Cricket Prodigies

[King]

I was just reading the other thread about a little lad here and noticed plenty of you don't seem to reckon younger ones don't go all the way. Truth is if one doesn't start young in professional sports chances are it is too hard to go all the way. Dirk Nannes may be an exception but the likes of Yuvi, Kohli, Zaheer and whole lot of cricketers around the world started young. If you have not reached a decent stage in your sporting career by early 20s it is very hard to break through. By early 20 you need to be an experienced domestic cricketer at least to break through. Here is a 12 year old. Check out our NZ folks, we are not such a big cricketing country but we continue to produce fantastic cricketers (although not greats but good enough) RnUIIi5PmOc&feature=g-upl LiGihpozsFo&feature=g-upl

[Crookbond]

In this professional age, it has become paramount to startk early - especially so in India. I remember a discussion between Dean Jones & Javagal Srinath in 2006. Deano was worried about how aged Australian domestic cricketers were a plenty and stood up in the way of youngsters. He suggested that once you understand at around 29 (Hussey being an exception) you ain't gonna cut through, you should be shown the door and look for another job. Srinath argued that while it looked reasonable it wasn't possible in a country like India.