Micheal Clarke overated refer to Cameron White

[acker]

I think Micheal Clarke is overated and will end up simular to Greg Blewett
I think Cameron White will emulate Steve Waugh, I think Cameron's batting is severely underated. This kid is talented in particular his batting. He can spin, but jeez can he hit.....cleanly......and...far.
Cameron White is a lot more talented batsmen than Micheal Clarke will ever be...
Cameron White is also Australia's next Premier Leg Spin bowler...
Cameron White is it........

[Aaron]

At this stage I would think Clarke Is miles ahead of White in ability and performances in the National side obviously.

White will get his chance sooner or later, it just depends what he does with this chance which will decide on his future

[greg]

Clarke is another Mark Waugh,looks too easy for him and he gets out to frustrate you when he should go on.White will get a chance soon enough,probably in place of Katich.

[Aaron]

To me, Katich is a top half of the order batsman. While on the other hand White would be a handy #9 batsman. God knows why MacGill is in the test team for. His career was meant to be over when he wasn't picked for the Ashes tests.

Warney has probably 2 years left in him @ test level. Why not get Warney to help out and mentor White while he is still in the test side ?

[Beny]

At the momment White is living on a reputation and his 'potential'. Right now he is a bits and pices player who has not proformed up to the requierd standards to even hold a CA contract so to hear people touting him as a Steve Waugh/ Shane Warne hybrid is a little premature.

Clarke on the other hand has the runs on the board and the experiance to back up all the hype. Arguments that he is too flashy and un-disciplened are myths which ar'nt supported by facts. If anybody has been taking note, Clarke is far more vaunerable to LBW and the majority of test dismissals he has are from defensive shots like yesterday against Vittoti. Clarke shows class in every one of his shots, just listen to the commentry team sitting in awe as he makes the most difficult and exciting shots look easy. Already he has a test batting avearge of 40 and that looks set to skyrocket if his proformance yesterday was anything to go by. He's had his ruff trot and now we can watch the most talented young batsmen in Aus become a classy middle order stalwart.

[Paoli]

Originally Posted by acker

I think Micheal Clarke is overated and will end up simular to Greg Blewett
Cameron White is a lot more talented batsmen than Micheal Clarke will ever be...
Cameron White is also Australia's next Premier Leg Spin bowler...

acker, I can't agree with the first point, but the second point I can. White has been impressive in the ING Cup and I am a huge fan of him. He also looked very, very good in the second game against the World XI, despite getting only three overs.

Hookesy said that White's best chance is to make the Aussie team as a top six batsman. I'd prefer him to become a legspinning allrounder than an out and out allrounder, and hence bat at eight; or perhaps seven. Not to sure about the top six thing though...

[Victor Frankenstein]

As an england fan the batsman i feared the most in the last ashes series was Clarke, he just looked the part and whilst the others were struggling a bit at times with our attack he never looked flustered and some of the shots he pulled off were just stunning, he always looked like he was going to score big hundreds, i felt the only reason he didn't was because test cricket is about experience as well as ability and that's all he lacked, give it a couple of years of experience and a sub-continent tour I could easily expect to see Clarke in the top five of the ratings and averaging 55+. I'd like to see him bowl more as I thought he was a decent spinner too, maybe not a long spell bowler but as a change, a definate golden arm bowler.

Haven't seen anything of White, heard a lot about him and thought it was dissapointing he wasn't given a proper bowl against the RotW team, if people are saying he's better than Clarke then it should be a real treat to watch.

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by Beny

At the momment White is living on a reputation and his 'potential'. Right now he is a bits and pices player who has not proformed up to the requierd standards to even hold a CA contract so to hear people touting him as a Steve Waugh/ Shane Warne hybrid is a little premature.

And here is me thinking they gave him a CA contract

I'm sure he has 1, just like Hodge has 1 aswell.

[Colourful Chaddi]

Michael Clark is one the world best young batsmen at the moment. He is a brilliant fieldman and i have never seen anyone play spin so well, he is excellent, he comes down the picth all the time, class batting! The way he played Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble on his test dubut on Indian picthes was amazing, he scored a century on a turning picth against one of the world best spinners, no easy feat for any batsmen and to do it on debut just shows how talented this youngester is.

His bowling is also very underated like Michael Vaughans. He could be a good bowler in the future but he does have a back problem which could stop him. It reminds you of Steve Waugh, who had a similar story to Clark, he was a good batsmen who could bowl well but had to stop because of back problems.

I think Clark will be one of the best batsmen in the future and a average of 50+ is certain. He is a very classy batsmen and is a treat to watch especially when he is playin spinners, i think Ashley Giles is still having nightmares about him coming down the picth.

[Collyisamackem]

Originally Posted by Victor Frankenstein

As an england fan the batsman i feared the most in the last ashes series was Clarke, he just looked the part and whilst the others were struggling a bit at times with our attack he never looked flustered and some of the shots he pulled off were just stunning, he always looked like he was going to score big hundreds, i felt the only reason he didn't was because test cricket is about experience as well as ability and that's all he lacked, give it a couple of years of experience and a sub-continent tour I could easily expect to see Clarke in the top five of the ratings and averaging 55+. I'd like to see him bowl more as I thought he was a decent spinner too, maybe not a long spell bowler but as a change, a definate golden arm bowler.

Haven't seen anything of White, heard a lot about him and thought it was dissapointing he wasn't given a proper bowl against the RotW team, if people are saying he's better than Clarke then it should be a real treat to watch.

Ditto, I was always mightily relieved when Clarke was out. The ball Simon Jones bowled him with, that pitched wide and reversed in, was incredible, it had to be because Clarke was looking invincible.