Random Strokes
Hello everyone.
I have decieded to lauch a new weekly column regarding any random topic....but concerning cricket of course..be it about a player , a team analysis or even some bizarre situation or rule I come across so here`s my first column:
THE DARK HORSE OF CRICKET : Tatenda Taibu
Today while seeing the highlights of West Indies vs Zimbabwe ( ZMB in a strong position....no suprise ) , I took notice of their young and ajile wicketkeeper , Tatenda Taibu . Even though he is merely 19 years old (give or take two years) , he is not anything like our very own Parthiv Patel...mind you . I had witnessed his quick takes behind the stumps quite a number of times but never wrote about it . In spite of being an ajile wicketkeeper , this young and short wicketkeeper is also a handy batsman ( The latest being his knock in the 80's against WIN) . Often he has raised his team out of trouble to atleast a respectable score via his sensible batting , even in the shorter version of the game which is wuite rare nowadays . Even in the current scenario , I rate Taibu as the second best keeper-batsman in the world after the mighty Aussie , Adam Gilchrist of course. After the retirement of Andy Flower :( , all the gates of success have been opened for this young lad. If he takes his career seriously, then with the help of a certain amount of luck , he can very well make his way into the book of greats.
I have decieded to lauch a new weekly column regarding any random topic....but concerning cricket of course..be it about a player , a team analysis or even some bizarre situation or rule I come across so here`s my first column:
THE DARK HORSE OF CRICKET : Tatenda Taibu
Today while seeing the highlights of West Indies vs Zimbabwe ( ZMB in a strong position....no suprise ) , I took notice of their young and ajile wicketkeeper , Tatenda Taibu . Even though he is merely 19 years old (give or take two years) , he is not anything like our very own Parthiv Patel...mind you . I had witnessed his quick takes behind the stumps quite a number of times but never wrote about it . In spite of being an ajile wicketkeeper , this young and short wicketkeeper is also a handy batsman ( The latest being his knock in the 80's against WIN) . Often he has raised his team out of trouble to atleast a respectable score via his sensible batting , even in the shorter version of the game which is wuite rare nowadays . Even in the current scenario , I rate Taibu as the second best keeper-batsman in the world after the mighty Aussie , Adam Gilchrist of course. After the retirement of Andy Flower :( , all the gates of success have been opened for this young lad. If he takes his career seriously, then with the help of a certain amount of luck , he can very well make his way into the book of greats.