DOC wrote:Listening to Ricky Ponting last night. Regarding the 16/17 year old for Pakistan, flat out said he will burn out very quickly and be lost to Cricket.
Test cricket is bloody tough but at least at test level he has the worlds best physio's, sports scientists, coaches etc around him. If he was just a very talented 16/17 year old in Australia, he would be playing state under age, school cricket, club cricket, representative cricket with each team burning his talent through bowling from one end all day on pitches/turf/run ups not up to test standard. He wouldn't be surrounded by the quality of staff he now has either.
I guess there is the mental burn out which would be tough to manage.
Is it a bad thing if he plays test cricket from 16-26 compared to an aussie who is more likely to play from 25-35