county cricket & Indian players

[tweaker]

Players from every team are playing in county cricket. Today there was news about Wahab Riaz playing for some county team.

I don't know why our board is not allowing our young players to play in county. There are some sporadic cases when our players have represented some county teams.

New players especially young fast bowlers will benefit by playing a season in county

[WC2011INDIA]

Players from every team are playing in county cricket. Today there was news about Wahab Riaz playing for some county team.

I don't know why our board is not allowing our young players to play in county. There are some sporadic cases when our players have represented some county teams.

New players especially young fast bowlers will benefit by playing a season in county

board is run by baniyas that's why.

[Mosher]

Due to IPL, Indian players are missing out on some county cricket experience. Zaheer was a different bowler after his county stint. Recently only Pujara and Aaron played for some county. 

[rkt.india]

Players from every team are playing in county cricket. Today there was news about Wahab Riaz playing for some county team.

I don't know why our board is not allowing our young players to play in county. There are some sporadic cases when our players have represented some county teams.

New players especially young fast bowlers will benefit by playing a season in county

Who says our board doesn't allow players to play County cricket. Not every TDH can play in county cricket because There is an eligibility criteria.

[Gunner]

Umesh, Aaron and Ishant need to play a full season of County cricket. Bowling a lot of overs in English conditions will vastly improve their bowling temperament and prowess.

Edited February 11, 2016 by Gunner

[express bowling]

Both young fast bowlers as well as batsmen would benefit tremendously from  county stints. 

Sachin, Sourav, Zaheer, Srinath ..all of them matured after playing county cricket.

Even spinners may learn how to spin on less helpful tracks

Someone like a Kohli would become a far more complete batsman if he can play even one season.   Same with Rohit.

IPL timing is making this very difficult.

 

 

[fineleg]

IPL has disturbed the window available to players, and the overload of meaningless bi-lateral series has also affected the window.

[Ankit_sharma03]

Every bowler shud atleast play one season of county. umesh, aaron, shami , bhuvneshwar even spinners like ashwin , jadeja all of them 

Someone like Ishant i still feel he needs to play county n forget short formats, he can become the spearhead actually and gain consistency

Pujara not being picked in ipl is gud, he shud go n play full season of county .

A plan has to be deviced to get them to play ipl, i have franchises not playing aaron, ishant all games . Free them for one season and let them play county and they ll become better player and serve ur franchise in better way for next few yrs. 

Considering next wc is in Eng, Bowlers shud be send there atleast.

[tweaker]

Is Pujara again going for county assignment

Also bowlers like Praveen Kumar B ,Kumar will be very successful in Counties.

 

[tweaker]

Who says our board doesn't allow players to play County cricket. Not every TDH can play in county cricket because There is an eligibility criteria.

What is the eligibility criteria required for playing in Counties

[maniac]

Playing a full season in county is not what it used to be......the last 4 Indian players to play county cricket AFAIK where Gambhir,Chepu,Bhajji and Sreeshanth and it didn't add or take away anything from what they already where.

Don't think Chepu's recent comeback had anything to do with County cricket....we tend to  overrate it a lot....Gambhir was still a Pokemon,Bhajji still a darter and Sreeshanth well was Sreeshanth

Yes the only thing that can benefit is that bowling or batting a lot more overs constantly is just a glorified net-practice in a simulated real  setting....I don't care if some players treat tamasha leagues as such and make a lot more money.

 

[express bowling]

Playing a full season in county is not what it used to be......the last 4 Indian players to play county cricket AFAIK where Gambhir,Chepu,Bhajji and Sreeshanth and it didn't add or take away anything from what they already where.

Don't think Chepu's recent comeback had anything to do with County cricket....we tend to  overrate it a lot....Gambhir was still a Pokemon,Bhajji still a darter and Sreeshanth well was Sreeshanth

Yes the only thing that can benefit is that bowling or batting a lot more overs constantly is just a glorified net-practice in a simulated real  setting....I don't care if some players treat tamasha leagues as such and make a lot more money.

 

Whether Pujara has improved his technique against swing and seam...we will  find out only when we tour England, SA, NZ etc next.

Harbhajan turned the ball quite a lot when he was succeeding for India and took 400 + test wickets. He became a darter when the action of all the off-spinners, who bowled with a slightly bent arm , was being scrutinized by the ICC. Bhajji modified his action, to be on the safe side, and lost his spin. It is not an issue that county cricket can rectify or improve.

Sreesanth was always a good swing bowler. His control was decent too. His problem lay in his mind ...again an issue that is not improvable by county cricket.

Gambhir is the only exception...and as we all know ..." Exception proves the rule "

Many past players like Tendulkar, Ganguly, Sreenath, Zaheer etc. have all improved distinctly after a county stint.

 

[chewy]

Indians players (those who can) should take very opportunity to play full season county.

The quality of county cricket isn't that good (and over rated by many), or else England would be dominating every format of cricket.

But it provides players to play 16 first class matches across 6 months! in varying opponents and conditions  (Cold April, Hot Summers, Wet Septembers), no other first class competition provides such variation and longevity to hone your skills (for young & established Test players) 

 

The Ranji trophy only gives players min. 8 matches, and another 3 if the state makes it to the final.  

 

For cricket mad India, the Ranji trophy should include more matches and played for 6 months too.

Edited February 12, 2016 by chewy

[express bowling]

 

For cricket mad India, the Ranji trophy should include more matches and played for 6 months too.

I would prefer Indian players to play more zonal matches and matches featuring India A, India B, India C , where the best international prospects are chosen. This will improve the quality of opposition. Too many ranji matches, with low quality players as opponents, is not necessary. The main purpose of Ranji trophy should be to allow lots of players to showcase their talent for the next level.

Matches in our domestic competitions should be played in different types of pitches and conditions, to make the players ready for international cricket.