Lungi Ngidi tipped for Proteas Test honours

[Artie]

21 minutes ago, speedheat said:

Where is this lungi now?? What happned to him??? 

Ready for selection and biding his time.

9/83 in his last FC match and 2nd highest wicket taker in the just completed Ram Slam T20 competition.

He is the real deal trust me.

[speedheat]

22 minutes ago, Artie said:

Ready for selection and biding his time.

9/83 in his last FC match and 2nd highest wicket taker in the just completed Ram Slam T20 competition.

He is the real deal trust me.

Thanks, I know, saw him against srilanka t20s looked impressive, was really getting some bounce, pace was around 140kph, he and rabada can form formidable pair.

Edited December 21, 2017 by speedheat

[beetle]

Booked by csk already?

[Laaloo]

1 hour ago, beetle said:

Booked by csk already?

no he's too phaast for Dhoni

Edited December 21, 2017 by Laaloo

[velu]

16 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

no he's too phaast for Dhoni

 

nothing is fast to you if you are lightning quick 

[Vijy]

On 1/23/2017 at 1:21 AM, express bowling said:

Don't worry.....we are developing Siddharth  Kaul ,  with his 122 k  missiles,  to answer Lungi

 

He seems to be the next in line for India debut going by selectors' preferences.

 

Eagerly waiting for  Kaul, Vignesh and Vinay to form our " pace attack "  or,  shall I say,    " lack-of-pace  non-attack " ....and Stuart Binny as the seam-all-rounder.

 

Opposition batsmen will tremble in their pants.

vignesh is a bit faster than dhawal presumably. kaul, dhawal kulkarni and vinny is my pick. maybe throw in irfan pathan in place of binny, given that irfan seems to be even slower.

[express bowling]

19 minutes ago, Vijy said:

vignesh is a bit faster than dhawal presumably. kaul, dhawal kulkarni and vinny is my pick. maybe throw in irfan pathan in place of binny, given that irfan seems to be even slower.

 

Don't worry, we now have Unadkat to give Kaul company.

[Vijy]

2 minutes ago, express bowling said:

 

Don't worry, we now have Unadkat to give Kaul company.

yes, kaul, unadkat, dhawal and vinny. this is truly our own marshall-holding-roberts-garner.

[express bowling]

29 minutes ago, Vijy said:

yes, kaul, unadkat, dhawal and vinny. this is truly our own marshall-holding-roberts-garner.

We have 2 gems, B.S.Sandhu and Mohit Thadani, bowling in domestic cricket.

 

Thadani can bowl 98 k deliveries seam-up and running in hard.  Sandhu is not as good, but rarely crosses 120 k.

 

These 2 can be tapped for  extra " fire-power "  

Edited December 21, 2017 by express bowling

[Vijy]

11 minutes ago, express bowling said:

We have 2 gems, B.S.Sandhu and Mohit Thadani, bowling in domestic cricket.

 

Thadani can bowl 98 k deliveries seam-up and running in hard.  Sandhu is not as good, but rarely crosses 120 k.

 

These 2 can be tapped for  extra " fire-power "  

we need someone liky jimmy amarnath as the "pace" spearhead. i doubt if he crossed 100 kph.

[Muloghonto]

On 1/20/2017 at 10:33 PM, express bowling said:

This is how good fast bowlers are developed.... teams who have produced good quicks in the past, like South Africa,  know how it is done.

 

You have to identify talent that can succeed in international cricket and fast-track them if they are pacers .....as age is a big factor for fast bowlers.

 

No matter when you introduce pacers in international cricket, they need a couple of season to get ready, sometimes even more if they are Indians.... it is better to start the process early.

 

We, on the other hand, just look at total wickets in the last Ranji season    !!

This method ONLY works when you have well established senior fast bowlers in the team, who themselves are top tier, to mentor the young kid. 
Otherwise, every time you fast track a kid who has no hall of famer type to guide him and he has to shoulder expectations and lead the attack after 5-10 matches, its too much. 
Its not like India hasn't given chances to young fast bowlers in the past (Nehra,Agarkar, Zaheer, Ishant). Only difference is, in India, there is no established great fast bowler to mentor these guys in the team. 
Look at Pakistan : they had a good thing going from 1980s till early 2000s. They gave chances to fast bowlers early and they succeeded- why ? because the likes of Imran, Wasim, Waqar were there to mentor the new ones and let them develop pressure-free. They lost it when the two Ws retired, because Shoaib was neither the mentoring kind, nor was he playing regularly enough to mentor anyone and shoulder responsibility. Result- their 'young fast bowlers' all fizz out these days. 

When Pollock came in, Donald was already established and shouldered the responsibility. When Ntini came in, he had Donald AND Pollock to shoulder the responsibility. When Steyn came in, he was mentored by and given a free reign due to Pollock. When Rabada came in, he had Steyn and Morkel to rely on. 

Edited December 21, 2017 by Muloghonto

[Vijy]

8 minutes ago, Muloghonto said:

This method ONLY works when you have well established senior fast bowlers in the team, who themselves are top tier, to mentor the young kid. 
Otherwise, every time you fast track a kid who has no hall of famer type to guide him and he has to shoulder expectations and lead the attack after 5-10 matches, its too much. 
Its not like India hasn't given chances to young fast bowlers in the past (Nehra,Agarkar, Zaheer, Ishant). Only difference is, in India, there is no established great fast bowler to mentor these guys in the team. 
Look at Pakistan : they had a good thing going from 1980s till early 2000s. They gave chances to fast bowlers early and they succeeded- why ? because the likes of Imran, Wasim, Waqar were there to mentor the new ones and let them develop pressure-free. They lost it when the two Ws retired, because Shoaib was neither the mentoring kind, nor was he playing regularly enough to mentor anyone and shoulder responsibility. Result- their 'young fast bowlers' all fizz out these days. 

When Pollock came in, Donald was already established and shouldered the responsibility. When Ntini came in, he had Donald AND Pollock to shoulder the responsibility. When Steyn came in, he was mentored by and given a free reign due to Pollock. When Rabada came in, he had Steyn and Morkel to rely on. 

the same is also true for Oz and for WI at their peak, for e.g. when amby and walsh for rookies.

[velu]

On 21/01/2017 at 11:36 AM, rkt.india said:

http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/Proteas/ngidi-tipped-for-proteas-test-honours-20170120

 

Another young fast bowler from South Africa, just 20 year old. He is tall and pretty quick. Was hitting 140K. Made his debut in in yesterday's game. Got MOTM. He has played just 7 FC games. That is how you bring young pacers early and not let them rot in domestic cricket. Might be another story like Rabada for SA.

 

hitting 145 for fun with little effort ..

physically quite an imposing figure  

[Pollack]

On 21/01/2017 at 5:02 PM, BeautifulGame said:

That name has legend written all over it.

CSK should get him. He will get to know his lungi more.

[Laaloo]

1 hour ago, Pollack said:

CSK should get him. He will get to know his lungi more.

They will also need a new keeper then