Steve Smith

[outabounds]

I am sick of Mark Taylor and Slats pumping this guy up. The profile on Cricinfo says he is the most promising Australian spinner since Warnie. Ok somebody has their hand on it when they said that. The Channel 9 boys get aroused every time he takes a catch. He is a part time spinner who bats a bit in the Cameron White mould. Why does that make him a star?

 

[Bucking Beads]

Meanwhile all the Victorians did the same and still do the same about Cameron White. It is just the way things are..

 

[Smokey_22]

Years ago the poms threw everything they could to try to get this guy to play for them.
He captained his grade side at just 19 - those familiar with the sydnet grade system will know what an achievement this is. He is a leader. At one stage when he was 18 he was the top wicket taker and run scorer for the entire grade. This just highlights his enormous potential.

Obviously for a spinner its a big step up to domestic cricket and even more so to international cricket. Dougherty was the standout spinner in the u-19 WC but took years to stand out on the domestic scene. He will take time to develop, but he has an x-factor and confidence about him that players rarely have.
As a batsman I think he is already test ready.
He is the best slipper in the NSW team.

He will be an important player in the future. Enormous upside.

Well since I posted this a while back hes gone on and averaged 77 with the bat for the shield season and took a bag with the ball in the last game. His statistics suggest that he is a better batsman than White, and those that have seen him know he is a class above in the field.

If anyone has seen my thread on the statistics of the batsmen it shows White hasn't made the most of his shield opportunities. He needs to do more.

 

[Plugger35]

Well he looks a bit like a young Warnie and bowls leg spin so that's probably good enough for most people to pump him up.

He does have some talent but his performances so far haven't justified all the hype.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Perhaps becuase he made 5 tons last season whilst he is 100 times better bpwler than White. He will never be a full time spinner but he is a gun batsman.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Because he's blonde and bowls leg spin. Ignore the fact he's a batsman who bowls a bit, the selectors will try to turn him into Warney. They ruined Cameron White the same way.

 

[amer]

Or he could come through and deliver on both fronts. Hard to say at this stage. One of the best talents in Australia on batting alone though.

 

[Santana]

England tried to steal Smith? Christ they're scum.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Or he could come through and deliver on both fronts. Hard to say at this stage. One of the best talents in Australia on batting alone though.

Absolutely - his bowling is pedestrian at best - people should just consider it a nice addition.

Any bloke that scores 4 tons in a season at 20 years of age - has talent - I can only think of Ponting and Marto in the past 20 years that have done that.

We should be looking at batting the guy at 6 - would be in a lead group of about 3 or 4 for that position.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Absolutely - his bowling is pedestrian at best - people should just consider it a nice addition.

Any bloke that scores 4 tons in a season at 20 years of age - has talent - I can only think of Ponting and Marto in the past 20 years that have done that.

We should be looking at batting the guy at 6 - would be in a lead group of about 3 or 4 for that position.

Phil Hughes????

 

[Heisenberg_]

Because he's blonde and bowls leg spin. Ignore the fact he's a batsman who bowls a bit, the selectors will try to turn him into Warney. They ruined Cameron White the same way.

Anybody that bats as well as he did last season is a special talent, but we still have fools talking him up as a bowler
Focus on your batting, we can't let his batting go to waste in our desperation to get the next Warne, it's just not going to happen.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Phil Hughes????

Thought he was 21 - but happy for him to be in that company - the boy can bat!!

Class batsmen make centuries - average batsmen make 50's

 

[rhaz]

He is a very young all-rounder. Cricketers take longer to mature than footballers which is something that people seem to forget on this forum. For him to already be in the Australian ODI team and playing fairly well is a great thing, and he has nothing but upside to his game. Just needs more experience and mature with the bat and ball which will come with time.

 

[peternorth]

the next michael clarke

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Just cos he's a young blonde spinner everyone wants to flop it out over him, I don't see why he's so great

 

[outabounds]

The commentators were crapping on about how good he was when he dropped a catch today, imagine if he had caught it. Talk about the Golden Child.

 

[legend166]

I think instead of using milk in my cereal tomorrow I'll use the bitter tears of Victorians in this thread.

Get over the fact that Cam White turned out to be a dud in Tests and embrace Steve Smith.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Just cos he's a young blonde spinner everyone wants to flop it out over him, I don't see why he's so great

I'm sure the selectors took his hair colour into consideration.

the next michael clarke

We can only hope.

 

[Cousin Jed]

5 centuries in a season.

An excellent fieldsman.

Leg spin bowler (though its not up to the top level at the moment)

20 years of age.

Whats not to like?

 

[Bucking Beads]

The commentators were crapping on about how good he was when he dropped a catch today, imagine if he had caught it. Talk about the Golden Child.

Imagine, one of the better catches you are likely to ever see.. Haters gonna hate..

 

[Yoda_]

I wonder, if Warne had said nothing he would just be the young blonde batting tyro?

 

[amer]

Absolutely - his bowling is pedestrian at best - people should just consider it a nice addition.

Any bloke that scores 4 tons in a season at 20 years of age - has talent - I can only think of Ponting and Marto in the past 20 years that have done that.

We should be looking at batting the guy at 6 - would be in a lead group of about 3 or 4 for that position.

Yeah spot on mate - the bowling is something that might, MIGHT see him with the capacity to be labeled as an all rounder down the track. But he's special because of all the other things he can do; the possibility that he could come good with the ball is the not the reason we should be getting excited; though it's a nice excuse to send Hauritz on his way.

 

[legend166]

5 centuries in a season.

An excellent fieldsman.

Leg spin bowler (though its not up to the top level at the moment)

20 years of age.

Whats not to like?

He's not Victorian.

 

[Maddhew]

The commentators were crapping on about how good he was when he dropped a catch today, imagine if he had caught it. Talk about the Golden Child.

The reaction time to get 2 hands on that was awesome, most wouldnt have got a finger to it,

nice leg break to pollard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbpv65uQvZc&feature=related
best catch ever?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cTeFrqYgMA

in 2 tests he already has a 77 and a 3/50.

 

[peternorth]

i dont mind him tbh