20 cricketers for the 2020s

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20 cricketers for the 2020s

From Shah to Shaw, from Philippe to Pope: the players we think will dominate the decade

June 22, 2020

 

The 2020s, it is well acknowledged, have not exactly made a dream start. But as cricket slowly biosecures itself towards resumption, there remains the prospect of watching wunderkinds come into their own.

To compile this list, we asked 15 coaches, players, scouts, analysts and observers from around the world for their inputs on the exciting talent available in men's cricket: Tom Moody, Mike Hesson, Deep Dasgupta, HD Ackerman, Ian Bishop, AR Srikanth, Tim Wigmore, Russel Arnold, Paras Mhambrey, Hassan Cheema, Srinath Bashyam, Tamim Iqbal, Andy Moles, Jarrod Kimber and Robin Peterson.

 

We imposed no age limit: the youngest on the list is just 15 - the Afghan left-arm wristspinner Noor Ahmad - while the oldest is Pakistani fast bowler Haris Rauf, who, at 26, is a veritable uncle in this group. Instead, we placed caps on the number of international matches a player had played to be eligible: no more than five Tests or seven ODIs or seven T20Is as on December 31, 2019. The names appear in no particular order.

Please remember to write us in 2030 to tell us whether we got it right or wrong.

 

Tom Banton & Shubman Gill are on the list here.

 

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