How much will these talented cricketers achieve in their career ?

Question

How many test and odi runs do you expect the following batsmen to score before retiring?

*Yuvraj Singh

*Kevin Pieterson

*Brendon McCullum

*A.B.de Villiers

*Michael Clark

*Alistair Cook

*Salman Butt

How many test and odi wickets do you expect the following bowlers to take before retiring?

*Brett Lee

*Monty Panesar

*Ajantha Mendis

*Piyush Chawla

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Those who aren't interested in Question 1 can answer this simple question-

*Should Danish Kaneria be back in Pakistan team's odi squad?

I think he should be.Leg spinner is always a good wicket taking option.

Answer 1

Yes Kaneria is good bowler

Answer 2

yuvraj - 10000 odi and test runs

Answer 3

Lee will finish his career as one of the best bowlers of all-time.

Clarke is a gun.

Answer 4

Pietersen and McCullum will change batting styles and rules.

Brett Lee will be second highest wicket taker after Murali

Ajantha Mendis will be the find for Sri Lanka.  He will go far but not sure in which direction.

Altogether they will make many runs and take many wickets

Answer 5

The 7 batsmen you mentioned are the future of their teams & will achieve a lot of feats.

Now for "how many runs they will end up on" depends on their mode of play(attacking/ defensive), fitness & no. of  years left in their carrer.

Acc. to me:-

*Yuvraj Singh

```````````````````` He's 26 at the moment that means he can play for the next 8-10 years if he keeps his fitness & form good.

In ODIs I think he would join the club 10000 for sure & will end up being one of the greatest ODI cricketers of all time.

Tests, well he made his test debut after about 3 years of being labelled an ODI specialist (opposite to Dravid), he has completed 1000 run mark in nearly 5 years (he hasn't been a regular member in the past) & now he's the main batsman of our test side, I think he'll make around 5000 runs.

*Kevin Pieterson

````````````````````````Quite similar to Yuvi but a better test batsman. He also has alot of cricket career in front. And I can't even hasitate to say they he might end up being the greatest English batsman. He's that good. He made his test debut in 2005 & has completed nearly 3500 runs so I think he'll go over the 10000 mark. In ODIs though he may get near

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*Brendon McCullum

````````````````````````````Another attacking batsman, the keeper & a very crucial member of the Kiwi team. He can be devastating on his day. Same age as the 2 mentioned above. He might get nearly 5000 runs in ODIs & 7000 test runs. Thats my guess.

*A.B.de Villiers

`````````````````````This guy is 24 &,...... man you picked the players very smartly. All very similar & I think I would type the same qualities again & again. So I'll come straight to my prediction

test runs-6000 (approx.)

ODI runs-8500

*Michael Clark

````````````````````He's not as attacking as the others but he's really consistent & you can tell that from his batting average in both form of the game & his consitency will take him to

7000 test runs & around 9000 in ODIs.

*Alistair Cook

````````````````````I think he'll be just a "good" player in ODIs as he averages just over 30 but the test format suits him very well. He's a young guy with a long career ahead if he remains consistent (in tests his chances are far better) & might get to 7-8000 runs, in ODIs though I think he'll get around 4000.

*Salman Butt

```````````````````Future of Pakistan. He's promising & plays with responsibily so he will shine for his team specially in ODIs & his record, well, I can just say it'll be very similar to the above batsmen. He along with Misbah are the key for Pakistan's rebuilding team.

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Lee- Spearhead of Australian bowler has just completed 300 wkts in ODIs & I expect him to reach 400 pretty soon.

Monty- The frontline spinner of English team has passed 150 wkts in test & I think will eventually reach 400.

Ajantha Mendis & Piyush Chawla have just started their carrers so I can't predict but I can surely they will go very far.