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Brad Hogg' date=' Mike Hussey (should have got his chance when he was 24-25).[/quote'] Hussey was right timing. Short pro careers? Hodge, Blewett, Fleming, Vaughan somewhat, Matt Elliott, Stuart Clark, Ian Bishop, Kambli, Bond, Taibu, Goodwin & a lot of Zimbabwean players.
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Lots of WI fast bowlers - Wayne Daniel, Winston Davis, Sylvester Clarke, Colin Croft, Bishop, Patterson.. - even Andy Roberts had a relatively short career. They also had a promising test batsman (F.Bacchus) who got a test 250 but averaged only 26 after 19 tests.

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Not a Short Career but anyone remember Ritender SIngh Sodhi,he was supposed to be the next Kapil Dev,won an u-19 WC and was hailed as the next big thing...Got a run in the ODI squad and then dumped. He is unrecognisable now....I remember he was a Sardar but now I beleive he is no longer one.
Besides being part of the the 19 WC winning team, he was also captain of an under 15 side which won the world cup. He played a few ODI games and hit a 50 once IIRC. He was quickly written off as "short of international class" as both batsman and bowler and disappeared from the selectors radar. Last I remember seeing him was in the ICL as a clean shaven man.
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Maybe Badri was born in a wrong generation? Wasim Jaffer could have contributed more if not for Sehwag-Gambhir p'ship. Mishra for the first five years had to wait as we had Kumble-Bhajji.

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^^^ all of them got chances and failed so you cannot say they had short careers. Short careers are tragic for players who were destined for greatness but were cut short due to other reasons other than their own performances.

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^^^ all of them got chances and failed so you cannot say they had short careers. Short careers are tragic for players who were destined for greatness but were cut short due to other reasons other than their own performances.
They failed once and were never allowed a comeback. They could have had longer careers if they were born in a different era or in a different country.
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They failed once and were never allowed a comeback. They could have had longer careers if they were born in a different era or in a different country.
no mishra had so many comebacks so did jaffar. Jaffar got boot because he had no clue how play pace bowling. Badri is one who has some complaint but he never performed like Laxman when he was out of team by scoring hundreds at will in domestic cricket. All three were never in great category
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From the memory: Ranji and Dulip - never got to play for Ind iirc C.K Naydu - played test cricket at the end of his career Vijay Merchant - 10 tests Amar Singh - <10 tests Md Nisar <10 tests Sandeep Patil - heard that he started late, faced injuries and could have been a great

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Matthew Elliot...Was an upcoming Opener for Australia....Decent LHB..I remember him for that nasty collison he had....I thought it was with Hayden but after some research found out it was Mark Waugh...Saw that live...one of those stuck in my head. Shane Lee-Was supposed to be the next big A.R,Played with his more famous brother in that disastorous Indian tour of Australia 99-2000. Hollioke bros-Looked like the next big thing of English cricket but faded out

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Matthew Elliot...Was an upcoming Opener for Australia....Decent LHB..I remember him for that nasty collison he had....I thought it was with Hayden but after some research found out it was Mark Waugh...Saw that live...one of those stuck in my head. Shane Lee-Was supposed to be the next big A.R,Played with his more famous brother in that disastorous Indian tour of Australia 99-2000. Hollioke bros-Looked like the next big thing of English cricket but faded out
Ben Hollioke one of the brothers, died in a car crash :((

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