Haseeb Hameed : England finally finds a good opener

[fineleg]

India as usual will gift records and glory to debutants. We are very generous hosts.

Edited November 13, 2016 by fineleg

[chewy]

well this was the best pitch any debut batsman could have asked for 

[SUMO]

cook debuted at 22 ... hameed is only 19...god knows what heights he will achieve ( eng playing 14-15 tests per year ) even 45 avg as an opener will be all time record smashing!

[Iconoclast]

1 minute ago, SUMO said:

cook debuted at 22 ... hameed is only 19...god knows what heights he will achieve ( eng playing 14-15 tests per year ) even 45 avg as an opener will be all time record smashing!

200 Tests averaging 50 (200X50X2) = 20000 Runs

[SUMO]

12 minutes ago, Iconoclast said:

200 Tests averaging 50 (200X50X2) = 20000 Runs

haha quite possible

 

Edited November 13, 2016 by SUMO

[tweaker]

Hameed playing well

[Cricketics]

England need to handle him well. One bad tour like Ashes series etc can dent his career and he could be out and dropped for few years after poor run at young age. This happens a lot in England compared to countries like India where we still will always have those players on selectors' radar. 

[fineleg]

I wish this 19 yr old is given spanky by Ashwin and Jadeja and Shami in Tests 3, 4 and 5. Enough of India making heroes out of these newbies.

 

Edited November 20, 2016 by fineleg

[tweaker]

Hameed has played very well against spinners

[SUMO]

what a talent hameed is !!!
Our openers couldn't survive even an iota of spin or seam. 
What was the last time when we had good opening partnership, both openers crossing 50 

[sandeep]

42 minutes ago, SUMO said:

what a talent hameed is !!!
Our openers couldn't survive even an iota of spin or seam. 
What was the last time when we had good opening partnership, both openers crossing 50 

Chillax bhai.  Don't get too worked up.  Vijay is quality, and law of averages will re-assert itself.  Rahul also, deserves a bit of rope.  I would still rank Rahul over Hameed, as a prospect, impressive as he has been.  

[Vijy]

5 hours ago, sandeep said:

Chillax bhai.  Don't get too worked up.  Vijay is quality, and law of averages will re-assert itself.  Rahul also, deserves a bit of rope.  I would still rank Rahul over Hameed, as a prospect, impressive as he has been.  

There's 5 years difference between them. Wait till Hameed reaches the same age. Besides, Rahul has allowed the T20 game to influence him in Tests. Across all formats, I'd agree that he can do very well.

[Laaloo]

Oh please its too early. He still struggles against any spinner bowling around the wicket and he looked really uncomfortable against short balls. A short ball hit his hand, the other went through and his his chest. It took us 4 innings to bowl a short ball at him. His domestic strike rate is somewhere around 38. I know S/R usually dont matter that much in test cricket, but there will be a time when he will be asked to score a bit faster. Let's see if he adapts to it. Right now he is doing good because we dont seem to bowl accurate short balls at him.

[mishra]

Oh comeon doubters. In fourth inning, he had mental strength to last that long. Kid is good. very good. If he can maintain his current performance for couple of more series, He will be automatically be part of playing 11.

Also, England has been looking for for a solid opener to go along with Cook. He fits the bill most among the tried ones since Strauss.

[Temujin Khaghan]

Haseeb is set for a 15-17 year career from here on. Potential 12k runs

[Temujin Khaghan]

Future great... Cook as mentor... no Johnson on next ashes tour...England's test calender - what else can you ask for

[SUMO]

future great !

[Malcolm Merlyn]

future great !

Too early.

[CG]

Nah he will have problems with lbws with that stance

[SUMO]

56 minutes ago, Malcolm Merlyn said:

Too early.

may be. btw when was the last time a teenager did so well overseas...umar akmal..he will not go that way for sure