB 40 match. He and Surrey are playing Hants in another one dayer tomorrow. Will they risk James Briggs against him? I doubt it ....

[Carrotdude]

Taylor got 101 from 86 today to continue his fantastic form. Alex Hales got a century as well today, he has been getting some decent scores this season as well.

[Corporalhumblebucket]

Bairstow is a strong possibility; he's also in the Lions squad. And - as mentioned on other threads - Meaker is seriously quick.

[Carrotdude]

Bairstow has got himself in the Lions squad ahead of Davies so the selectors are certainly fans of his.

[gboycottnut]

"nother player from Yorkshire to keep an eye on is ADAM LYTH.
A 24 year old left handed opening batsman, who can bowl right
handed off breaks if required."

24 years of age isn't a player who is young anymore. It must be remembered that Michael Atherton first played for England in 1989 before he was 22/23, and Nasser Hussain did likewise in 1990 when England hilariously used him at number 6 as their own Steve Waugh V the then still mighty West Indies bowling attack.

Anyway, looking at the future of the England side, in the absence of really talented openers who look likely to make it at a test match level, England could convert someone like James Taylor to become an opening batsman like what Australia did with Justin Langer.

[msp83]

followed James Vince's career progress with interest after his performances in the U19 WC. bit surprised he doesn't figure in the list of future stars for many. Stokes's another one, so is Taylor. Hildreth, like J Denly, seems a bit too inconsistent for me, from whatever bit of county cricket I followed.

[m@tt]

Vince is seen as a potential England international, but there are plenty of other excellent young players who have more runs and more experience than he does.

To be honest, his county stats are pretty average so far, even though he did score a big hundred earlier this season, so he's not doing enough to demand attention at the moment.

[Guest]

vince is incoistent

[hodge]

followed James Vince's career progress with interest after his performances in the U19 WC. bit surprised he doesn't figure in the list of future stars for many. Stokes's another one, so is Taylor. Hildreth, like J Denly, seems a bit too inconsistent for me, from whatever bit of county cricket I followed.

discounting this season as it has been average so far for him, but before 2 seasons ago i think you could have said Hildreth was inconsistent, last 2 seasons he has been very good imo, he may not have always got the scores but when watching you could see there was something different about him, that he had matured. I think being one of the guy who has been around for a bit now has also helped him.

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