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[Manormanic]

you're thinking of Jack Shantry

[The_Bird]

you're thinking of Jack Shantry

How that guy hasn't crocked himself is beyond me

[alba caerulea]

Woods action isn't poetry in motion either

[SOULMAN1012]

Why is Fabian Cowdry being dismissed out of hand by some people?? He was the top run scorer in the Kent Premier league last season which is no easy feat trust me.  Plus the boy is about 17 yrs old. Having played against him i believe the boy is class. I know my opinion is not going to have any impact on his career and i have no idea of what type of person he is but the boy can bat that is for sure.

[coverpoint_pro]

He's decent yeh.  But not the standard of internationals and of adam ball and danny BD who are also the same age.
 There was a lot of surprise when he got offered his kent contract.
Is he still carrying some weight? Also he's 19/20!

[PedalsMcgrew]

Wood is struggling to even reach 80mph - he was mostly gunning 75 when I saw him last year - and looks to bowl a light rather than heavy ball.

Just like Stuart Broad then! 

[alexhilly1492]

i think dan redfern could turn into a really good player but i dont think derbyshire can get that out of him,

alex hales i reckon is a shoe in and im surprised he wasnt picked ahead of root,

then theres root himself who i can see (along with hales) opening the batting for many years to come,

other than that except for maybe rafiq i dont think england have much to look forward to unfortunately

excluding those youngsters who have already played test match cricket

[Manormanic]

Really?  I like this as a team with international potential all under 23 at present...

Root (Yorkshire)
Bell Drummond (Kent)
Hales (Notts)
Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Thakor (Leicestershire)
Ballance (Yorkshire)
Overton (Somerset)
Rafiq (Yorkshire)
Kerrigan (Lancashire)
Mills (Essex)
Roland-Jones (Middlesex)

12th Man - Ansari (Surrey)

[PedalsMcgrew]

I think Ballance is a Zimbabwean isn't he?

[Manormanic]

Nope, eligible for England having been here since he was 13.

[Alvaro]

Old Harrovian too

[jw17]

I really hope Shiv Thakor becomes amazing i just like him as a player and can bowl a bit.

[Manormanic]

he certainly could be - I think his attitude is exceptional- he doesn't seem to get phased or even out of his comfort zone, which for his age is very unusual.  Of course there have been similar players who have made it to the county game young and some have made it - Cook, Bell, Bresnan and Swann of the current England set up - where as some fall just short - one wonders if James Harris might end up one of these.